Bob Dylan, children’s author

Bob Dylan, children’s author

by | Books for Kids

I admit, I feel just a little bit cool when my little girls walk into a store or a friend’s house, hear the radio, and immediately say, Hey! It’s Bob Dylan! So when I learned that one of his old tunes had been made into a brand new children’s book, I...
An Awesome Book. ‘Nuff said.

An Awesome Book. ‘Nuff said.

by | Books for Kids

Let me give you 3 reasons why An Awesome Book by artist Dallas Clayton is indeed an awesome book:1. For every book sold, The Awesome World Foundation will donate one book to schools, hospitals, camps, and shelters. 2. The artwork and story are original and compelling,...
Dear diary

Dear diary

by | Books for Kids

Childhood diaries are always depicted as the tool of brooding, angry, angst-filled goth girls; more Heathers than Clueless. Personally, my own first journal was filled with a lot lighter fare. And a whole lot of bad rhyming poetry and original song lyrics....
Read, write, learn, wipe, repeat.

Read, write, learn, wipe, repeat.

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I was absolutely blown away when my four year-old, in a single day, suddenly mastered lowercase letters. No thanks to me, of course. This time, all the credit goes to the new Brain Quest write and erase alphabet book. Filled with 40 pages of coated, wipe on/wipe off...
Cool kid travel guides they’ll actually read

Cool kid travel guides they’ll actually read

by | Books for Kids

When we moved to Georgia, I tried to pad the transition with various books about what a great place it was and the interesting things that have happened here. My efforts were met with a resounding “meh” from my children. Hmph. Of course, the brand new Cool...