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The Children’s Book Review, named one of the ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children) Great Web Sites for Kids, is a resource devoted to children’s literacy. We publish reviews and book lists of the best books for kids of all ages. We also produce author and illustrator interviews and share literacy based articles that help parents, grandparents, teachers and librarians to grow readers. This article was written and provided by a guest author.

Jennifer H. Lyne was raised in Virginia, where she spent a lot of time around horses and eventually managed a small barn. She worked as a location scout for 14 feature films and with her husband wrote and produced two independent features. She lives in New York City. Lyne’s first novel, Catch Rider (Clarion Books, 2013), is receiving much praise. Graciously, she has agreed to share some insight into the art of writing horse stories. What Makes a Story a Horse Story? What makes a story a horse story, as opposed to a story that has horses in it? To me,…

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A strong foundation in reading at an early age is the cornerstone for everything else they will learn down the road, so in order to ensure that they are starting their education off on the right foot, you might want to work on reading at home before they even start school and continue throughout their early education.

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