5 Reasons Why I Love Reading Children's and Middle Grade Books

Talking about books for kids put me in a good mood. Hence, 5 reasons why I love books for that age group.

My Favorite Dance Children's Books

A video where I talk about my favorite reading material for all the little dancers out there.

Books Mentioned In The Video:
Tina Ballerina's Ballet Class by Posey Christian
Dancing Class by H.M. Ehrlich
Priscilla's Paw de Deux by Sharon Jennings
Angelina's Ballet Class by Katherine Holabird
Dance, Tanya by Patricia Lee Gauch
Dancing In The Wings by Debbie Allen
The Alley Cat's Meow by Kathi Appelt
Dance! by Elisha Cooper
Swan Lake by Rachel Isadora
Hooray For Ballet by Margaret Frith
The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories by Barbara Newman
Ballet by Kate Castle

Children's Book Review: Born To Read

     

Author: Judy Sierra
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Age Level: 3 and up

Short Summary

Sam has been able to read since he was a baby. He uses his reading skills to help him win races, play games, and even save his town from a very large giant.

My Thoughts

I picked this book up in the sale bin at the grocery store. I am always looking for colorful and insightful children's books to put in the lobby of the dance studio. This one caught my eye because it stressed the benefits of reading. I like that it didn't only talk about how fictional stories can be an escape, but it also discussed the point that studying non fiction books can help you too. For example: Sam reads books about bike riding and bicycle repair to help him win a bike race. I feel like teens and adults can gain as much from that insight as children can. Reading can help you learn more about your job or your hobbies. I liked that the story combined fantastical elements and real world elements in the plot. It further promoted the point that reading can be a little bit of both sometimes. I loved the poetic writing style in Born To Read. I feel like children's books written in rhyme are always a little bit more fun. To top it all off the illustrations were colorful and exciting. I would suggest this to all your little readers. I think it is a great way to encourage them to love reading at a young age. That is always a good idea because as Sam says in the book, "Readers win and winners read."

Welcome and All That Other "Jazz" that Bloggers Need

Hello all! Welcome to my blog. I hope you have fun reading my writings. I am sure to have fun writing them. Since this blog is just starting off I thought I'd offer you a brief description of what I plan to write on here. I also want to offer you the best way to contact me, just in case you want me to review a book, song, or whatever else you might want my point of view.

Contacts

The best way to contact me is by email, Twitter, or Tumblr. You can reach me at danceistruth@gmail.com and the links to my twitter and tumblr are in the menu on the side. Oh, if you are into reading you can also find me on Goodreads.

Blog Description

Dancing, Dreams, and Shiny Things (a.k.a DDST) is basically just me writing about all the cool things in life I discover. However, to categorize everything neatly here is a list of all the things I hope to include on this blog:

• Reviews of Books, Music, Movies, and TV shows. 
• Helpful tips for athletes and dancers
• Reviews of things that I like
• Cool stuff I find on YouTube
• Crafts that I enjoy doing (t-shirt cutting, crochet, etc.)
• General thoughts that I have during the day