My friend Isra who blogs at The Frugalette told me a few years ago how few Diwali books there are, so when The Diwali Gift floated across my email, I thought it would be nice to learn more about this Hindu holiday. My only impression of Diwali was that it was a festival of lights…
The fifth graders at our elementary school are challenged every year to read all the books listed on the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award. I really love this book list because it has a variety of newly published and slightly older books such that you can actually find the books on the library bookshelves. Our school librarian…
Mary Poppins may have preferred Rum Punch as preventative medicine but some of us prefer the flavor of chocolate! When PickyKidPix got sick last week, she tried powering through the school week, going to class and her activities including three soccer practices as usual. But by Friday, she was coughing up a storm and generally…
I knew a few things when I met my honey: That within a week of meeting him, I knew that I met my future husband. (It took him a few years to figure that out though!) I would become a golf widow (though I took up golf to avoid that). It would be hard to…
Inside: Does your child love everything ninja and martial arts? Take a look at our top selections of the best ninja books for kids! My kids are one-quarter Japanese and they wish that their Japanese ancestry is steeped in the way of the ninja. It’s not. Their heritage is actually that of Daimyo, a feudal landowner/warlord,…
Looking for 5th grade read-alouds to share with your child? Discover these top 10 selections, perfect for reading with your fifth grader! Fifth grade was a busy year for Grasshopper and Sensei and PickyPidPix. The year focused on getting them ready for Middle School both academically, socially, and emotionally. Some of the highlights that my…
My son and I were waiting at the hospital to get an MRI scan for a bump on his neck that had persisted for about a month. It turns out that he will need surgery to remove what the MRI revealed to be a kind of cyst that mysteriously popped up. My son’s mysterious cyst…