My Education Junction

We spend a great deal of time at the library, often going to get books 3-4 times a month. But in the past our trips were often unproductive. What I mean by unproductive is we often returned home with literary duds. My son has a rather simple technique when it comes to picking out books. If it has a shark, a lizard, a snake or any kind of fish on the cover he’ll take it. Initially these books were entertaining, but as time wore on they all sounded the same. My son started to lose interest in books because as he would tell you, “everything at the library is borrrrring.”

One day I stumbled across a site called Book Adventure. This site changed everything for my son. We now have the ability to search for books based on grade level, level of reading, fiction or non-fiction, author, theme and ISBN. And because we are able search multiple criteria we have always been able to find books that are of interest to him and right on target for his reading level. Thanks to Book Adventure my son has read great books like Captain Abdul’s Pirate School and Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1) and now we are back on track where the library is concerned.

Book Adventure offers not only reading lists, but quizzes and resources for both parents and teachers. It is free to use, so why not check it out?

Filed under: Uncategorized, Reading on June 6th, 2007