There’s nothing sweeter than reading books about love and enjoying a little treat afterwards! If you’re looking for some fun activity ideas or treats to pair with a Valentine’s Day Celebration check out Children’s Valentine’s Day Picture Book recommendations. I love to check out library books on a theme for Madeline. Logan is a little bit over that …
Now that the clocks have switched back (man, it’s dark out now!) and the pumpkins and Halloween books have been put away, there’s nothing but cold and snow on the horizon for many of us. But one thing makes the dark nights and cold days worth it…winter picture books! Here are some of my favorites, …
As a former children’s librarian and a writer, I couldn’t wait to share books with my daughter. However, E, who just turned one last week, is always on the go. She spends her days toddling around the house as she investigates everything around her. Until recently, she wiggled out of my arms whenever I tried to …
Last time we went to the library we check out a whole stack of St. Patrick’s Day themed books – the perfect theme for March. The kids had fun learning about Leprechauns and traditional Irish Folklore, which was perfect for our Geography obsessed guy! Here are our book suggestions based on what our library had …
We’ve checked out books about Christmas. Books about Snow. Valentine’s Day books. Stacks and stacks of Geography Books. Now what? Books about BOOKS, of course. After watching this video trailer for the book It’s a Book, by Lane Smith I was inspired to look for more books about books to read with the kids. We …
Logan is fascinated by the cultures of the world. It’s not uncommon for him to ask: “Mom, can I get on CIA World Fact Book and look up countries?” I’m seriously not kidding. That is how much this kid loves history and geography. He knows about places that I’ve never even heard of. Like Lesotho …
For the last few months we’ve been checking our library books out in batches on a theme. It has been fun to read several different books each week on a certain topic of choice. Lately, that topic has been SNOW. About a month ago snow was regularly appearing in our forecast for several weeks. We …
I found an adorable printable for Christmas Bingo cards the other day while browsing Pinterest for Christmas activities to do with the kids. I thought it would be a fun activity to do with the kids over the Holiday vacation so I decided to head over to FedEx and have the cards printed. I wanted …
The day the calender flipped to December I was on our library’s website ready to reserve some new Christmas picture books for us to enjoy this season. We have a few tried and true favorites of our own, like Madeline’s Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Polar Express, but it’s always great to …
The library is one of my favorite free entertainment places to go with the kids. To simplify the task of checking out books, I usually look books up in advance and put them on hold using the library’s online catalog to make it easier for me to check out the books I need. More than …
