Please welcome my guest author Maria Gianferrari. We met via social media and were conversing using the comments on my blog. I always find her comments to be thoughtful and helpful. She has a vast knowledge of children’s books and with the best recommendations so I asked her to please, please, please guest post on…
These are the books that I pulled for my three kids to get them reading this summer. Rising 3rd Grade Summer Reading List The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly My son’s close friend is a 4th grader, Connor, and he hates Percy Jackson (gasp!) but loves this book. That intrigued me, especially as the…
Can you believe that Tinkertoys is turning 100 this year?! To celebrate this great milestone, I am doing a Tinkertoy Giveaway of a special 100 piece essential set before it hits the stores next month. K’NEX is also launching Tinkertoy’s very own Facebook page! If you played with Tinkertoys as a child, you’ll notice that it has…
Please welcome my guest blogger Faigie Kobre with a topic that I had started a few months ago — 50 Ways to Develop Your Child’s Self-Esteem — but with no ideas in it. I don’t think I even had a single way written yet. Her post is on developing kids’ self-esteem, a gift that gives…
This is the last installment of my school’s Summer Reading 2013 list: A Collaboration of the Newton Public School Library Teachers & the Newton Free Children’s Librarians. I wanted to share my list with you since it’s likely on your library shelves. And I’ll use your list for the same reason. The rest of the…
My husband just got back from a trip to the United Kingdom. It was a golfing trip with buddies to celebrate his friend’s 60th birthday. When he got back, I asked him if we should go as a family. I had spent time in London and Cambridge, before kids, and I wanted to take the…
The lack of diversity in children’s literature is a problem that affects all children, especially children from low-income families, who rarely see themselves, their families, or their communities in the stories they read. First Book The lack of diversity in children’s books is alarming and I am pledging to promote more multicultural books for kids….