A good children’s book is one that appeals to children AND adults. Our youngest son loved the book Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman. I read it over and over and over to him. I grew to detest that book. Recently, I gave it to him. I told him […]
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In days of yore (read that to mean when I was a kid in the Mesozoic era…) we had books about Dick and Jane. Yawn. It’s amazing that we learned how to read with such un-exciting books. It’s astonishing that some kids even grew to love reading despite those pathetically […]
(Psst. Before I begin, you need to remember that I work at a university. When I refer to ‘the bookstore,’ that means the university bookstore. Got that? Good.) The other day I was at the bookstore. I was on an errand to mail the cookbook to the winner of my […]
NOTE: I was given a copy of this book to review but all of my opinions are my own. Colorful. Rich. Bright. Cute. Beautiful. Magnificent. Resplendent. Fun. Humorous. Clever. Outstanding — and a whole slew of other similar adjectives that I could find in Roget’s Thesaurus if I weren’t so […]