As busy moms, we’re always looking for ways to provide our children with the best possible lives. Sometimes, this means trying to earn a little extra income to be able to afford that family Disney World vacation or to give them a great birthday party. Stay-at-home moms may have particular difficulty finding a side job that…
This was our second family vacation in San Antonio. Our first trip covered the more traditional sights including The Alamo and The Missions. My daughters’ viewed this trip as a working vacation for their photo campaigns for their clothing company, Indigo Clothing Co. All vacations are working vacations they have informed me. We focused our trip…
Charlotte Taylor of Charlotte’s Library and I are co-planning KidLitCon next year. It will be held on March 22-23, 2-19 at Hotel Providence, in Providence, Rhode Island where Charlotte lives. I live one hour from Providence but have spent quite a bit of time there since my oldest went to RISD Pre-College twice! What is…
I have a post of Picture Book Biographies about African-American Pioneering Female Musicians so today’s post is its pair, which is to say that I’ve rounded up the best picture book biographies about musicians who are not African American. This list, though, is all male. I’d love to add female musicians to this list! What books…
Chameleons are fascinating. One old theory is that chameleons changed color to match their surroundings. That turns out not to be true according to the latest research! Their color change is actually a form of communication! Their mastery of camouflage is behavioral using movement! They also have a fascinating tongue that projects up to two body…
I was asked on social media to create a physical disability book list, and I want to start by pointing my readers to an excellent blog that covers all kinds of disabilities in KidLit, aptly named Disability in KidLit. It’s my go-to for understanding if authors get it right when it comes to this topic….
Author Patricia Newman and I are collaborating today on a list of books of kids who desperately want to attend school, but it’s not a given where they live. We will start off with some background and a list that Patricia Newman created for the Today Parenting Team. Her article is “All Kids Go To…