Don’t let the midwinter blues get you down! Curl up with the kids (and some hot cocoa!) and enjoy one of my favorite snowy reads. The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett In Brett’s retelling of the classic tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a young Eskimo girl looking […]
The Scanimation books by Rufus Butler Seder are some of my favorite interactive books for kids. When you open up one of these sturdy board books, the picture on the inside actually move! Each turn of the page reveals a new moving picture, and the simple text is perfect for […]
For many children, learning to identify basic colors isn’t as easy as it sounds. Last month, I stumbled across the Scientific American article “Why Can’t Johnny Name His Colors” written by Melody Dye. Dye, who helps run the Cognition, Language & Learning Lab at Stanford University, conducted a study where […]
Giraffes Can’t Dance (©1999) written by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees tells the tale of Gerald the giraffe. Gerald is quite tall and extremely awkward. When the annual Jungle Dance rolls around, Gerald is nervous. Everyone knows Giraffes can’t dance! Everything about this book is so inviting. The […]
Since it is Thanksgiving week, I’d like to share a book all about a beloved turkey day dessert – pie! That book is Apple Pie ABC (©2011) by Alison Murray. “When an apple pie arrives piping hot on the kitchen table, a little pup does everything from A to Z […]
Back in June, my friend Melissa gave birth to beautiful baby boy named Connor. Baby Connor has a three-year-old sister, but because I think that Connor deserves a little library all his own, I decided to find some great titles (written for kids 5 and under) perfect for any little […]
