Goodreads for Kids

Top 10 5-Star Rated Books on Biblionasium (June 30-July 6)

When you’re looking for recommendations for your child’s summer reading, it’s easy to find recommendations from adults: teachers, librarians, book experts and other parents most often. But are those really the most relevant choices for your kids? Will they resonate with those books the same way adults do? Kids start from scratch with their perspective of the world, and they want to read books about kids they can relate to.

The truth is that kids read books their friends and classmates recommend. But how can you, as a parent (or educator), find those books?  …

Top 10 5-Star Rated Books on Biblionasium (June 23-29)

When you’re looking for recommendations for your child’s summer reading, it’s easy to find recommendations from adults: teachers, librarians, book experts and other parents most often. But are those really the most relevant choices for your kids? Will they resonate with those books the same way adults do? Kids start from scratch with their perspective of the world, and they want to read books about kids they can relate to.

The truth is that kids read books their friends and classmates recommend. But how can you, as a parent (or educator), find those books? …

10 Books to Help Your Students Skip the Summer Slide

Teachers, librarians, parents…you don’t need us to tell you about the evils of the summer slide. If you’ve found yourself caught in that scramble, trying to find just the right books, programs, and activities to keep kids learning all summer long, we’re here to help you out. Students can keep using Biblionasium over the summer to log their reading and make book recommendations. You can even issue reading challenges to help motivate them to read!

But which books are really the best ones to get them started? Everyone has their opinions on this, but there are some books that truly stand out from the others.