“…And so we say ladies first.” As he finished reading, he lowered his paper, looked down and mumbled “It’s not very good, is it?” “Are you kidding!” I cried. “It’s amazing!” His dad and siblings echoed their agreement. We were blown away by the poem our ten-year-old had written. It was an epic folktale of […]

Something caught the ear of my oldest as he passed through the living room. His younger brothers and I were piled on the couch reading Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, and he couldn’t help but linger and listen as the gentle prose pulled us all into the magical world of Roxaboxen. Barbara Cooney’s darling illustrations put […]