It's been a busy couple of weeks, but we have some fun books to share. Our camping plans a weekend ago were scrapped by tornado weather,...

Still reading Zoey and Sassafrass! We have a case of the Grumplets this week ... I'm going to try and keep these shorter and focus my...

I'm a wee bit behind on bedtime reports. It's been hectic few weeks with work stuff, kid stuff, one kid's graduation stuff, fractured...

Okay, so I've been doing this casually off and on, and thought I'd try to make it more regular. I meant to write an official report...

And the picture books about them! So, there's this amazing interactive exhibit about Vincent Van Gogh coming to the Indianapolis Museum...

We've had a rough week coming on top of a rough year. Some have suffered or overcome more than others. Some we've lost. To be sure, there...

Actually, I'm not asking whether you've checked out any fabulous books from your local library, though that's certainly an awesome thing...

So, admittedly, I'm a little late with this. It's been that kind of year. Here's hoping I'm not too late for you to get some good winter...

It seems I write something about this each year, or at least post something about it. I'm not alone. Challenging the premise of Columbus...

'Tis the season to get spooky! Okay, so fall and particularly Halloween month, yes, month, are my favorite times of year. For...

Recently, a friend asked for recommendations, and then I stumbled on this great list from Brightly. I wanted to share it here, too....

I'm in the process of rebuilding my website to account for some exciting news: the publication of my first children's picture book with...

My kids and I love this word and all the sound words that come with it. So, I thought I would take a break (EEP) from everything else to...

This post builds on the previous post. I know there’s a lot going on. COVID-19, systemic and systematic racism, poverty, so much more,...

I’ve posted about this before, but the best way to educate your kids about diversity and inclusion as well as systemic racism is to...

I don’t need to build wonderful lists of books because there are already some great lists out there, so I’m sharing them here. from...

I know many friends, colleagues and complete strangers are sharing their favorite books online in closed social networks right now. It’s...

Okay, this one’s impossible to constrain, so I’ll be breaking it up into categories. First, if you want a great resource for finding some...

I meant to start posting a gift idea a day after Thanksgiving, but, well, life.  So I have some catching up to do! I wanted to share some...

I’m going a little out on a limb here. I think we have a problem with how we are approaching literature and English in our schools. Yes,...