Please welcome award-winning guest author, Elizabeth Suneby, and author-illustrator, Laurel Molk, with their newest book, No Room for a Pup! published by Kids Can Press. This fun read-aloud, cleverly illustrated book is a hilarious twist on a revered Yiddish folktale about gratitude popularized in It Could Always Be Worse, published in 1977. In No Room for a…
I’m continuing my series on sleep and children. Can you tell that it’s an issue at my house? Sleep deprivation in children has serious short-term and long-term side effects, including moodiness, decreased alertness, weight gain, diabetes, cancer and an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Many people are surprised to discover that dehydration has some similar short-term…
Are your kids eating after dinner? Is this affecting their sleep? Have you ever heard of the term “midnight snack”? This is the term that one may use to describe a meal or snack that they go to eat in the middle of the night. They literally wake up and stumble into the kitchen to…
Curious about what Industrial Design is? My daughter has a habit of collecting bottles. These are not antique bottles but drinks that she sees at the supermarket. She will ask to purchase these beverages, asking me if I would be willing to consume it. She just wants the bottle. Sometimes she does this when we…
I read piles of picture books all year and I do feel there is a place for all of them on someone’s bookshelf, but certain books stand out as special. Without further ado, here are 29 outstanding picture books from 2019. 29 Favorite New Picture Books of 2019 16 Words: William Carlos Williams &…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is partnering with Children’s Book Council for #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2020! Please join us for a series of blog posts hosted on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog featuring diverse authors and illustrators during the month of January with lots of book giveaways! Our line up includes: Nikki Grimes will share…
I will never consent to have our sex considered in an inferior point of light. Abigail Adams The three women of the Boston Women’s Memorial are Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley, and Lucy Stone. I posted on Lucy Stone here and Phillis Wheatley here. Today, I wanted to learn more about Abigail Adams. Perhaps there is more to…