The summer begins well: a pile of unread books and great intentions. By late July, however, you’re scrambling through the last few days before school starts again. Where did all the time go? It’s not usually about time. It’s about measuring the pace against the days left on the calendar because most readers assume each […]

Maybe you’ve been three chapters behind on a book club pick with just two weeks to go. Maybe you nobly purchased the book, maybe even highlighted the first paragraph, only to have life get in the way. It throws in meetings or laundry, or worse yet, reminds you that you still haven’t made dinner. On […]

So you begin with high hopes. You grab a book at your grade level. The first few weeks pass by easy enough. Then you spend some time chatting about use of metaphor or get interrupted in class. Every day, the finish line retreats. You don’t want to sacrifice quality of reading just to move faster […]

There’s nothing worse for a parent then under-estimating story time. “Uh-oh, it’s almost bed-time,” you think as you open your big-picture book and there’s still cover left. It’s not usually because the book is too hard to read. The problem lie in its secret cost: performance. Reading out loud change how fast a book can […]