April is National Poetry Month and today, April 18th is Poem in your Pocket Day. Do you like secret little messages tucked into quiet little places like your pocket or lunch pail? My children love this and today we are sharing with classmates, friends, and neighbors alike a little rolled up poem to keep in [...]
FREE eBook Friday- Middle School-Get Me Out of HERE by James Patterson
2013/02/01 by 1 Comment
Middle School: Get Me out of Here! – Free Preview (The First 19 Chapters) [NOOK Book]: Overview James Patterson’s winning follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life–which the LA Times called “a perfectly pitched novel”–is another riotous and heartwarming story about living large. After sixth [...]
Appy Hour: Cat or Dog For President
2012/12/07 by 2 Comments
During the last presidential election there was a lot of discussion about political parties. How are they different ? How are they the same? Who, exactly would make the better leader of our country ? Here is an entertaining book which helps answer these questions. Using the cat and dog in a brilliant analogy of [...]
The Mayflower And The Pilgrim’s New World
2012/11/22 by Leave a Comment
I’m writing this post on Thanksgiving Day. My turkey is in the oven, my side dishes have been made including my corn cake stuffing, the pumpkin pies have been baked. Hung on my fridge are the lovely little turkeys made from my children’s hands. Set on the table are napkins held with pilgrim napkin rings [...]
And Still They Bloom by Amy Rovere. Helping Families Deal with Loss and Healing
2012/09/18 by Leave a Comment
Today we’re changing gears a bit with a beautifully touching story called “And Still they Bloom: A Family’s Journey of Loss and Healing“ by Amy Rovere. A Quick Overview: And Still They Bloom: A Family’s Journey of Loss and Healing is a fictional story of Ben and Emily, ages seven and ten, and their emotional struggle [...]
Not Only Is It Friday, It’s “App-y Hour!” Berenstein Bears & The Big Spelling Bee
2012/05/25 by Leave a Comment
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. It also means the weekend is here and time for some Saturday /Sunday R&R (readin and restin) Jump Into A Book has been coming across many, many delightful children’s book apps and e-books lately so we’d like to start sharing those with our readers for a new Friday feature. We think [...]
A Butterfly Is Patient
2012/04/08 by 2 Comments
Today as we were walking on the greenbelt near our home we saw the first monarch butterfly of the season. For years now we’ve participated in Journey North and their Monarch Butterfly research. As we watch the monarchs hatch from their cocoons and make their way north towards us, we enjoy watching the field reports [...]
The Incredible Get Outside/Earth Day Book Giveaway
2012/04/03 by 79 Comments
Happy Spring Everyone!! (Or Fall for those in the Southern Hemisphere!) Wherever you are on this beautiful planet it’s time to celebrate the diversity and nature which lives here. There has been much talk of late as to global warming, nature deficit disorder, and many other topics which suggest that we are becoming completely [...]
Orange Moon and the Grandmother Tree
2012/03/29 by 2 Comments
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of discovering author/illustrator/photographer Marghanita Hughes via one of our mutual nature friends. From the moment i stepped into her world I was completely transfixed and my childlike sense of wonder restored. Since then I’ve come to see her produce books for her Little Humbugs series, create a [...]
Bob Books Come Visiting
2012/03/23 by 2 Comments
How happy we were when the Bob Books stopped by with a Cupcake Surprise and The New Puppy. For years my family have been big fans of the Bob Books. We started with their emergent reader series working our way through to early fluent readers. The Bob Book series was especially helpful with my [...]
