5 Kids Books and 1 Grown Up Book, Every Week
Hottest read-alouds and just-right independent books. Check them out now —these picks rotate each week!
Putting Books in Kids’ Hands—and Parents’ Too
“Just right” books recommendations and reading information and tools for parents who want to help their child grow and love to read.
Explore books, routines, and tips to support reading at home👇
Books
If we know anything, we know about the books. Booktrition specializes in “just-right” books, the books that are just challenging and captivating enough to keep the reader engaged but not so much as to cause overwhelm. “Just-right” books are the key ingredients to growing strong readers at home. They are best when reading aloud to a parent or for independent reading. Read more here, or check out our book selections by grade below.
Routines
The Reading Routine is Booktrition’s secret sauce to growing young readers at home. In just twenty to thirty minutes a day, and with the right books, parents can read to their child, have their child read to them, and then ask their child to read independently. Booktrition is the only reading resource that has put out clear recommendations for how many minutes readers in each grade level can read for each part of the daily routine.
Home Environment
Parents are the glue that holds together the reading culture at home. Do kids see their parents modeling reading themselves? Are car rides sometimes filled with word games or audio books? Are books in every room including the playroom? Are there frequent visits to the bookstore or library? Booktrition helps you find everyday moments for literacy.
Community
We know books, we know routines, we know how to bolster home environments, and we know one more truth—as parents, we are not using each other enough for support. We need to start talking and start sharing. What books do your kids love? Which ones do they despise? What routines work well for you and which ones fail every time? Do you have a favorite audio book or board game that can be used to help with sight words. We are stronger together!
Let’s Learn From Each Other
New to the Booktrition Blog is the series—’Between the Chapters’—about how reading actually happens at home. Each interview offers a small glimpse into a family’s reading life—plus a little about the parent. The goal is to learn from each other and to recognize that we are all better parents when we work together.
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