My ten year old niece Anastasia shares her most recent book recommendations. THE SHADOW COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE BY AMY GORDON Cully is an ordinary boy. He lives on a apple tree farm, goes to the soda shop in the summer, and hangs out with his friends. He is normal except for one thing: Cully has no […] Read more…
Some of my readers eagerly anticipate my book recommendations, and rush to the bookstore or library right away. Others have informed me that book reviews for mothers are a waste, because who has time to read? Well, today’s suggestions aren’t huge tomes of fiction. Rather, they’re all worthwhile non-fiction selections which you may actually find as […] Read more…
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman So, there’s not a drop of French in my Irish green blood (though clearly I’m not Irish enough since I don’t drink and I only have two kids) but I’ve always been a Francophile. They were one of our founding peoples, after all, and I followed […] Read more…
I wanted to share with you a few great books I’ve had the opportunity to check out lately. Two of them are timely for Earth Day, and one is another educational resource for parents and kids. Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Anne Kennedy In this cute, animal-characters picture book, teacher […] Read more…
Kristi Yamaguchi refuses to slow down. Olympic Gold Medallist in Figure Skating? Check. Dancing With the Stars champion? Sure. Workout video? Yep. Devoted philanthropist? Of course. Wife of a Stanley Cup winner (former Carolina Hurricanes player Bret Hedican) and mother of two? Done. Oh yeah, and she writes children’s books. Born in the year of […] Read more…
Giveaway open to Canadians. Is your child reading “just right” books? As teachers, we use that expression constantly to refer to books that are at a student’s level (not too easy or too challenging), and that will help move them forward and grow as a reader. How do you know what your child should be reading? […] Read more…
Here is my ten year old niece’s latest recommended reading: CIRCUS GALACTICUS by Deva Fagan Summary: I like this book because it talks about magic and aliens. This book is about a girl [Trix], who finds an alien circus, and decides to join them. On the way she discovers secrets about the circus, and tries to stop […] Read more…
Here’s a quick breakdown of how I spent my holidays: Books read: 3+1 (not a huge number, but we’re not talking about light and fluffy reading material) We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver): A- Kevin went on a killing spree at his high school. The book is letters written by Kevin’s mother to his father, reflecting back […] Read more…
“Is it coincidence that we spend far more than our parents ever did on the restyling and improvement of our homes – homes in which we spend less and less time because we are out earning the money to pay for French chrome mixer taps and stripped oak floors? It’s as though home had become […] Read more…
The jacket sums it up better than I could: “Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle-aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is […] Read more…