Picture Book Weekends: Star Stuff

This computer is out to get me. Seriously. I was without it for FIVE days because that's how long it now takes to put a battery into a Mac laptop. I won't rant about that topic anymore, but really? REALLY?  Anyway, I finally got my baby back last week. Last night I was about to …

Friday Flicks: Little Women

I know, I know. Stop rolling your eyes. I LOVE this movie. Really. Every year it is required watching in my house at Christmas time. But really I'll watch it any time. I know there is much dissension in the ranks as to the best version because there have been so many. There are actually …

Throw Back Thursday: Cherry Ames

I'm kind of a sucker for throw back Thursday. I love looking at old photos, funny memories, sweet moments. In deciding my Thursday theme, I thought this would be a good chance to look back at some older books. Some will be classics. Some, like today's, will be decidedly not classics. Some will just evoke …

Reading for the New Year

My life is definitely made up of 10 minute increments of time these days. This is what happens when you have three kids under the age of 12. (For me that involves three different schools, each with a different start and ending time, including one child who is only half day. It's an adventure.) So, …

Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty

I love books that honor and show value to the incredible imagination that kids are born with. "Iggy Peck, Architect" is one of those books. Iggy is a 2nd grader who has, since birth, been enthralled by buildings and construction. Towers built from diapers, castles of chalk, and a sphinx of mud...Iggy can build anything. …