B&N and James Patterson get kids excited about reading

NEW YORK, N.Y. Both in-store and online, Barnes & Noble now features an array of titles as recommended by #1 bestselling author James Patterson and his website dedicated to making kids readers for life, ReadKiddoRead.com.

ReadKiddoRead.com was born out of Patterson's lifelong passion for getting people excited about reading, and his firm belief that the very best way to get kids reading is to give them books they're going to love.

Of the 300 children's book titles reviewed on ReadKiddoRead.com, 21 have been singled out by Barnes & Noble, including such titles as The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and Holes by Louis Sachar. The bookshelf feature will run in select stores through the first week of November and is online at BarnesandNoble.com.

James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com is a web site designed to help parents, teachers, and librarians fuel the next generation's passion for reading by recommended books carefully chosen for their ability to get kids excited about reading. Complete with age designations, thoughtful book descriptions, author and celebrity interviews, links to online retailers and more, ReadKiddoRead.com helps make finding a book for a young person easy and, ultimately, rewarding.