There are certain blogs that make me smile every time I read them. Jean at Artful Parent writes such a blog. Her posts make me wish I could be one of her little girls just for a day, exploring and creating playful works of art. When she announced that she would be taking a digital […]
Read moreMy dear friend Lucy has started writing a new blog. I was thrilled to be included in one of her first posts. Thinking about Lucy’s questions inspired me to write my thoughts below on getting reluctant readers reading. After you check out Lucy’s post, come back here and then share your thoughts with me. As […]
Read moreAlmost two months ago now a beautiful six year old girl in our community died a tragically awful accidental death. I find it hard to stop thinking about it. I drive by the house where the accident happened on my way in to town. I see Kelly’s mom at pick up, her vacant eyes hidden behind […]
Read moreThe other day, Katherine came up to me with a piece of paper clenched in her hand. She proudly exclaimed, “Mom! I know how to spell Tuesday!! Look, look, look!” And in big, wobbly letters she had written, TWOSDAY. Now what do you do with that?
Read moreLast week, I was drawn in to a Facebook discussion about the value of iPads for small children. There were some comments made that drew me into a state of defensiveness that I didn’t realize I had about our iPad. I limit Caroline and Katherine’s screen time pretty drastically. We don’t own a Wii or […]
Read moreReading is cool because it causes things like this to happen. I recommended A Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton to my mom. She read it. And sent along the following quote from the acknowledgments that I had either forgotten or somehow never read. “I would also like to pay tribute here to authors who write […]
Read moreThis is a long awaited week in the KidLit world. The short lists for the Cybils have finally been announced. For months now, long, long lists of books have been in the hands of the first round panelists. They have worked tirelessly to narrow these sometimes unimaginably long lists (the fiction picture book category exceeded 200 […]
Read moreAs a school lover myself, the past few years have been rough for me. Caroline has had a really hard time getting in the groove at school. She has made great friends and learned a lot but she has not loved it. In fact, at times, she has straight out disliked it. This year, however, […]
Read moreThis hat looked much cuter on Caroline as she sat in bed reading on New Year’s Eve. I had envisioned all sorts of clever things to say to go along with the photo. I would write about a great year of reading, the books to read in the coming year and on and on. And […]
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