Children's Literacy Pillows

"As you can see, I've learned the alphabet."

Lynching on social media

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"Can I borrow the car keys?"

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"I can't protect you from everything, but I can read you stories that make you believe I can protect you from everything."

'Br'er Fox said 'I'm going to throw you into the briar patch'...And Br'er Rabbit said, 'Please,please don't taser me!''

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

Swan Fairy Tales

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

Being and Nothingness Pop-Up! (book)

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

"I give up. Where's the power button?"

The Demise of Tinkerbell

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

Rapunzel in the Morning

"Harry Potter and the People Who Care Way Too Much About Harry Potter"

Today's Special: Rabbit Stew

'Read me the one about the ant and the obsessive-compulsive grasshopper.'

"That dream catcher may be working a little too well."

'What does it say, Dad?'

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'Meet the author with her collaborators'

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"