Plenty of things can get between a child and a good book – TV, video games and even kid-friendly cell phone apps. But despite all those potential distractions, there’s still a place in every child’s home for the printed word and such characters as Tom Sawyer, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Curious George. “Even in the digital age, the physical book is not outdated, and only the ones with shallow content will become so,” says J.L. Baumann, author of Mackenzie Goes Adventuring, a picture book that … [Read more...]