One of my three-year-old’s favorite reads lately is the Richard Scarry classic book on manners: Pig Will and Pig Won’t. Like most Richard Scarry books, this little volume’s illustrations are crammed with details that make each page interesting. But the force of it, unlike the meandering but oh-so-fun-to-look-at Cars and Trucks and Things That Go…
One of my favorite times of the day is that moment before bed, when my kids and I snuggle together on the couch and I read to them about courageous trains and suppers that are still hot and anthropomorphic animals of all varieties. Their eyes droop and they yawn until they are so tired I…
My children have all grown up reading the children’s classic, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” so when it showed up on Amazon Prime as a 25-minute special we were all over it. We expected a fun, endearing story, but we got more than we bargained for. Published around 27 years ago and selling millions…
It all started with a book. We found Jane McGuiness’s Prickly Hedgehogs at our local library and picked it up for the sake of its vibrant, gentle illustrations and simple narration. Our children ate it up. Shortly after we returned it, however, our son Kai entered what will henceforth be known in our family as,…
