The Night Before Christmas: I Knew in a Moment It Must Be This Week’s #tbt
This is the first year that my choice of Christmas music has been squashed by those who share the sound waves around me. In past years, my husband couldn’t successfully dissuade me from playing my favorite Christmas tunes in every room of our…
Books That Aren’t About the Holidays But Kinda Really Are
Rather than adding to the world another list of recommended Christmas books, I thought I’d share with you some great titles that totally tie in to the holiday season but won’t date themselves on your bookshelf once the festivities have all…
Catching a Sweet Treat: Our Favorite Gingerbread Tales #tbt
At over 140 years old, this is the oldest Throwback Thursday title to date on the blog. “I’ll run and I’ll run as fast as I can, you can’t catch me, I’m the……” GINGERBREAD MAN! At the elementary school where…
Away in a Manger: Christmas Books about Jesus
This post is coming much later into December than I had planned. Turns out it has been quite a task to find excellent Christmas books that are about Jesus. Hmm. I’ve been reading through stacks of offerings- my poor Bookworms,…
Baby Bookworm’s Birthday Photo Shoot @ the Library
I loved having snuggly winter babies, but the fact will remain that every year I will be searching for indoor venues for their birthday parties and their photo shoots. We didn’t have to think too long or too hard for…
Monthly Update: Baby Bookworm, Age 1
As a parent, how can you not get sentimental about your baby’s first birthday?! What a milestone! Baby Bookworm has officially traveled all the way around the sun. It’s been the quickest year of my life! This’ll be my last…
Taking Mental Snapshots Aboard The Polar Express
Ever have one of those moments you just wish you could have captured in a photo, but had to settle for a mental snapshot? I’ve been having many of those lately. Recently we went to a Christmas light display after…
Strega Nona: a Spellbinder for All Ages #tbt
Ah, Parent Visitation Day. As a kid I loved it; as a new teacher I feared it. I learned to enjoy it as the years passed, eventually enjoying the chance to share my world of literacy with parents. I’ll never…
More, More, More: The One Book Baby Bookworm Can Request by Name
It’s tough being a rule follower who feels hemmed in by rules of her own making! I’m bending my own parameters for throwbacks this week due to Baby Bookworm’s delight of this 25-year old book. I think that’s sufficiently old enough…
Grateful for These: Our Favorite Thanksgiving Books (That Aren’t About Turkeys)
I’ve shared before that I’m not typically a big fan of holiday books. I am, however, a big fan of Thanksgiving as a holiday so I went on a hunt to find the best books for kids relating to gratitude…
First Year 92% Complete: Monthly Update at 11 Months
When checking out at the grocery store today, the cashier complimented how happy and adorable Baby Bookworm is (no surprise there). Then she asked, “How old is he?” You guys! I answered, “Almost a year”… What?! In a few weeks…
All the Colors of the Freight Train #tbt
Simple yet intricate. Yes, that’s possible when you’re in Donald Crews’ hands. Freight Train isn’t just for train lovers, but is also a vibrant introduction to colors. Each Thursday I’ll be featuring a book that my parents *could* have read…
Curious George: A Little History & Some Reading Tips #tbt
In the 1920s H.A. Rey (author of Curious George) traveled up & down the Amazon river selling bathtubs; he also sketched the monkeys he observed along the way. When he and Margret married a few years later, they had two…
Short on Time, or Patience? Two Simple Reading Tips
Confession time: sometimes I skip parts of the text when I’m reading to my kids. Gasp! But wait, is that such a bad thing? I’d say that it’s not an unforgiveable sin, but Preschool Bookworm might beg to differ. Yesterday…
The Story of Ferdinand: Preschool Bookworm’s First Banned Book #tbt
I didn’t expect I would be selecting banned books for my 2 year old… but this week’s feature from 1936 was labeled pro-fascist and pro-communist in its day, and was banned in several countries at the time. Fast forward 79…
