Two boys run around the playground equipment skidding on the little wood chips carpeting the ground. They zap, pow, punch, and kick as they zoom about. One is wearing a […]
A Taste for Books
When my third child was a toddler, I let her have a short amount of “crib time” each day while I homeschooled my oldest daughter. I turned on a calming […]
Non-Absentee Parents in KidLit: A Defense
Fictional parents. Fictional kids. Never the two shall meet. At least, as a compulsive reader of kids’ books, it often seems this way. I’d love to see stats, compiled by […]
Knowing What Page You’re On: Waiting, Hoping, and Dr. Seuss
There seems to be a lack of bookmarks in my house – it’s not uncommon to find books left on tables, benches and counters being kept open by odd placeholders […]
In Praise of Family Stock Stories
You or some part of your family live out some cliché. Mine is the Appalachia-holler one. My grandfather was one of twelve kids growing up in Burrell Holler, NC, in […]
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