When I picked up my first book of the year, I was instantly in love with reading again. I remembered how good it feels to immerse yourself in another world. To allow yourself to be transported inside the mind of someone else… to take a moment in another life. It’s the same reason I love movies, but books take you a level deeper. Nothing better than being lost in a story.… Read More Reigniting My Romance With Reading
I miss reading. I read to my kids every day but, I miss reading for me. I can pull off other fun things regularly – exercising, date nights, road trips – but not this one. For me, it’s a casualty of motherhood. There are more ways to read books now, sure. I used to listen to… Read More The Cheap Thrill of Reading
For some reason it seemed like there was some interest in what our family has been reading at the library recently. When I did this the first time several people said they are always looking for new book suggestions. I dug into the bag this morning to see what I had there and I wasn’t… Read More What’s in the library bag? Grown-up edition.
As I write this, it’s still only 44 degrees outside. This week my daughter told me I need to start sending a coat with her to school again – she’s cold on the play ground! But there are buds on the trees and daffodils blooming, so we’re calling it Spring – finally! Even though the… Read More Seasonal Reading: Spring Favorites
We’ve had a decent snow and Thankgiving is over so it’s officially winter. Here’s the next installment of our favorites from our seasonal reading basket. Most of them tend to be more Winter and Snow related than Christmas related. We have no religious/meaning of Christmas books in the mix, as I have trouble answering questions… Read More Seasonal Reading: Winter Favorites
I love the new traditions that are emerging in my family now that my kids are getting a little bit older. With some help from my retired teacher mom’s extensive book collection, I have started our own book collections for each season. These are special books that we bring out only at the start of… Read More Seasonal Reading: Fall Favorites
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released a highly publicized policy statement: pediatricians should be encouraging parents to read to their children daily, starting at birth. Not to be a downer, but my thoughts on this are a little mixed. On the one hand, great! We know that reading to our kids to facilitates early… Read More Reading to My Infant
So what do an imaginative pig, a graceful ballerina, and a brave mouse all have in common? Well, nothing really, other than the fact that they are all characters in books that my daughter and I recently borrowed from the library. A trip to the library has become somewhat of a weekly routine for us.… Read More An Imaginative Pig, A Graceful Ballerina, And A Brave Mouse
When I was a child, I read incessantly. I went to the public library every week, joined the summer book club, and basically always had my “nose in a book,” as my disapproving mother would say. She thought I read too much. Can you imagine? I was thinking about how that has changed, since I… Read More I am a child, I’ll last a while / You can’t conceive of the pleasure in my smile
My daughter loves being read to and reading books (in her own words) to us – which I find absolutely adorable! One of her favorites is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. She received the book and stuffed animal caterpillar to go along with it for her first birthday. I had seen the idea for creating… Read More Create it Saturday: A Very Hungry Caterpillar of Your Own
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