Hi! Thanks for reading the Jam Story blog! Over the next while, Jam is going to be exploring, excavating and sharing everything sweet the world has to offer. Maybe it’ll just be a photo of a koala bear that you cannot go another minute without seeing, or maybe a bonafide, thoughtful essay with a sweet twist. Whatever it may be, you can look forward to a #yearofsweetness.

#yearofsweetness no.1

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently recommended that children be read to every day. Benefits of books at an early age seem to be numerous and far-reaching, including improved “language, literacy, and social-emotional skills that last a lifetime” (LA Times).

Read more here. Also, just read more, period—to children. But especially Jam. Read them the Jam books.