• Reviews

    Learn Well, You Will with Star Wars Workbooks

    My most recent review box from Workman Publishing came to me with an awesome surprise – Star Wars workbooks! I was given 3rd Grade Reading and Writing and 3rd Grade Math as well as 4th Grade Reading and Writing and 4th Grade Math, but as you can see from the…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: I Am the Boss of This Chair

    Summary:  ““I, Oswald Minklehoff Honey Bunny III, am the boss of this chair. You may look at it, and you may walk by it, but you may not sit in it.  Because I am the boss of this chair, and that’s that.” Oswald Minklehoff Honey Bunny III has always been top…

  • Lists

    14 Picture Books to Introduce Math Concepts

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    We are often asked at our library for science and math books for young children and while we keep a few workbook style options that families can copy pages from for practice, I much prefer being able to use a great story to introduce math concepts to young children and…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: The Storm Whale

    Summary:  “Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day’s work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they…

  • Activities

    Parachute Storytime: Hats Off!

    I got a chance to do two parachute storytimes yesterday and it’s fun to see the kids who really love the parachute get a chance to release some energy with lots of movement. A few kids come in with much more trepidation, but most will stay and just observe. This…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Round

    Summary:  “If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery—like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of years.Whimsical and imaginative, this poetic ode to all that is round and…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me

    I love when books surprise me (in a good way). Most likely I’m surprised because I’ve either heard SO MUCH about a book and I just don’t expect it to live up to it’s hype or it’s such an out-there book that I don’t expect to like and I enjoy…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Yoga Bunny

    Summary:  “Even bunnies do yoga! It’s a perfect day for yoga, and Bunny is practicing his poses and wishes his friends would do yoga with him! But Lizard is too tired, Fox is in a rush, and Bird has the hiccups. Will Bunny ever be able to get his friends to…

  • Lists

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/5/18

    Well, I had every intention of spending most of my weekend reading, I was able to read during the week and felt great going into the weekend and then we got hit by the nor’easter on Friday leaving us without power. As, I’m writing this on Sunday evening at 8:30pm…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Kate, Who Tamed the Wind

    Summary:  “A wild wind blows on the tippy-top of a steep hill, turning everything upside down for the man who lives there. Luckily, Kate comes up with a plan to tame the wind. With an old wheelbarrow full of young trees, she journeys up the steep hill to add a little…