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Jane Austen Books, and, My Personal Views on Relationships
Every year or two, I go through my Jane Austen phase where I absolutely have to re-read Pride & Prejudice and one or two of her other books, except Northanger Abbey. Read that once. Haven’t been...
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Picture Book Recommendation: WILD ABOUT BOOKS
“It started in the summer of 2002, When the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, By mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.” I love this book! The rhyme and rhythm are great. Many unusual animals...
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Read? At the library?!?
The changing role of libraries was never more apparent than when I heard my five-year old son say the words, “Read? At the library?!?” Due to “March is Reading Month,” my son has to read for 15 minutes...
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Picture Book Review: THE FROG PRINCESS?
“Once upon a time, there was a frog. This frog did not live with the other frogs, because they wouldn’t let it. They said the frog told lies and was ugly.” The Frog Princess? is one of my all-time...
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Picture Book Recommendation: THE MINE-O-SAUR
“One morning, before Mrs. Raptor rang the bell, the dinosaurs were playing in the school yard. All of a sudden they heard a roar: ‘MINE! MINE! MINE!” In my house, reading The Mine-o-Saur is a very loud...
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Perfect Picture Book: CLICK, CLACK, MOO
“Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo.” Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is just one of those fun books...
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A Moment Lost: Camping with eBooks
East Cabin Village (Photo credit: polomex) Earlier this week, I was camping with my children. (In a cabin. I’m not that crazy.) Naturally, being the overly-connected person that I am, I brought my...
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Picture Book Recommendation: WUMBERS
“It’s a book. It’s a game. It’s words cre8ed with numbers.” The “8″ above is not a typo. Wumbers is defin8ly a perfect picture book 4 older kids, although little 1s will enjoy it, 2. In fact, even...
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