Hello, and happy Wednesday! How is your week going? Welcome to another installment of “What We Read This Week.” It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve done one of these, which makes me sad because I love reading and sharing books! Life has been hectic around here, but I always want to make timeContinue reading “What We Read This Week: The Story Orchestra: The Planets by Jessica Courtney-Tickle”
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What We Read This Week: Odd Dog Out
Hello! How is your week going? Here we’re having a slow week, it feels like it should already be Friday. But it’s Wednesday. I wonder why some weeks feel that way? Kind of slow, like they’re fighting with all their might to make Friday just a little more out of reach? I don’t know, butContinue reading “What We Read This Week: Odd Dog Out”
What We Read This Week: Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow 🐻 🎃
Do you have a favorite Halloween legend or spooky tale? Having lived in the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow, NY area for many years while I was in school, my favorite is the Legend of the Headless Horseman, from Washington Irving’s famous tale, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” There has always been something for me in the mysteryContinue reading “What We Read This Week: Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow 🐻 🎃”
What We Read This Week: Room on the Broom
Hello! Happy Wednesday! Hope your day is going great so far. Here, I’m really enjoying the weather, it’s finally getting cooler and fall feels closer and closer. I’ve read that it’s supposed to pour rain the whole weekend, which I’m not excited about. I guess we’ll see. Hopefully the lovely fall weather holds! This timeContinue reading “What We Read This Week: Room on the Broom”
Autumn and a Book: Some Quotes About Fall
It’s almost fall again…. The year went fast, didn’t it? It seems to me that every year gets faster, passing by in a blur of activity punctuated by holidays. Fall has always been my favorite season though. As a book lover especially, there really is something about the cool air, the changing leaves, and theContinue reading “Autumn and a Book: Some Quotes About Fall”
What We Read This Week: A Busy Creature’s Day Eating
Hi, and Happy Thursday! How is your day going so far? Here another school year has begun, bringing with it a lot of excitement, and of course adjustments to a new routine. For some parents this can be exciting, (yay free time!) And for others it can be sad. For some it can be aContinue reading “What We Read This Week: A Busy Creature’s Day Eating”
What We Read this Week: She Leads
“Open your eyes, Princess. One day you will lead.” She is the elephant matriarch, the powerful leader of her daughters and granddaughters. She teaches them, protects them, and one day, will pass on the torch of leadership to them. This week we read She Leads: The Elephant Matriarch, by June Smalls, illustrated by Yumi Shimokawara.Continue reading “What We Read this Week: She Leads”
What We Read this Week: Perfectly Pegasus
Have you ever wished on a shooting star? To be honest, I’m not totally sure that I’ve ever seen a shooting star before. I think there is just as good of a chance that what I saw was actually an airplane or a satellite. But next time I see one for sure I’m going toContinue reading “What We Read this Week: Perfectly Pegasus”
What We Read this Week: Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Spring is here, and even though we live in the desert, there is green and there are flowers everywhere, when you look closely. I love searching for flowers during our walks. We find all of the colors we can, seeing how many different kinds of flowers we can discover in our neighborhood before we arriveContinue reading “What We Read this Week: Have You Ever Seen a Flower?”
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