My daughter and I recently found these two books at our library one takes a nontraditional take on a nursery rhyme and the other is an interactive book about animals. Hickory Dickory Dock by Keith Baker It uses a rhythmic, rhyming story that goes through each hour of the day with this nursery rhyme. Each hour […]
(The Peter Pan DVD Giveaway is on the following post) I found three books recently that we are really enjoying to go along with the warm weather (finally!!) I am hoping if I continue to read this book to my daughter every single day and she bugs her Daddy every single day to go to the beach […]
How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections is the subtitle of The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule. And encourage my imagination it did, along with the numerous of fantastic ideas it gave me as it sparked my imagination while reading it. I kept paper and a pen inside the book and came up with three […]
I know, everyone has done a post on this book and it is a little old news. But wait! My review has a little different take. I am all into books, toys, games, clothes that will grow with my children. Things that I will get a really good use out of for years and hopefully […]
How I Catch a Fish written by John Frank and illustrated by Peter Sylvada Rarely I find a book where the author has done as beautiful of a job as the illustrator, or vice versa. But when two match it makes brilliant books, and this is one of them. How To Catch a Fish is […]
I know it seems silly prepping at such a young age (actually its probably not huh?) for the SATs (or ACTs depending on where you are from) but why not? Beach Is to Fun: A Book of Relationships by Pat Brisson This book is fun, illustrations are vivid, colorful and it teaches kids a concept that […]
I can honestly say this is a book we read every single day. I can stop mid sentence on any page and my two girl old can finish it. And No, surprisingly enough I am not sick of reading this book! I am sure you all are familiar with at least one of these books: […]
Do you remember favorite books from your childhood? Here are two of mine. Hey Al by Arthur Yorinks (Author), Richard Egielski (Illustrator) The plot of Hey Al! is of a janitor who lives in a dingy apartment on Manhattan’s West Side with his dog Eddie. One day a large bird appears in their bathroom window […]
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess–To–Be by Mini Grey When it comes to sorting out a Real Princes from a Fake Princes, the famous pea under the mattress test is tired and true. But for those of you who may have wondered how anyone could feel a tiny garden variety pea under the weight […]
One Tuesday morning while at story time Abby had a meltdown. Not a normal one, she was really terrified of what the books were about this particular week…..monsters. Every fear your child has you will probably end up dealing with in a different way. Some get better with time, some just fade away, some with […]
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