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KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Knuffle Bunny Series by Mo Willems

February 15, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Series: Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems Genre: Children’s Literature The Knuffle Bunny series is 3 books, beginning with Knuffle Bunny: An Unexpected Detour, followed by Knuffle Bunny Too, and ending with Knuffle Bunny Free. The books follow a little girl named Trixie and her lovey Knuffle-Bunny as she has a…

Morning Conversations with the 2 year old

February 5, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

Sophia wakes up and comes out to the living room, just beaming like an actual ray of sunshine. “Good morning, sunshine!” I say, kissing her forehead. “How did you sleep?” Still smiling, she tilts her head to one side and says, “Last night, dear, while I was sleeping,” Wow, I…

Three Quick Kids Book Reviews

February 5, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life 1 Comment

Book: Itsy Mitsy Runs Away by Elanna Allen Itsy Mitsy is going to run away to a house with no bedtime. Although accommodating of her desire to run away, her father reminds her of different things that she will need–her stuffed animals, food for said stuffed animals, a whole house…

BOOK REVIEW: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell

February 4, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Book: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell Genre: Fairy-tale, Historical I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trace in the fables of their time…. And so begins Elise…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Once upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers

January 31, 2015 Home Education Kids Book Reviews No Comments

Book: One Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for all the Letters by Oliver Jeffers Genre: Childrens, literature Once Upon An Alphabet is a collection of short stories related to each letter. Some of the stories are correlated, but most are not. As a parent you might be able to imagine…

BOOK REVIEW: Shades of Earth By Beth Revis

January 28, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Book: Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Across the Universe #3) Genre: Scifi, YA Preview: Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceshipGodspeed behind. They’re ready to start life afresh–to build a home–on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe…

A Day in Pictures

January 27, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

Kids Author Shoutout- Susan Middleton Elya

January 26, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

A few months ago, we reviewed Oh No! Gotta Go! by Susan Middleton Elya. You can read our review of it here. As a quick recap though, we loved it. I mean, rolling on our chairs laughing, rereading it long after Sophiapea lost interest–loved it. That was a while ago…

Monday Motivation

January 26, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

So, here we are at the start of another week. Monday’s are so important to me. In my opinion they set the tone of the week, and it’s a make-it-or-break-it deal. So, I generally try to do everything in my power to make sure that if we only have one…

BOOK REVIEW: A Million Suns by Beth Revis

January 25, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment

Book: A Million Suns by Beth Revis Series: Across the Universe (read my review of the first book in the series here) Genre: Sci-fi, YA Synopsis: It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the…