Poetry is an art. Some artists paint, others sculpt, and still others create through the written word. Poetry can express a variety of emotions. It can be beautiful, enlightening, dramatic, gloomy, and even comedic. But while I have been a lifelong lover of prose when it comes to poetry this is one form of art…
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Roald Dahl’s The Witches: Books on Screen
Roald Dahl is perhaps most famous for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but he has a delightfully creepy offering that you may want to squeeze into your Halloween plans: The Witches. As The Witches begins, we are quickly disabused of the notion that witches wear black pointy hats and fly around on broomsticks. Oh no….
On Reading: 5 Spooky Kids’ Authors You Should Know About
The season is nigh when spooks and specters roam the streets, when children beg for tricks or treats, when ghosts arise from every grave, and you can find the fright you crave! That’s right, Halloween, All Hallows Eve, Dia de los Muertos, or whatever you call this fright-fest of a holiday, is upon us once…
On Reading: Read for a Cause
Have you heard about We Give Books? I read about this website in a recent issue of Parents Magazine and immediately clicked over to learn more about this website where you can read tons of children’s books online – for a good cause! For each book you read, they donate a book to the literacy…
On Reading: Become a Literate Mother
A few years ago I asked our elementary school librarian for a read-aloud suggestion for my two oldest children, then 10 and 8 years old. After asking me a few questions, he suggested a medieval story about a boy living a parallel life to King Arthur. The story was moving along nicely and everyone was…
The Princess Diaries: Books on Screen
When a book is made into a movie, I often insist on reading the book first. I just have this feeling that the book is the real thing, and I ought to know it before I see the film. Of course, for this to work, I have to know there’s a book. You see way…
On Reading: A Princess Story for “My Name is Not Isabella” After All
Guest contributor bio: Jennifer Fosberry, a mother of three, was moved to create My Name is Not Isabella when she thought about the kind of women that she admired and the kind of women she thought her daughter could be. A few years ago I decided to make a huge leap of faith. I didn’t…
On Reading: Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror… On the wall.. Well, soon to be on my wall. The mirror, that is, that my eight year old daughter, Grace, brought home from her art workshop the other day in Manhattan while we were on vacation there. Grace could have chosen to create so many things but she picked this mirror. On…
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