Have books, will travel… On the way to school yesterday morning, Katherine, her friend Owen and I were stuck in a terrible traffic jam. The kids were doing fine until I said something silly along the lines of, “We have been in this car so long, I feel like we are on a trip!” That […]

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Last year, my friend Nicky and I did not make any friends as we crowded around one particular auction item at our elementary school’s silent auction. The girl’s art teacher had offered a day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her as a personal tour guide to the top six bidders. As soon as […]

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Katherine is a very sweet, kind and cooperative little girl. Until she isn’t. Yesterday morning, I told her no less than one thousand times to get dressed. The clock was ticking and it was nearly time to walk out the door. “Katherine, you are driving me wild!”, I heard myself say in a voice louder […]

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Last week I received a  comment here from a blogger who had found me by way of one of my favorite blogs, Read Aloud Dad. After reading Marjorie’s comment, I went to check out her blog,  Paper Tigers. And what a great day it was to visit. Marjorie and her fellow bloggers were announcing their […]

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  I had lunch this week with my dear friend Donna. I love our time together, always walking away from the restaurant more relaxed and wiser than when I entered. Yesterday, our conversation turned to the story of Donna’s only child learning to read. Her son is now 28 and her description was vivid. She recalled […]

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All year long I read excellent reviews of Chris Raschka’s Ball for Daisy. And then, for some unexplained reason, I didn’t read it. And then all my favorite bloggers wrote over and over again about how much they loved Jack Gantos’ Dead End in Norvelt. And I didn’t read it. Well,  A Ball for Daisy […]

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So I could write about how our first real snow storm of the year. How between the flakes, Caroline and I went on a Brownie sleepover and Rob and I went to our elementary school’s progressive dinner. I could write about reading good books while we watched the flakes fall. Or I could post a […]

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Sometimes I have a really hard time focusing on what to read. The other day, I realized I was in such a period. I looked over at the stack on my desk and could hardly chose what to pick up next. I love to read books on my new Kindle. And for a surprising reason. […]

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Just yesterday I wrote about Katherine’s first experience with choosing her own books from among the vast array of her school library shelves.  Again,this week,  she went for some oldies but goodies. I was thrilled to be able to share Babar with her. I have to admit that the whole shooting thing in the first […]

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Katherine’s kindergarten class goes to the library once a week. Before the winter holiday break, the librarian filled round tables with appropriate books for the children. By doing this, she kept her youngest patrons from going crazily through her shelves and creating library mayhem. After the break though, the children were introduced to browsing sticks and […]

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