The blogosphere has been quiet this week. Blogs have observed moments of silence and the tragedy in Sandy Hook is all anyone can write about. Cooking blogs, decorating blogs, mommy blogs, children’s lit blogs. They are all filled with thoughts, prayers and memories. It is hard for me to transition from it. I sat down […]
Read moreSource: zulily.com via Vicki on Pinterest Last evening, I received an e-mail from Caroline’s fourth grade teacher that brought a new round of tears to my eyes.With each correspondence from the girl’s school I am more and more impressed with how beautifully they are handling the tragedy in Newtown with our children. Caroline’s teacher […]
Read moreSource: karenika.com via Dennisse on Pinterest Since Friday, like the rest of the world, I keep asking. Why? Why did 26 souls enter an elementary school one morning, never to leave? Why are military style semi-automatic weapons easily available? Why is our mental health care system broken and the mentally ill marginalized? Why are […]
Read more“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” -Richard McKenna Image courtesy of Carol Hampton Rasco via […]
Read moreI tried to cut back on a tradition this year, to simplify and it didn’t work. We have been celebrating the 12 Books of Christmas for years now. Once I discovered that even my devoted readers tended to throw the books under the tree in search of more toys on Christmas morning, I decided to […]
Read moreI’ve written here before about one of Gretchen Rubin’s (of The Happiness Project) precepts… “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” I have always envied families who make gingerbread houses as part of their holiday tradition but the very thought of doing it myself, made me break in to a sweat. I […]
Read moreThe other day I wrote an article called “Delightful Reads for Frightful Weather”. As I searched for great books with a winter theme I started as I often do by searching the amazing Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. On my search, I was reminded of a perfect winter book, The Reader. The Reader celebrates snow, fun, […]
Read moreEvery Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all! He HADN’T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same! And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so? It came without […]
Read moreIt’s been a long time since I’ve written about a Read Together Book because Katherine and I have been spending a lot of time reading chapter books these days. We’ve read the Ramona and Clementine series and briefly attempted the Little House books until an entire chapter was focused on the care and keeping of […]
Read moreIs there anything better than a book fair? Really, I didn’t think so before tonight. But now I know there is. It’s a book fair with a principal who supports reading aloud and reading for the fun of it. Tonight our school hosted the first night time event at our book fair. There were tons […]
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