Something very exciting happened last week. My seven-year-old buried his nose in a book and did not come up for air until he’d read the whole thing. As a book lover and certified Child Bookworm, this makes me so happy. To keep the momentum rolling, my mom bought him the next five books in the …
Before I share this collection of election books for kids, I have to share a funn story with you. Last week, my seven-year-old came home school and told me, excitedly, that he was voted class president. This isn’t a real role…rather, it was a chance for the kids to learn about elections and the voting …
I’m super excited to be working with a longtime (like, since childhood) favorite of mine – Scholastic! Join me and get your kids excited about summer reading with this fun printable reading wish list – and check out all the other great things taking place with Scholastic, too. Remember when you were a kid and …
I don’t often call myself an expert at anything, but one thing I am 100%, without a doubt an expert at? Horse books. Seriously. I’ve read them alllll. Well…at least all of the classics and pretty much everything written (classic or not) before 1992! True story: I read every horse book in my library in …
You know what my babies loved most about board books? Eating them. Seriously. That was especially the case with Jack – I thought he might have something “wrong” with him when, at six-months-old, he’d cry when I tried to read him. If he wasn’t able to hold and eat the book, he wasn’t interested. He …