Are you a Shakespeare Fan ? Love reading ChickLit novels that touch on Literature Heroes?   Review: Elizabeth the First Wife - Lian Dolan- May 2013 Are you a fan of Shakespeare ? Love books within books ?  When I first picked up Elizabeth the First Wife , I expected a book about a politician's wife as they are often called "The First Wives" but as soon as I got into it, I discovered it was about a small-town professor named Elizabeth who taught community college Shakespeare and English Lit.  That's when I knew I would enjoy it and as I read more into the book , I loved it as the story tells us about Elizabeth whose ex-husband returns home with a favour for Elizabeth - to help be his Shakespeare acting coach on a new play at the Ashland Park Shakespeare festival. This would be an easy task if her ex-husband was a nobody or an average Joe, but he is in fact FX Fahey - the Hollywood action star. If the pressure to help him wasn't enough, Eliz...

  Helping Your Child Learn to Read   Most of us are aware of the importance of reading in our lives. We all want the best for our children and by teaching them to read we are giving them the very foundation of the ability to learn new things and to grow. There are many ways to encourage your child to read from the time they are very small and on through their young lives. I’m just going to give you some suggestions for ways you can help your children to learn to love to read.   Read Every Day - First of all it is important to start out by reading to your child. Read to them everyday. I remember when my children were young I would read them stories every night before bed. We would read at other times as well but we always made a point of reading a book before bed. It was a bedtime ritual and they loved it. Some children are more interested than others and all books are not created equal when it comes to kids....