Because I Just Can’t Read That Book One More Time
There are many benefits to reading picture books and chapter books multiple (even hundreds) of times, but if you are the parent doing the reading, this can be a labor of love. A dear friend told me...
View ArticleSchool Stories
In Andrew Clements’ book The School Story, one character says that a school story is “a short novel about kids and stuff that happens mostly at school.” I asked a friend of mine who works in children’s...
View ArticleBoard Books (an Addendum to The Best Baby Gifts)
I am not sure what I was thinking when I did not include baby books as a suggestion for The Best Baby Gifts in my last post. Board books are a great newborn baby and first birthday gift. The heavier...
View ArticleSweet Reads
Magical candy is kind of a draw in children’s literature. Mr. Star Wars recently read The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop and let me borrow it when he finished. In the book, a family inherits a closed down...
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