Do you and your kids love Lois Lowry? Are they always wondering where's Waldo? Are they crazy for Cool New Books and curious about what's coming soon? Then make sure they are checking out Kidsreads.com!

As school winds down, your Summer Reading List becomes top of mind. A lucky group of you will not have a required reading list; others have been handed a list of books you need to tackle this summer. Many of these titles will be less than inspiring reading.

I am writing tonight from Washington, D.C. where I am in town for Book Expo America, the annual book trade show. It's a whirlwind weekend of books and authors. I will share more about this next week.

I typically work in silence, but this week I had a musical track running. I have been a huge Paul Simon fan since I was about 13. Tuesday his new CD, Surprise, hit stores and I raced to pick up a copy --- it's been cranked up on my stereo ever since. It's one of those rare works that you hear differently each time you listen --- and it's chock full of lyrics that make me think like some of my favorite books. These days my sons like Simon's music as much as me. Jesse Kornbluth, the co-Founder of The Book Report Network, knew this and asked my older son to guest write for him on his site, HeadButler.com. You can read their joint piece here. And yes, I am one very proud mom.