Tween Girl Twilight Dissers?
Tween Girls that do not love Twilight? How can that be? The great tween debate is here.
Tween Girls that do not love Twilight? How can that be? The great tween debate is here.
We think pop-up books are a great way to enliven a classic tale without, you know, renting the movie.
Nope, Sorry, I’m watching the Twilight Trailer… AGAIN.
Here are some of our favorite Halloween books. Snuggle up with your kids and enjoy.
Finally you and your tweens and teens have something to talk about. Learn how not to screw it up!
We may or may not have squealed when we discovered that Lauren Child had illustrated the classic, Pippi Longstocking. We’re rooting for a remake of the ill-synched 70’s foreign movie series.
A cookbook for Dad for Father’s Day? No way. Yes way because this cookbook uses beer in its recipes, which just may be incentive enough to get Dad to cook.
Another great Father’s Day book directed towards fathers and sons. In this sweet book, a boy and his dad’s nightly ritual includes retelling of how when Henry was small… they would use Henry as a chess piece, for example.
This is a sweet book about a father-and-son weekly routine that inspired a similar ritual by my husband and son. And, for that reason alone, Every Friday will always have a special place in my young family’s history.
I love innovation and this book takes the ubiquitous picture book to the next level using “scanimation” technology to make art literally move. Watch horses gallop and butterflies flutter across the pages.
The hardest part of reading with preteens can be finding books you both enjoy. We’ve rounded up five of our favorites.
Our hero, Design Mom, turned us on to this lovely gardening book for children. The author has devised a calendar of activities for each month. Yay, the planning is done for us!
The children’s activity book is also a keepsake for mom. It encourages and captures your child’s drawings, writings, dreams. You can help your child spend the upcoming year journaling her memories.
March is National Reading Month and what a better time to highlight some of our favorite books and ask for your favorites.
The Big Green Purse by Diane MacEachern is a call-to-action with a simple message: women, use the power of your purse to solve the environmental crisis, while protecting yourselves and families.
I’ve been researching how to start a book club for kids and would love to share what I’ve learned so you can start one of your own.
Bookplates give children a sense of pride about their books and play on their innate enjoyment of the word “Mine”. Here are a few of our favorite bookplates.
At the time children’s literature was somewhat “boring” and “antiseptic”. The Cat In The Hat changed the way kids learned to read,
Some great blogs that review children’s books and literature. It’s not by any means exhaustive but it’s a great place to start and find more blogs in this field.
October is National Book Month, so we’ve rounded up four of our favorite monster books for kids, just in time for Halloween!