Something funny is happening in our house. Katherine is beginning to say, “That’s a boring book.” At first I panicked. Initially, I couldn’t figure out what was and what wasn’t. Sometimes they were old favorites and sometimes brand new titles she hadn’t seen before. Sometimes they were based in reality and sometimes they were totally […]
Read moreWith summer approaching and fear of the summer slide settling in, I am getting lots of questions about how to help young readers. Sometimes, I think people are looking for the perfect answer. Some type of magical response that can only come from a specialist. Something that they, as parents are missing. In fact, the […]
Read morePete the Cat strikes again. As frequent blog readers know, I love a good Read Together book. I introduced a client to Pete last week and sent her off with the book for some weekend fun. When I saw her this morning, the child’s smile was enormous. “I read Pete the Cat this weekend.” she […]
Read moreI often save ideas for future blog posts on scraps of paper, in the back of a notebook, or at risk of loosing said idea, in my head. Just the other day, I remembered an idea I had for a post about our local independent children’s bookstore. I go to Books, Bytes and Beyond often […]
Read moreThe spring sports season is getting the best of me. Between travel soccer, recreational softball and kindergarten t-ball, our evenings are busy with practices and our weekends with games. I realized the other day, that our library bag has sat empty for a few weeks for the first time since the girls were born. We […]
Read moreLast week, Caroline took her first standardized test. For four days, her mornings were full of reading and writing passages and multiple choice questions. Fortunately, all the children came out of the testing feeling confident in their performance. Many of them, my daughter included, rather liked the week because it meant no homework. However, Caroline […]
Read moreSometimes I know we, as adults, make things really complicated. On the way to school this morning, Katherine and her two carpools friends were in a super silly mood. The two in front were sharing high fives and making faces at each other when I caught the eye of the one in back row on […]
Read moreIf for some reason you have not yet read State of Wonder, clear you day and read it. I mean it. The writing is gorgeous and the story if gripping. I had borrowed this book when it first came out after loving Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto. Somehow, at that time, I didn’t finish it in […]
Read moreI had set a goal to blog every week day. And I was there. I really was. And then our entire family got the stomach flu. Young and old alike. And then, and then, and then… Because, I don’t want to let another day go by and because I just don’t have time to write […]
Read moreA carpool book club has begun. Katherine dropped her book bag out of her backpack on the way to school this morning and so began the carpool book club. Katherine read aloud two books about Tiny the dog and a true discussion followed. Katherine and her six and four old companions talked about why Tiny […]
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