The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
I came home yesterday evening and opened the local newspaper and read that Maurice Sendak, beloved children's author, had passed away. I was sad to read this, because Where The Wild Things Are is one of my son's very favorite books and one I will View Post
In honor of Children's Book Week, I am partcipating in a book hop giveaway hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. If you are looking to enter giveaways for some amazing children and Young Adult books, you will definitely want to check that link out View Post
Children’s Book Week kicks off today and I am so excited about the great ideas to celebrate this occasion with my students. Children’s Book Week started in 1919 and is the longest running literacy initiative in the country. In my View Post
Robert And The Robot by Eva Schwab Last week I chose Robert and the Robot by Eva Schwab to read to my second grade class. The kids are getting mighty restless here at the end of the year and so I chose this book because the View Post
Our local library recently had their annual book sale and it’s a sale I look forward to with great anticipation because we always come home with some great books at dirt cheap prices. I stopped in Friday afternoon and picked out a few for View Post
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin I must admit I was a little apprehensive about reading this book at first. It was a book I happened to pick up for free for the Kindle, and I have often been disappointed with View Post
I have to warn you that I am one of those readers who reads several books at once. My dad is the same way, so I guess I can blame that little reading quirk on him. I usually have a small stack on my nightstand and several loaded on my Kindle on my View Post
If I have to be honest, I suppose being a children's librarian suits me well because I still love reading children's and young adult chapter books. There. I said it. Thankfully, one of the biggest perks of my job is that I have hundreds of them at View Post
Back when I worked in my aunt and uncle's Christian bookstore, I used to think a Bible was a Bible was a Bible. I quickly learned there are many things that make each Bible different, such as translations, print size, and "extras" such as study View Post
Last week I found this fabulous book in our library at school that was a compilation of Easter stories called Hop To It!: A Scholastic Treasury of Easter Tales. I had pretty much hit the jackpot because I wasn’t left to scramble for Easter View Post
Trying new things and coming up with creative solutions is the heart of this children’s book entitled Peepsqueak! by Leslie Ann Clark. I have to say, I fell in love with Peepsqueak at first sight. Isn’t he just the cutest little View Post
