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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 in About Me, Books/Reading, Children's Books

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Polly Dunbar & The Tilly Series

I love my library. It is a smaller library but they are up to date on their children’s books while keeping the good ol’ classics around too. Whoever is in charge of finding and purchasing new books should receive an award; they have the best taste ever! They led me to discover author and illustrator Polly […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Find—The First Adventures of Incredible You

The First Adventures of Incredible You is made by Custom Made for Kids and boy are we huge fans! You all know that we LOVE to read and collect books in our home and this is our new favorite. The First Adventures of Incredible you is an awarding winning book that is personalized to fit […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Ella the Elephant Series

Babar was one of my favorite book series and cartoon growing up. I have tried to get my girls into Babar but they really seem to love Ella the Elephant so much more. I love Ella too! Her character is kind, obedient, a good friend, elegant, helpful, just an all around sweet-heart. The Ella the […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—“where i live” by Eileen Spinelli

This is the book I was telling you about that made me cry, if I am being honest cry a lot. The reason being, it took me back to when I was little dealing with moving 11 different times, the stress of making new friends, dealing with Dad’s job changes and feeling a wide scope of emotions. […]

Friday: Play!—Picture Book Fun

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 in Friday: Play!, Books/Reading, Crafts, Children's Books

I am so grateful for all of the wonderful guest writers helping me get my posts done this week, I am busy getting ready for my Birthday Bash tonight and will be back to posting regulary soon. Sharla from My Little Gems is a wonderful blog that inspires me as a mother and she is […]

Sunday: Entertainment Ideas—Presidents Day

I will be featuring two guest writers a month, our 1st contributor for February is the fantastic Lauren from Super Mom Central! She hosts fantastic giveaways and her site is a great resource for parents. President’s Day Fun As we strive to raise children that will want to make the world a better place, it’s important […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—My Top Pick

I saved the best for last in my Top Valentine Book List! If You’ll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant, Illustrated by Fumi Kosaka The little boy makes a Valentine for everyone special in his life, from his dog to his baby sister. He always starts with, “If you’ll be my Valentine…” and tells them […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Books on Love

What Valentine’s Day or children’s books about love are your favorite? I know it might seem silly to include a Clifford book in my list but that is the book I remember while growing up reading for Valentine’s Day. 🙂 Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond might be one you are unfamiliar with, it tells […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Here’s a Little Poem

FANTASTIC find last week at the library…   We love to read poems in our home and this is the perfect poetry book for small children. The illustrations are bright, colorful and quite hilarious. The book divides up the poems in four sections: Me, Myself and I, Who Lives in My House?, I Go Outside […]