Yearly Archives: 2017

27 posts

This is a review of the book Code Name Verity.

Book Review for Code Name Verity

(NOTE: I didn’t get a free review copy of this book. I simply checked it out of the library. I also didn’t receive any remuneration — other than deep satisfaction — for reviewing this book.) World War II. A common English woman who loves to fly airplanes. Her aristocratic Scottish […]

Make this easy craft of a wind spinner out of a plastic water bottle, marking pens, and some string.

Wind Spinner Craft

We held our annual family reunion at Bear Lake in Utah. Oh my! I’ve never seen the water so high!! We have had several drought years. But this past winter brought an exceptional amount of snow. (There’s still lots in the mountains!) As the snow has melted, our lakes and […]

Make Gigantic Bubbles with this Bubble Wand!

Kids love bubbles. Little kids. Big kids. Tall kids. Short kids. Even kids that have grown into grandmas! Tween and teen-aged grandchildren might think that they are too old for bubbles. But they haven’t made bubbles with this bubble wand. This wand makes GIGANTIC bubbles. Gigantic LONG bubbles. Gigantic long […]

A Man Called Ove is an exceptionally well-written and touching book for teens and adults.

A Terrific Book for Teens — and Adults!

(Note: I did not receive any remuneration or free review copy of this book.) It seems like when I share books, they tend to be children’s picture books. Like the book Press Here, or The Day the Crayons Quit, or The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Those books are so fun […]