March Madness for Books

This one is for the parent readers out there!   This morning I learned about a fun event to follow that is run by The Morning News.  The event is called The Tournament of Books and it begins tomorrow.  Over the next month, 16 of this year's best books will be pitted against one another March Madness style.  Literary reviewers will read the contending books and write up their take on who should advance to the next round.  While you may not be up for the gauntlet of reading that such an endeavor might entail, this is at least a good list of books to peruse if you're looking for your next good read.  Check it out!

Parents Read Too!

The children aren't the only ones reading at LP!  In fact, did you know that there is a whole section of the LP Library dedicated to books for parents?  That's right, and to make it a bit easier for parents to find out what those titles are, the LP Reads Team has started a Goodreads.com account for LP parents.

The "LP Parents Read" account on Goodreads.com has a shelf that is called "Available at the LP Library," so no longer will you have to make your way to the library to see if Mrs. Helton is currently stocking the title you are interested in.  The Goodreads.com account currently has 114 books featured and you can search shelves dedicated to "Parenting and Discipline," "Bullying," "ADD/ADHD," "Child Development," "Education Reform," "Motivation," and more!

The current book selection for "LP Parents Read" is Education Nation by Milton Chen.

You can become friends with "LP Parents Read" by following this link, signing up for your own account, and then adding "LP Parents Reads" as a friend.*

If you have read a book that you don't see on the shelves that you'd like to recommend to other parents, please be sure to send an email to lpreads@gmail.com.  

*Note:  LP Parents Read and LP Reads are not "groups" on Goodreads.com.  You can find them as friends by looking under the Friends tab to search current Goodreads' members.