How many times do you find yourself on the way out the door to a birthday party and you have to stop and buy a gift before you go? If you are like me, you are a last minute shopper. I try to keep non-gender specific gifts on hand just for these instances. National Geographic Kids books make a great…
One of our favorite things to do during summer vacation is to visit other libraries. We recently found ourselves with an hour of time to kill after visiting LEGOland, so naturally, we searched for the closest public library. As a school librarian, my kids know how much I like to scope out new libraries and get ideas and they…
June is a time for families like mine to celebrate our diversity and to appreciate those who have come before us and paved the way to equality. My children love meeting other “rainbow” families and seeing families like ours in advertisements, on TV and in books. As a school librarian, and the wife of a former bookstore manager, our home…
Picture this. You’re at the park. A child walks up to your little one and joins in constructing the gravel mountain your child has been diligently working at for 15 minutes. They make eye contact. Your sweet little angel swats at the joiner, unleashing tears streaming like Niagara Falls from those beautiful round eyes and parents run frantically over to…
Did you know that two months of reading skills are LOST over the summer and that it can take up to two months from the first day of school for a student’s brain development to get back on track? “Summer Slide” is very real and has lasting repercussions that can impact a student’s long-term academic performance. It can be hard…
