Reading – Imagination Soup https://imaginationsoup.net | Best Children's Books Fri, 08 May 2026 15:43:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://imaginationsoup.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Imagination-Soup-Logo-sml-100x100.png Reading – Imagination Soup https://imaginationsoup.net 32 32 2026 Free Summer Reading Programs for Kids https://imaginationsoup.net/free-summer-reading-programs-kids/ https://imaginationsoup.net/free-summer-reading-programs-kids/#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 15:42:29 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=27059 Want to keep your kids reading over the summer? How about joining a free summer reading program or two!?

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]]> https://imaginationsoup.net/free-summer-reading-programs-kids/feed/ 10 Summer Reading Lists of Best Books For Kids https://imaginationsoup.net/summer-reading-list-for-kids/ https://imaginationsoup.net/summer-reading-list-for-kids/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:12 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=29817 It's time for summer reading lists, reading programs, and reading challenges! Get your kids, ages 5 to 18, reading with book recommendations from these up-to-date summer reading lists. These summer reading book lists are for every grade level, preschool, early elementary school, upper elementary school, middle school, and high school!!

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]]> https://imaginationsoup.net/summer-reading-list-for-kids/feed/ 26 Poetry Month: Best Resources for Reading & Writing Poetry with Kids https://imaginationsoup.net/resources-teaching-writing-poetry-children/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:19:36 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?page_id=39314 Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read...

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]]> 80 Best Book Character Costumes https://imaginationsoup.net/favorite-book-character-costumes/ https://imaginationsoup.net/favorite-book-character-costumes/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:09:48 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=773 Dress up as your favorite book character for Halloween and have a Happy Bookish Halloween (or World Book Day)! How about one of these book character costume ideas from the favorite children's picture books, chapter books, middle grade books, and some YA books?

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]]> https://imaginationsoup.net/favorite-book-character-costumes/feed/ 3 Favorite Book Character Costumes nonadult My First Picture Book Cover Reveal: TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION https://imaginationsoup.net/cover-reveal-tovas-sweet-solution/ https://imaginationsoup.net/cover-reveal-tovas-sweet-solution/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:50:16 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=119827 BIG, EXCITING, WONDERFUL NEWS! Today, I can officially reveal the cover for my first picture book, TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION, written by me, Melissa Taylor, illustrated...

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]]> https://imaginationsoup.net/cover-reveal-tovas-sweet-solution/feed/ 2 One More Level: The Power of GameLit https://imaginationsoup.net/the-power-of-gamelit-dustin-brady/ https://imaginationsoup.net/the-power-of-gamelit-dustin-brady/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:32:37 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=121403 written by Dustin Brady The angry sun nearly broke me.  If you owned a Nintendo in 1992, you already know what I’m talking about. If...

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]]> https://imaginationsoup.net/the-power-of-gamelit-dustin-brady/feed/ 0 Librarians Open New Worlds One Book at a Time https://imaginationsoup.net/librarians-open-new-worlds-one-book-at-a-time/ https://imaginationsoup.net/librarians-open-new-worlds-one-book-at-a-time/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:47:12 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=121076 The Glen Rock Library was a place of pure magic. I’m betting it still is! When I was younger, they offered a reading challenge, as...

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