These last eighteen months have been a rollercoaster of emotions and I have ridden a few of them. Swept up in a terrible mood, tightness in your chest, a sadness […]
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Books for an Endless Summer
We are soaking in all the summer we can and yes, summer does feel different this year. We want to catch sunsets, swim in the clear lakes with our eyes […]
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World Read Aloud Day 2021
“If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent- and every adult caring for a child-read […]
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Books to spread joy and cheer
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – The Hobbit Breathing in the brisk air, the smell of […]
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Scary Stories to Share Together
Telling scary stories is something people have done for thousands of years, for most of us like being scared in that way. Since there isn’t any danger, we think it […]
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Banned Books
It’s banned books week! Today looks different from when The Paper Bag Princess was challenged for being “anti-family”. The banned books in our home arrived because we love reading. Most […]
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Literary Moms to Inspire Your Mother’s Day
Mothers come in all forms and while these inspirational ladies are from pages in books their unconditional love and imperfections remind us what motherhood is all about. I have included […]
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A Decade in Picture Books: From The Shelves of Secret Society of Books
This last decade brought us more diversity, empathy and kindness than we had ever seen in publishing before! These are a few books we have loved over the years. I […]
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Books on Death and Bereavement for Children
When I was six years old my father became ill by the time I was seven he had passed away. Seeing his health decline was painful and tumultuous. He didn’t […]
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Five 2018 Halloween books to love
Stumpkin Recommended for ages: 2-6Stumpkin, as you can guess, isn’t the perfect pumpkin. He sits as all the other pumpkins are chosen and given places in the window. He recognizes his faults but […]
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