Over the years we’ve read just about every Junie B. Jones book there is. Another fun series is Ivy + Bean. We just finished Doomed to Dance where Ivy and Bean decide they want to take ballet lessons. They have seen a video of a gorgeous ballet with a thrilling fight scene. Ivy and Bean are dying to take ballet lessons. Ballet lessons would absolutely be the perfect thing. Both of their mothers remind the girls of all the activities...
In an ideal world, we’d all have hours to sit on the couch reading books to our children. In an ideal world, we’d also have children who are always cheerful and obedient and never have problems with sleeping through the night, toilet-training, wrecking the car, or getting a full-ride scholarship to college either. But since we don’t live in an ideal world (it sounds a bit Orwellian anyway), here’s a website I just...
There is something magical about a child learning to read. It’s like that first smile, those first words, those first steps. A child can’t read at all and then one day . . . some of the words make sense. And then a few more. And then a few more. And next thing you know, the kid can read! Author Mo Willems is probably best known for his “Pigeon” books. Don’t Let...
