New Year! New Goals!

So with the beginning of a new year always comes new goals.  What are my goals this year?  To read more of course! I want to read more for myself and more to my kids.  Here are a few books on my to read list this year:

Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt
Small Steps for Catholic Moms by Danielle Bean and Elizabeth Ross
Creative Schools by Ken Robinson
Grit by Angela Duckworth
5 Love Languages of Children by Gary D. Chapman
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskers
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

In addition to reading this books I plan on using The Modern Mrs. Darcy's 2016 Reading Challenge checklist, just to help keep my reading interesting.

Another big goal I have for this year is to really get the word out about reading from birth and growing Books for Babes.  Books for Babes is a project I have been working on the last year where I give board books to moms and their new babies in the hospital.  I have been working with University Hospital and last year we were able to give 350 books to the babies there.  I would LOVE to double that number this year to 700, but I need YOUR help.  Please consider donating books or money so that we can get books into the hands of moms.  You can check in here every week to find information on reading aloud to kids of all ages (including why it is so beneficial), great book recommendations as well as where I am on my goal of giving out 700 board books.

"One of the greatest gifts adults can give- their offspring and to their society- is to read to children."
                                                                                         - Carl Sagan

What are your goals this year?  What books are on your to read list for 2016?

Happy Reading!
Laura