I rarely go to the movie theater, but if there is one type of film that entices me, it is a movie based on a children’s book. Because of this, my six-year-old son and I headed to the local cinema to see The Tale of Despereaux. We recently read the book together, so we were…
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Author/Illustrator Highlight – Jane Cabrera
Cabrera certainly has a unique style of illustrating her books and it’s easy to pick them out in a crowd once you take notice of her work. When researching her I discovered that her talents are not just limited to writing and illustrating children’s books. She seems to have a knack for creativity. She paints…
The Ice Diaries, by Captain William R. Anderson
I don’t remember when the last time was that I found myself so inspired by one of man’s more heroic journeys. This book, The Ice Diaries, was written by Captain William R. Anderson who guided the USS Nautilus on it’s journey through the North Pole, the first underwater expedition of its kind. It is a…
Sunset
I feel like I know the Baxter family very well. After reading Karen Kingsbury’s Redemption Series, Firstborn Series, and Sunrise Series (a total of 13 books that center around the lives of the Baxters), I am practically part of the family! Because I read these series over several years, I was a little sad to…
Get Positively Beautiful
This giveaway is now closed. The winners are… 1. Tiff from Three Peas in a Pod who said, “My eyes!! I love to watch What Not to Wear! Great giveaway!” and 2. Kristy who said, “My best feature is my eyes and would love to learn how to do a smokey eye.” Congrats! And thanks…
The Block Mess Monster
You know, children and grown-ups don’t always see eye-to-eye. In her new book, The Block Mess Monster, Betsy Howie explores this idea through the story of Calpurnia and her mother. Calpurnia’s room is a mess. There are blocks all over the floor. In Calpurnia’s mind, these blocks are a monster waiting to harm anyone brave…
Books on Screen: Jane Eyre
A few years ago, shortly after we moved here to Connecticut, I was home — alone, because I had no friends (yet) — Amanda was at school, and Kyle was still an oft-napping newborn. That means I had a LOT of free time on my hands. It was this combination of factors that led me…
The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor Series
When I opened the first package of books I received from Jennifer, one piqued my interest immediately. Payback (The Secret Life Samantha McGregor, Book 4) by Melody Carlson seemed to be a book I could quickly devour. My instincts were right. In this fourth and final installment of the teen series, high school student Samantha…
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