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…
“A Kiss Means I Love You” is a wonderful heartwarming story about the way we communicate without speaking. Filled with wondrous close up images of children participating in a variety of actions like clapping, kissing, yawning and many more, it is great for teaching children about emotion and action. This is a fantastic book for children up to about the age of…
