In this video, I’ll provide a heartfelt review of the book, Corderoy. Exploring its Christian symbolism, and discuss how it resonates with the theme of adoption. I’ll also share my personal connection to this book.
Welcome to a baby-themed episode of our Picture Book Showdown, where two heartfelt tales collide! In this corner, we have “Hello In There!” written by Jo Witek and beautifully illustrated by Christine Roussey. And in the opposite corner, we have “Little Miss, Big Sis” crafted by the talented duo of Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Author) and Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator). Get ready for a delightful duel between these two captivating picture books!
It’s been a summer. Pool time. Lazy reading time. There was a lot of cleaning up after three children and feeding them and ALL the things.
I even missed my newsletter last month because, well, summer.
But I’m back and ready to get to work. I’ll be dropping kids off at school in a few weeks, and suddenly — or finally — I can take a whole hour in a row and do some work.
Welcome to May! How can it be May already? I don’t know. I have a busy month ahead, with my youngest graduating preschool this year, and my oldest moving out of elementary into intermediate school (which is just the other side of the school building, thank goodness!...
I finished reading The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck a few days ago. I enjoyed it. It is the story of a poor Chinese farmer, who struggles through life from starvation to wealth. It's a good read, with interesting struggles between family and between nature that...
For the past several months I have been reading through my copy of Jane Austen: The Complete Novels. I love Jane Austen, and there were a few of her novels that I had never read. The collection I have includes all her complete novels, in the order of their...