Jansen Bradshaw, blogger of 13 years at Everyday Reading, and mom of four teaches me some of her best

tips today on how to really engage kids in reading, how to teach them to love to read, how to pick

the best books, and she shares some of her top must read recommendations.

All right, you guys, today I'm going to talk about something that a subject I just

absolutely love with someone I adore. So today I've got Janssen Bradshaw and she is going to talk to us

all about her love for reading. So Janssen, do you want to just tell us who you are and what you're up to?

I'd love to. I have to say, just when you were doing that introduction, just you talking about books

for a second there. I just had this big, goofy grid on my face. I just love talking about books. So I'm

really excited to be here. Me too. So my background is I was a children's librarian in Boston, Massachusetts,

before my children were born. I have a master's in library and information studies with

emphasis in children's literature. And then when I had my children, I have four little girls.

Then I left my job to stay home with them. And I blog at everyday reading about books,

book recommendations, book lists, ideas for reading with your kids, fitting in your own reading.

Anything that is all book related is what I want to talk about on my blog. And so I've been

running that for 13 years this fall. So it's kind of like

grandma years in blogging. That's incredible. You're an OG, original gangster. I love it.

So that's been really fun. And I live now in Provo, Utah, with my husband and our four daughters.

We just moved here this last year. We've lived all

around the country and kind of the world. We've lived in London, Boston, Austin, Texas, North Carolina,

most recently, Arizona. And then my husband and I also run a little business called London Littles

together and we sell rain boots for children. So cute. That's so fun.

And so what are your girls ages? I'm trying to picture how old each of them are.

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