Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Today is World Book Night and the purpose is to spread the love of reading from person to person. World Book Night has assembled a book list for 2014 and I’ve highlighted the books for kids and teens. I hope you get a chance to spread the love of reading tonight by reading together or…
My son and I have been really excited to meet Rick Riordan now that he moved to Boston. Our first opportunity was at the MegaAwesome Author Event one town over. Rick was speaking along with three other authors: Ridley Pearson (Kingdom Keepers, Peter and the Star Catchers), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), and Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus)….
I’m excited to introduce you to my friend Giselle today. Giselle blogs at Kids Yoga Stories and recently moved to my neck of the woods from Northern California so we are actually able to meet in person! Such a rare and unusual treat for bloggers! You probably wouldn’t be surprised to know that she is a yoga instructor,…
I don’t blog much about my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei. It’s not because she’s a teenager (8th grade!) though that would be reason enough. One reason is that she hates being photographed. The elusive Grasshopper and Sensei. She’s never wanted to be in the spotlight. She hates that. She’s a pretty wonderful kid though. Very…
Today, I am doing some serious Spring cleaning and I am giving away 6 packages of wonderful self published children’s books. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter and please leave me a comment about which package you want. I’ll do my best to match up the packages to each winner. Package 1: Arlene, The…
I’m so sorry to be late for the Homeschool Blogging Carnival hosted by Lisa at The Squishable Baby and Keisha at Unschooling Momma. I’ve been distracted by racism in a musical at the local high school that has hit a nerve and generated a lot of press including a front-page article in The Boston Globe, 2 OpEd articles in…
Please welcome my guest author, Natalie from After School with Smarty Pants. She has wonderful enrichment activities and life skills for advanced learners on her blog. Today, she covering how to find books for an advanced young reader which can be tricky because the content might be too advanced or inappropriate for them. Who Is…