When my oldest child was a toddler, my husband and I moved to Hawaii to live with my grandparents. We helped my grandmother out…
When my oldest child was a toddler, my husband and I moved to Hawaii to live with my grandparents. We helped my grandmother out…
Lately, I have found that my kids are very drawn to stories and books about community. With the loss of some community in their…
I am a morning person. I love to be up before anyone else enjoying the morning sun (or the chilly dark in winter), getting…
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai is like a cozy winter day in book form. The exquisitely simple story follows a mother and daughter as…
A Rainbow of my Own by Don Freeman was first published in 1966 but I didn’t have the pleasure of discovering this book until…
We have had a very snowy winter here in Colorado. There are flurries of snowflakes blowing outside the window as I sit here writing…
When my kids were preschool aged, there were only a few books that I could count on to keep their attention when I needed…
The Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes by Ying Chang Compestine is a fresh retelling of the tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes with a fun…
Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins is a heartwarming story about two woodland friends who set out to make a wintercake. When Thomas discovers that…
Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’ by Eileen Spinelli is easily my kids’ favorite Thanksgiving book. I say “my kids'” and not mine because it took…