One of the highlights of 2020 is going to be the ‘Friends’ cast reunion debuting later this year. It’s hard to imagine a show that has had more of an impact on our generation than ‘Friends’. It is THE show about friendship and just big a role your friends can play in your life. Friend…
This is the first post in our series about reading and language development. In this post, first books for baby, we will not only give you some great ideas for how to read to your baby but we will also give you some of our favorite books to get you started. Reading for Language Development…
While the picture above was taken at an-person event where we interviewed author Bianca Marais, we’ve had the distinct honor of interviewing quite a few authors during the pandemic. We even interviewed Bianca again! We’ve come to really look forward to these author interviews and we know you do too. That’s why we created this…
Many of you may not know this but, in addition to running Beyond the Bookends, I am also a trained, licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with teaching certification who has been working with children for 15 of my 20 years in the field. I see firsthand the power and importance of reading. I am in a unique…
Winter is coming and this year will be a winter for the books…literally. We may all be more isolated than usual once the colder weather hits, so we wanted to round-up a plethora of cozy winter reads for you to enjoy. The books below are set in snowy locales, amidst blizzards, or have key scenes…
Since April was supposed to be friendship month around here because of the reading challenge prompt, we had planned to share a list of picture books about friendship. Since we are now living in a time where friendships look a little different for kids, we thought we would enhance the post with some ideas on…
