CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 51 Diane Parfitt is a former pediatric nurse and assistant professor of nursing education and currently owns a bookstore. She can be reached at citycentergallerybook@gmail.com. There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. ~ Jacqueline Kennedy by Daniel Wiseman I once taught a class to third-graders about the art of compromise using T-shirts. We talked about creating one for their school and when one wanted red and others wanted blue, I said let's compromise and do a purple T-shirt. Bell and Hart expound on this idea with their series of hilarious and joyful stories about purple people and purple schools. 8. "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' by Judith Viorst is much-loved book about Alexander, who is having a very bad day, can be a great lesson for all of us. ings happen and don't always go right, but it helps when your child learns that other children can have bad days, too. SCHOOL AGE By the time you children start first grade, they will probably be "into" reading. You have helped build their own personal library and add to it all the time. Together, you have gone to the library to check out books, too. ey will get plenty of suggestions on books from their teachers. e library is a great resource for this. 9. "Firefly Hollow'' by Alison McGhee is is a magical tale about the endearing friendship among a cricket, a firefly and a vole that team up with a young boy aer a mysterious loss in his life. ey end up helping him find his place, and they make history. is may become a classic that the whole family can enjoy. 10. "Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library'' by Carole Boston Weatherford Arturo Schomburg, an Afro-Puerto Rican immigrant, collected books, letters, art and music with a passion. He turned his passion for these items from Africa into the "Negro Division" Collection at the New York Public Library in 1905. Weatherford's picture book explores this little-known history and will engage both parents and children in a story about the love for books. As your children leave elementary school and are reading on their own, don't stop creating ways to share in their reading. If they are reading books for school or even for pleasure, check them out and read them yourself. When all the teens are reading certain books, start on it yourself. at's how I got into the Harry Potter books, and I loved them all. LEARN MORE AT JETHL.COM WHERE DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT ©Jet HomeLoans, LLCSM NMLS ID# 1660135. Jet HomeLoans, LLC, a partnership with FBC Mortgage, LLC NMLS ID# 152859 and Dream Finders Homes. This is not a commitment to lend. Paid Advertisement. 833-270-7191 242 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301