We all want our kids to read over the summer, right? But how can make that summer reading both memorable and fun – a treasured childhood memory rather than another thing to do and check off our lists?

For today’s show, I talked to one of my very favorite people on the whole planet–Pam Barnhill.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • ideas for how to motivate your kids to read
  • how to motivate yourself to read aloud to them
  • and which books are best for summertime

Just wait till you hear some of the reading party ideas!

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The Prairie Thief
The Green Ember
Redwall
Anne of Green Gables
Little Women
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
Caddie Woodlawn
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 1)
The Sherwood Ring
The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton
Jo’s Boys (Bantam Classics)
The Black Star of Kingston
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Pride and Prejudice
The Shadow of the Bear: A Fairy Tale Retold
I Want My Hat Back
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (the Hobbit / the Fellowship of the Ring / the Two Towers / the
Hatchet
The Perilous Gard
The Gary Paulsen Collection: Dancing Carl; Dogsong; Hatchet; Woodsong
Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (4 Books)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tuesdays at the Castle
Henry And Mudge First Book
The Usborne Internet-Linked First Encyclopedia of Animals (First Encyclopedias)
The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh
The Bobbsey Twins MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Children’s Novels
Ender’s Game (The Ender Quintet)
Ogden Nash’s Zoo
Beezus and Ramona
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
The River (A Hatchet Adventure)
Ball
Doll Hospital #01: Tatiana Comes To America: An Ellis Island Story
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Mandie, Book 1)
Good Wives (Puffin Classics Book 5)
The Enormous Egg
Thomas’ ABC Book (Thomas & Friends) (Pictureback(R))
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)
Enchantress from the Stars
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Knickerbocker Classics)
Little Men

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