I’ve told you this before, my daughter started a club at her HS called Read to Me, she and several other students go to the elementary school every week and read to the Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. She loves it, and the teachers do too. They are also working on getting to the Senior Center to read to them. This girl! 😊 One of the books she read to the Kindergarten class yesterday was A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Joan Rankin. Karma Wilson is the author of Bear Snores On – we have every single one of those books, they are still very loved…
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Happy Monday 🌼
Did you read to your kids this weekend? We had a bit of a crazy Friday afternoon, so that threw off our reading for both Friday and Saturday. Friday, we didn’t get home from the kids checkup until 5:30, our son had to be dropped at school to work the Audio/Visual at one of the events, hubby and I had dinner plans with friends, and our daughter hung out here with one of her friends. Usually, if we have plans, I will read the kids their chapter books before going out, but we didn’t have time – I guess its good to have a social life! 😊 When I got…
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
TMy son and I just finished reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom. My daughter and I read it a few years ago and loved it. Eddie, a maintenance worker at an amusement park, dies trying to save a little girl. When he gets to heaven be meets the five people that affected his life. There are five people for everyone. Some he knew, others he had just seen in passing in his time on Earth. But each one affected him in different ways making his life what it was. It is a very thought provoking read. My son has been going through all the drama…
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
My daughter and I just finished reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. I read it a few years ago after a friend recommended it. I enjoyed it, I don’t think I expected to. I usually give the kids several book choices, I was surprised that Anastasia chose this one. Rereading this book, I remembered how much I enjoyed it. Harold, recently retired and seemingly very bored in his life and marriage, receives a letter from a former work colleague/friend, Queenie Hennessy, who is dying of cancer. Instead of simply writing her back, he decides to bring the letter to her himself. And so begins the “unlikely…
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L. Frank Baum and his Wonderful Land of Oz
When you think of The Wizard of Oz, do you think of the classic movie or the book? I always used to think of the movie. When we first embarked on this wonderful reading journey, thanks to Alice Ozma (The Reading Promise) and her father, I had no idea there was more than just The Wizard of Oz. After reading The Reading Promise, we learned that there are 14 books in the Land of Oz Series. I read The Wizard of Oz to my daughter and a couple of years later to my son. My son and I decided to continue with the series. We have just finished all 14! …
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💖Books We Love 💖
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are going to share with you books we love. There are A LOT, so we have narrowed it down. We have each chosen a book that we loved reading aloud. First on the list is a book that should always be on a Valentine’s list. Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris. I was given this book by a librarian in Cambridge, MA. Yeah for librarians! I would bring my 1st grade class to the library every week, and the two librarians quickly became very good friends. Love Among the Walnuts is a silly story about love, family, and the family you find while…
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The Importance of Children’s Books
I read this blog post from Parnassus Books https://parnassusmusing.net/2018/01/17/14-picture-books-kind-citizens/#more-28438 If you aren’t currently signed up to receive the “musings” from Parnassus Books, I highly suggest you do. This particlular post was about books to read with children showing them to be kind to one another. I got to the book Love by Matt de la Pena. I haven’t read the book yet, but I did link to the article in Time Magazine http://time.com/5093669/why-we-shouldnt-shield-children-from-darkness/. This article is so beautiful, and so important. Books can transport readers. If one book, one illustration, can help a child to “feel” than it was worth it. Often times, children do not have words to express how they…
