This book completely delighted and surprised me. I expected an interesting look at some mother-daughter hikes. I expected to feel a bit jealous and more than a little inspired, but I didn’t expect such a fast-paced read that was moving, and yet never overly sentimental.
Read my full review, and enter to win over at 5 Minutes for Books. . . .
After experiencing the 48 New Hampshire hikes that Trish and 5-year-old daughter Alex took over a year and a half period of time, I was inspired to go back and read my own account of hiking the 3100 foot tall Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire with my two kids. We hiked 2.4 miles straight up, and then of course back down. We pushed 6-year-old Kyle, but after reading Up! A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure, I was encouraged that we did the right thing in encouraging him along (and carrying him part way).
Please click over to 5 Minutes for Mom and read my full review (and watch the really inspiring book trailer video). You can enter to win one of TWO copies.
If you’d like to read about my own experience hiking with my young kids 2 years ago, you can read: I (Almost) Climbed Mount Monadnock.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role of encouraging our kids to read. My son (who turns eight today!!) seems to have finally turned the corner. Last summer I was able to spark his love of reading, but I wasn’t 100% sure it would stick. This spring he’s definitely had some “nose-in-a-book” moments….
Continue Reading »
Few things carry as much emotional weight as parenting choices. Remember, before you had kids, how easy it was to tell at a glance if parents were making good choices? I miss those carefree days, now that I have teens. I think of myself as pretty secure in my own decisions, although I can still…
Continue Reading »
Written on
May 25, 2012 by
Trish
On a beautiful late summer day in August 2008, Stephanie Nielson’s fairytale life is devastated when her husband’s small plane crashes. The horrific crash leaves their friend and flight instructor dead, her husband with burns over 50% of his body, and herself hovering perilously close to death with burns over 80% of her body. In…
Continue Reading »
“Monkey went for a walk one day and met some friends along the way,” begins this charming new picture and open-the-flap book by Ruth Brown. Each page introduces a new animal friend, and there are clues to be found in the illustrations before you open the flap to reveal the full picture and text that…
Continue Reading »
Written on
May 24, 2012 by
Nancy
I did, although I wanted Bella back right then. Yeah, I was glad she was so happy on Erin’s lap and all that, but I wanted to hold her right now. I’d scare her though–holding her too tight the way I’d squashed her hand when we walked across the parking lot. It was better this…
Continue Reading »
Written on
May 23, 2012 by
Nancy
So many novels are about the process of falling in love – boy meets girl, boy marries girl, boy and girl live happily ever after. Not many authors tackle the years after the honeymoon period, when the bloom may be off the rose and real life sets in, but that’s just what Deborah Michel does…
Continue Reading »
Author Sadie Jones has managed to pull off something remarkable—she has written a book set in Edwardian times that reads as if it was written in Edwardian times without feeling stilted. I thoroughly enjoyed The Uninvited Guests. It’s delightfully creepy, portrays characters who feel all too real, and takes us through pain and horror and…
Continue Reading »
With only a week left of school for my kids, I can genuinely say that summer is right within sight. I’m SO excited about the slower pace and time out at the pool, which always equals more reading time to me. I’ve had a month in which I couldn’t read as much, so we’ll see…
Continue Reading »
My eight-year-old son had talked a lot about wanting to keep a diary. I thought that was a great idea, so I gave him a notebook as he requested, but he didn’t use it a whole lot. I’m still hoping to tap into that desire, because as I writer I know how therapeutic and inspiring…
Continue Reading »
This book completely delighted and surprised me. I expected an interesting look at some mother-daughter hikes. I expected to feel a bit jealous and more than a little inspired, but I didn’t expect such a fast-paced read that was moving, and yet never overly sentimental.
