A Year of Reading

USA Today is celebrating its 25th year with 25 lists of 25. This week's list is 25 Lives of Indelible Impact . I might have sorted the...

We've been tagged for a meme! This one is the 8 Things Meme and it comes to us from Kelly at Big A little a . Here are the rules: Each ...

MARIGOLD AND THE FEATHER OF HOPE, THE JOURNEY BEGINS (Fairy Chronicles) by J.H. Sweet May 2007 Review copy compliments of the publisher In t...

I knew if I didn't read Clementine and The Talented Clementine (by Sara Pennypacker) to my fifth graders, both books would be completel...

Ars Poetica By X.J. Kennedy The goose that laid the golden egg Died looking up its crotch To find out how its sphincter worked. ( punchline ...

Do you know about Daedalus Books ? They are "the online discount book and music store selling thousands of quality bargain books and o...

It's been awhile since I had a really good one to share. Today's was a doozie. At the end of the day, Boy A was by the door tying...

I picked up two new picture books that would be great for primary kids. I thought ORANGE, PEAR, APPLE, BEAR by Emily Gravett was adorable....

Head on over to Chicken Spaghetti for the 14th Carnival of Children's Literature! The setting is Texas and the Carnival is (appropriat...

Steve Jenkins, author of ACTUAL SIZE has this great new book out called DOGS AND CATS . This is a fun book for many reasons. First of a...