Dog Days ( Diary of a wimpy kid) #4... It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed “indoor person,” is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg’s mom has a different vision for an ideal summer…one packed with outdoor activities and...

When A Favorite Book Becomes A Movie... We all have them, those books that take you back to a place & time when things were warm & fuzzy & full of possibilities. For me one of those books is Where The Wild Things Are. I read this book countless times as a child, I read It to my kids & I have reviewed it on this blog. So when I saw the preview for the movie due out on October 16th you can imagine my excitement. At first I was so elated to take...

ALSC best childrens books for you & your litt... Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome...

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak... Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak has to be one of my favorite books as a mom to read. I am not sure if it is because my son is awild thing, with a vivid imagination that gets sent to his room to think alot which often leads to bigger adventures in his room, or if it is the wonderful illustration. But what ever it is we always come back to it. A timeless classic. -This book transcends time as rambunctious little...

Eric Carle... I love all things Eric Carle! It is hard not to be enchanted with this colorful images & simply lovely stories. I have never met an Eric Carle book or picture that I didn’t like. It is that simple:)  He simply has a style all his own that will hols both you & your childs attention for years to come. These books make it on to my best books for story time list! Remember it is never too young to read to your...

I Love You Forever... A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him “I’ll love you forever I’ll like you for always As long as I’m living My baby you’ll be.”  This book written by Robert Munsh is a timeless story of a mothers love for her son as he grows from an infant to a man, & then his love for his mother as he becomes a father. It was given to me as a gift...

More Pies... By Robert Munsch Illustrations by Michael Martchenko Robert Munsch is the premiere writer for children’s books between the ages of five to ten. “More Pies” is about a young boy Samuel who is continuing hungry and who just can’t seem to get his tummy filled. When it is recommended Samuel should enter the local pie eating contest, he does. His opponents include a fireman and construction worker....

The Great Castle of Marshmangle... Written by Malacha Doyle Illustrations by Paul Hess First I have to say what beautiful illustrations. Hess has matched Doyle’s words, illustration by illustration. Doyle, the author has created a magical world, where the normal is made magical with a new and imaginative name. “Fortywink Cockpit” is a bed, “Sandcastle Stompers” are shoes and “Brainbox Banana” is a yellow hat...

No One Says It better Than Dr. Seuss... “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” “Today...

A Thump From Upstairs: Starring Mr. Boo And Max &#... My four year old nephew picked “A Thump From Upstairs: Starring Mr. Boo And Max” out from a large pile of books on sale at our locale book store during a shopping excursion recently. I promptly chose to read it to him and my niece during lunch and to my surprise, they both loved it!  Enthralled in Keep’s lively prose, I had both of their attention and curiosity with what was going to happen next. “A...