Here’s a book to help you and your kids appreciate the amazing diversity of peoples and cultures in our world. How People Live was published by Dorling Kindersley in 2003, so it’s fairly new. It’s a hefty, coffee-table-sized book just …
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a list of…five books to tickle your funny bone
These books are meant to tickle your funny bone, and we have happily read each of them many, many times. They are ridiculous, far-fetched, colorful stories, great for snuggling up with and giggling over. The Topsy Turvies, story by …
fiction favorites…The Stories Julian Tells
Julian, aged about 7, tells us six stories about himself, his younger brother, Huey, his father and mother, and his friend, Gloria in this small chapter book. These are warm, funny, endearing stories about lemon puddings that taste “like a night on …
nonfiction nuggets…about the world’s greatest artists
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists, is a series, written and illustrated by Mike Venezia. Beginning when my children were very, very young – just 2 and 3 years old – we looked at these brilliant books together. We …
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poetry friday
Poetry is delightful stuff. The words tango together in delightful patterns of sound and rhythm and rhyme, and the sense of the poem rockets beyond the mere meaning of the words because of the way ideas unexpectedly jostle up against one another. Do …
a list of… five classic picture books
Yikes. Starting this project is a bit daunting, but I can adapt as I go, right?! I thought I’d try to publish a list of sorts once each week, and then do some shorter posts with a mixture of fiction …
