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While I *should* be working on my grad classes, I needed a heavy escape from reality today. Author JoJo Bartlett didn't disappoint me in...

Boxes of Dinosaur Taco holders arrived on Saturday, torturing our children with demands to wait to put them together. Taco Tuesday rolled...

Each book represented a different poetic style. For Unanswered Verses, the style is simplistic, easily read, and can connect with even the m

Author Linda Holmes tells a delightful story. The book is the perfect balance of characters, small town charm...

It was January 2010, once upon a decade ago, and I was about to have my life changed forever.

"You're never alone with the District!"

My word for 2019 was courage.

about 2 hours to go from mixing the dough to pulling the last batch of cookies out of the oven

You've heard of The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle, right? The spider is very busy spinning her web and at the end the spider falls...

"You deserve all the credit." I am arguing this point though because he is putting in time outside of the 30 minutes we have together every

It's been on my TBR list for awhile, but it wasn't until I told my fellow author-friend/PTA-mom-friend/teacher-friend that I am doing...

The imagination that this author gives her characters is one of a kind.

Every time I settled in to read and let my children exercise some independence at the local pools, my son popped his head between the book a

I give her some more space while I go put my contacts in and return to see that she is still wrapped in her towel on the floor. "You need to

This book did not disappoint me in its telling of a great story

Controversial issues are seldom black and white.

Summer means swimming. It is filled with days of going to the local pools and occasionally travelling to a water park - or in the case of...

It was a 10 day check out from the library, but it took me less than three days to read. The characters are compelling, the plot twists...

Spaghetti & Meatballs It's Sunday. I ask Tori if she wants to bake a cake for her brother's birthday on Wednesday. She interprets that...