Hey, That’s My Monster

(NOTE: I was given a copy of this book but all opinions are my own.) When I was in grade school, I had an awful nightmare. About a boogyman. A boogyman with a mime-white face, with eyes rimmed in kohl black, with Einstein hair, and with fingernails 12 inches long. […]

Even More Bookmarks

By any chance, do you know how reading helps kids? Mmm? In case you don’t, lemme share a few ways. It helps them develop the ability to think, to problem solve, to make decisions, and to improve their reasoning abilities. It increases their vocabulary and their understanding of grammar and […]

Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing

(NOTE: I was given a copy of this book but all opinions are my own.) I know a fellow who absolutely loves to fish. All. The. Time. He spends every spare minute fishing — in rivers, reservoirs, ponds, streams, lakes. You name it, he fishes there. Funny thing, he catches […]

The First Cat in Space

(NOTE: I was given a copy of these books but all opinions are my own.) Before I get into the meat of what I want to say, I need to share a backstory. Remember COVID? The pandemic that shut the whole world down? For 14 months? During that time, author […]