The little house we just moved into

We just moved from the other house about 2 blocks away to this house.  My parents are still staying in the house we were in the village. ...

Grace upon Grace…

(written around May 19th or so) It is weird to explain but we are finding so many other blessing in the midst of these trials.  I am sure ...

Anytime Playdate by Dade Hayes

Full title: Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom or How Television Became by Baby's Best Friend Stars: ***** Summa...

Getting Boys to Read

A blog/community was brought to my attention today called Getting Boys to Read . It's a blog with a forum attached design to help parent...

Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why it Matters by Bill Tancer

Stars: **** Summary: Do we really understand ourselves? We are fascinated by polls and survey data about our responses to stimuli from the o...

How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller

Stars: ***** Summary: Influenced by Native American folktales, this fascinating story deals with bullying, self-confidence, and understandin...

38 Ways to Entertain Your Grandparents by Dette Hunter

Stars: *** 38 Ways to Entertain Your Grandparents by Dette Hunter Annick Press 2002 Illustrator: Deirdre Betteridge 47 pages 1-55037-748-5 ...

Mailbox Monday - May 18

In this last week I received quite a few books. See what others received and maybe participate at Printed Page . Your Best Birth: Know All ...

The Bipolar Handbook by Dr. Wes Burgess, M.D., Ph.D.

Stars: **** Summary: The Bipolar Handbook comprehensively illuminates every area of the disorder by drawing upon the real questions asked ...

Winner of Crocodaddy

Congrats to Marie who answered my question about memories with fathers by saying: "my father passed recently which is still difficult f...

CRAZY WEEK…

Just keeping my head above water these last two weeks.  Josh has all the symptoms of hepatitis, my parents arrived (into our 525 sq ft home)...

YOUR PRAYERS ARE WORKING!! THANK YOU!

THANK YOU ALL YOU PRAYERS!  WE sent out our 911 prayer request for us while Josh was sick and we were all going crazy with only one parent w...

Crocodaddy by Kim Norman (Day Three of Three)

It's Day Three and I have a special surprise for you! (See Day One and Day Two ) The author, Kim Norman has offered to giveaway one c...

Crocodaddy by Kim Norman (Day Two of Three)

Today I'm going to share an interview I (C) did with the author, Kim Norman (KN). After that is some basic author info for you and some ...

Crocodaddy by Kim Norman (Day One of Three)

Stars: ****1/2 This week I'm touring Crocodaddy by Kim Norman . It's a picture book aimed at the preschooler level. Summary: A boy a...

Winner of Trash Talk....

Congrats Liyana who said: "I turn off all power outlets in my house when we're not using them, recycle all the used/read papers, pa...

Library Loot - May 5

I haven't done one of these posts since February because I haven't been going to the library much (which is weird for me) and when I...

April 2009 Review

These are the books read in April 2009. PB means picture book. Picture books aren't counted towards total pages read. e.g. Title by Auth...

BARK up the RIGHT Tree: Lessons from a Rescued Dog by Jessie & Ruth Tschudin

Stars: ***1/2 Summary: Jessie the dog was abandoned by her lifelong family. At the very same time, Ruth had an unusual premonition. It all c...

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