Happy Friday everyone! As we all prepare for the weekend, perhaps you have a trip to your library on the schedule, and I’m always happy to offer recommendations for you to seek in the picture book section. The Cybils nominees I’m chatting about today are a little more on the sophisticated side, not necessarily in…
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V.Reader and 5 Minutes for Mom Christmas Giveaway
What parent doesn’t love the joy of sharing a book with his child? As a mom of three, I know that the time spent choosing, reading and talking about books with my preschooler, kindergartner and sixth grader is always valuable. I love that they each have interest in books that they indulge on their own,…
Fathermucker
Stay-at-home dad Josh Lansky is in for quite a day in Greg Olear’s new novel Fathermucker. Sure, there’s the normal wackiness of staying at home with two young children, exacerbated by the fact that he’s been home alone with them for days while his wife is away on a business trip, but he’s prepared for…
Stand-Out Cybils Nominated Picture Books, #3
I tell you, I can’t think of anything better right now than immersing myself in the world of picture books. I’ve been entertained to laughter, amazed by remarkable illustrations, and touched by the emotion expressed in some others, especially those that, though fictional accounts, base their stories on real life people and experiences. This week,…
Stand-Out Cybils Nominated Picture Books, #2
Oh, the joy that I’ve been experiencing even in these beginning stages of judging the Cybils nominated titles in the Fiction Picture Book category. I’ve got three more books that have wowed me and the kids this week. If I were to search for some common ground among these three, I would have to say…
If It Was Easy, They’d Call the Whole D*mn Thing a Honeymoon
Marriage ain’t easy, that’s for sure, but there’s something to be said at one’s ability to laugh at the craziness. Jenna McCarthy is the queen of this, and her new book’s title says it all– If It Was Easy, They’d Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon: Living With and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-So-Handy…
The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister
Ah, kids today. Doesn’t it seem that they’re smarter and more involved than we ever were at their ages? The opportunities available to them are practically endless, and if you have enough money to do so, you can enroll your child in any number of sports activities, academic lessons, music instruction, you name it. I…
One Love, Review and Giveaway
“One love, one heart, let’s get together and feel all right.” While my personal musical preferences usually don’t go toward reggae, those lyrics are definitely familiar to me, and there’s no way to read them without hearing Bob Marley’s distinctive voice singing in my head. The simple message behind those words has come to life…
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