Posts tagged ‘children’s books’


“Tiny and Hercules” by Amy Schwartz

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 in Tuesday: Weekly Book Review

You need to check this one out from the library this week- Tiny and Hercules by Amy Schwartz. My biggest complaint with kid’s books (and adult books for that matter) is that they tend to tie up every loose end.  They complete the story to such a T that there is no room left to think […]

Best $8 I Have Ever Spent

Saturday, June 13th, 2009 in Tuesday: Weekly Book Review

We moved a couple weeks ago and we’re now in the process of hanging up pictures, re-arranging furniture for the last time, organizing closets and stuff like that. When I start a project sometimes I don’t know if it will take 15 minutes or a couple hours. Organizing things with two little ones running around sometimes […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Polly Dunbar & The Tilly Series

I love my library. It is a smaller library but they are up to date on their children’s books while keeping the good ol’ classics around too. Whoever is in charge of finding and purchasing new books should receive an award; they have the best taste ever! They led me to discover author and illustrator Polly […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review–Jamie Lee Curtis

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 in Tuesday: Weekly Book Review

You know your girls are fans of Jamie Lee Curtis’ books when you read them almost every day. You really know your girls are fans of Jamie Lee Curtis’ books when they climb a very tall bookshelf during nap time so they can grab one to read. You really, really know your daughter absolutely loves […]

Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Bunches and Bunches

Keep scrolling down for the giveaway, it is a few posts down. We hit the jackpot these past two weeks at the library so I thought we’d share Amazon.com Widgets Catching the Sun,written by Coleen M. Paratore and Illustrated by Peter Catalanotto After just looking at the beautiful illustrations I didn’t care what the book […]

Monday: Weekly Family Activity—Writing Books to Keep in Touch with Extended Family

Tonight for our Weekly Family Activity we are going to write and illustrate books to my children’s cousins who live out of state. We will teach our girls about literature, help develop their imagination and do something fun to keep in touch with family all in one sitting. For the first family Abby wants to […]