Books

Children are natural knowledge seekers. They want to know all they can about the world around them, and nothing proves their thirst for knowledge more than the toddler years when they’re always asking, “Why?” about everything. Their curiosity doesn’t change as they get older even if they no longer ask…

Ahh, fairy tales. The tried and true stories of our youth, and the youth before us, and the youth before that. Usually, very little changes with fairy tales . . . until it does. Over the past few years, new life has been breathed into these time-tested stories that we…

 This post contains affiliate links.  Have you heard of National Science Fiction Day? Yes, it is a thing, and it’s today! While I am admittedly not a big sci-fi fan myself, except for Star Wars and The Twilight Zone, my husband and my oldest son are. I live a life filled with sci-fi,…

With all of the genres available, I am always a little surprised when people say that reading is boring. Coming from someone who has always been a reader, I can’t help but wonder if they just haven’t found the right genre yet. For me, the genre that always holds my…

Can you believe that we’re starting to talk about back to school already? It seems like the kids just got out of school! But I am going to talk to you today about an important initiative called the Green Your School Fund. What is that you may ask? Tom’s of Maine and…

Do you know what week it is? It’s Children’s Book Week! Yes, it’s a real thing. While it’s always children’s book week in our house, this week it’s official. Being the children’s book fanatic that I am, I want to celebrate by sharing some of our favorite recent finds with…

I wasn’t thinking that today is International Women’s Day when I started working on this post. I’ve been planning it for about a week now and I guess it seems especially fitting that I finish and publish it today. I love when a plan falls into place purely by accident!…

  You probably know by now that the Pigeon books by Mo Willems are wildly popular with younger readers. Especially Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. If you aren’t already familiar with this wonderful book by this equally wonderful author, then I urge you to go to your local…

I received a complimentary product in exchange for my honest review.   It’s hard to believe that my little man will be starting Kindergarten next month. It seems like it wasn’t too long ago I was changing diapers and now we’re preparing for real school. Time needs to slow down a…