Here are all kinds of games for a Harry Potter party that are quick and easy to do. There's a name generator, a guessing game, a drawing game, and a bingo game. There a free printables, so all you need to do is print and go. Here's the link to the site.

Booktalks for Chidlren's Fantasy FictionBooktalks

Booktalks for Children's Fantasy Books

Writing booktalks takes a long time. Good thing there are resources like this on the web. This site includes lots of creative ideas for getting the children's attention, too. 

Best Titanic Chapter Books for Kids

Best Titanic Chapter Books for Kids

The anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic steamship is coming up soon, and it's time to get this list to girls and boys who are mesmerized by the story. The past few years have seen several new books. The one in the "I Survived" series is probably the most popular. This series has done wonders with making historical fiction cool again. 

Celebrate Chinese New Year by Carolyn Otto-- a good book to read to children for Lunar New Year. By National Geographic. Great photos, of course.

Here is a great book to read to children for Chinese New Year. It includes great photography by National Geographic staff and includes photos from celebrations all around the world. What I liked is that it has brief phrases you can read to the really young kids and more in-depth explanations you can read to the older children. You can find lots more book suggestions here.

A book to read to kids at Chinese New Year

Book to read to kids for Chinese New Year -- Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

This is a great book that would be great to read to a group of kids for Chinese New Year. The artwork is fun and whimsical,and the echoes of of The Three Bears are nicely done. Click this link for a great list of books about Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year Books for Kids

Chinese New Year is coming up. If you need some books to read--especially for school classes and the like, take a look at this list.Chinese New Year Books for Kids  It has books for all ages--from toddler level on up to 5th & 6th graders. My favorites are Goldyluck -- a takeoff on the three bears story, and Demi's book of Chinese animal fables