Archive for the ‘Children’s Books’ Category


I Must Have BoBo! by Eileen Rosenthal

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

There is still time to sign up for your local library’s summer reading program! For this whole week I’ll share some of our most recent pretty awesome book finds. I Must Have BoBo! by Eileen Rosenthal is a book you need to have if your child is attached to a certain “lovie,” like a blanket
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Amanda & Her Alligator! by Mo Willems

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

There is still time to sign up for your local library’s summer reading program! For this whole week I’ll share some of our recent, pretty awesome book finds. Yeah! Mo Willems has a new book. I love all of his books (you guys know that). Amanda & Her Alligator! by Mo Willems is another home
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Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

There is still time to sign up for your local library’s summer reading program! For this whole week I’ll share some of our recent, pretty awesome book finds. Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld is a cute book about a sweet little cloud who watches what all the other big clouds do and starts to feel a
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SkippyjonJones Books by Judy Schachner

Monday, July 18th, 2011 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

There is still time to sign up for your local library’s summer reading program! For this whole week I’ll be sharing some of our recent, pretty awesome book finds. Right before we left for our trip, I had to go get tires put on my car and get my brakes fixed. You know that sitting
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Twelve Dancing Princesses, by Brigette Barrager

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

Last week for my mother’s 50th birthday I took her and my two sisters to tea at the Grand America Hotel. It was a hit, and on the way out we checked out the adorable children’s boutique there. I just SAW this book from the corner of my eye and walked straight over to buy
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An Awesome Book of Thanks, by Dallas Clayton

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 in Books/Reading, Children Product Reviews, Children's Books

Sure. Obviously this book would be perfect for Thanksgiving, but it is not centered around that holiday at all. An Awesome Book of Thanks, by Dallas Clayton is perfect all year round. There are many reasons the girls and I loved this book: #1 It doesn’t talk religion.  Hear me out! I just think you
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Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

That’s right. Amelia Bedelia. Oh, but not in the way you remember her! She is young, she is colorful, she is adorable and we love her even more. Usually when people “re-do” classics, I am not a fan. But not in this case. The original author of the Amelia Bedelia books was Peggy Parish and her
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Presenting…Tallulah by Tori Spelling

Alright…any celebrity can write a children’s book and they make some nice bucks off of it. But really…lots of them should not be writing children’s books. I mean, have any of you read “The English Roses” by Madonna? It’s one of the WORST children’s books out there. Alex Rodriguez’s and Sarah Furgerson’s newest children’s books
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David Wiesner

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 in Books/Reading, Children's Books

I love when I find a new children’s author that we can’t get enough of. Yes I know I am probably the last person on the planet to hear about David Wiesner, but in case I am not, I thought I would share! My readers know that the pictures are what get and hook me.  Wiesner’s
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Sound of Music 50th Anniversary

Saturday, December 5th, 2009 in Books/Reading, Children Product Reviews, Children's Books

Who loves the Sound of Music? I do, I do,  I DO! My grandmother taught my sisters and I to love old movies.  We would all gather on her bed and watch them when we went for a visit. My baby girl Cameron was born already knowing My Favorite Things, Edelweiss and Do Re Mi.  I would sing them to Abby,
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