Book Bonding
  • Published: 16 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9781623541514
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Adult
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $35.00

Book Bonding

Building Connections Through Family Reading

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A collection of essays about family, reading, and bonding with others through books. From children’s literature educator and children’s book author Megan Dowd Lambert.

A collection of essays about family, reading, and bonding with others through books. From children’s literature educator and children’s book author Megan Dowd Lambert.

This poignant, funny, and touching essay collection invites readers to consider how they bond with children, other family, friends, and students through shared reading. 

Divided into 4 sections organized around themes of parenting, adoption, race, and healing, this 21-essay collection with its joyous and colorful illustrations is perfect gift for parents, grandparents, librarians, educators, and anyone who spends time with children or reading together with others. 

The author's experience as an educator and as a parent in a blended family that includes seven children of various racial backgrounds (four of whom came home through adoption) adds depth and breadth to her expertise about how people read and respond to books. 

"I grew up with a mother who loved to read, and what a sustaining gift that has been to me. If you are holding this book, it’s a good bet that you love to read, too. Read on, and let Megan show you how to make your love for books and your love for the children in your life add up to something special."
--Roger Sutton, Editor Emeritus, The Horn Book, Inc., from Book Bonding's foreword
  • Published: 16 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9781623541514
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Adult
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for Book Bonding

Praise for Reading Picture Books with Children:

  • An in-depth exploration of the author's Whole Book Approach. . . . Welcome permission to shake things up, with an important acknowledgment of the art form at the core of modern storytimes."--Kirkus Reviews
  • "An essential purchase . . . for those who would like to better understand the various parts and wonders of the picture book as a unique art form."--School Library Journal

Praise for A Kid of Their Own:
  • "A sweet and unusual new-baby story with an uncommonly broadening vocabulary."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • "The lesson that there is room and love for everyone in the family is one that parents and caregivers will be happy to share."--School Library Journal

Praise for A Crow of His Own:
  • "A very funny but telling look at self-acceptance and not assuming the worst based on first impressions."--School Library Journal
  • "A verbally dexterous ode to identity."--Kirkus Reviews
  • "A fine choice for storytime."--Booklist
  • Selection 2016--Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
  • Selection 2016--Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
  • Honor 2016--Ezra Jack Keats Book Award

Praise for Real Sisters Pretend:
  • "Children who live in families touched by adoption will likely find the underlying message positive and affirming."--School Library Journal
  • "A useful reminder of the varied ways families can take shape."--Booklist