Welcome to 12 Months of Reading! Each month in 2024, I will host a different reading challenge category. These categories are broad, and, chances are, whatever you’re reading may fit in them.
You’re never too old to enjoy a kids’ book. Picture books, chapter books and YA books each hold magic within their covers for whoever opens them.
I chose these four books because each one delighted me when I read them as an adult, and I’m willing to bet they’ll have the same effect on you.
Experience a swamp as alive as every character in the story. My sweet friend Candice Marley Conner has written an instant classic in The Existence of Bea Pearl. Get your copy on bookshop.org.
Feel the ups and downs of friendship through the examples of Frog, Toad and friends. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a true classic that stands the test of time in more ways than one. Buy this beautiful copy from bookshop.org.
Get swept away to a new world on dragons’ wings with the first in a trilogy by Louisiana author Jessica Deen Norris. Firesight is followed by Frostsight and—coming December 2024—Stormsight. Start your set on Jessica’s website.
Immerse yourself in a simple and beautiful slice of real life … generously spread with sticky sweetness, of course. Gloria Whelan created a beautiful story for a read-aloud or a gentle autumn read in a hammock. Enjoy Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie and find your personal copy on bookshop.org.
Whether you read one of my recommendations or come up with your own, I’d love to hear about it! Drop a comment below to let me know what you’re reading. Mark your calendar for November 7 and plan to join my virtual LAM Book Club to share your choice with fellow readers.
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