Simply Wild About Books

One of my favorite books to read to my kids is Judy Sierra's fun rhyming book Wild About Books (illustrated by Marc Brown), featuring a librarian who takes books (and a love of reading) to the animals in the zoo. That's where the phrase "simply wild about books" comes from, and it rings true to me.

Although I like children's literature, my true love is young adult fiction, since I used to be a high school English teacher. Although I've been out of the classroom for five years now, I still find myself thinking of the kind of kid who might find a certain book enjoyable.