Living A Quiet Simple Life
The After-Christmas Tree by Linda Wagner Tyler and Susan Davis is a treasure I picked up in a bookstore when I was teaching (and before I was married!). It was one of those books that I knew I had to …
One Red Apple is a gorgeously illustrated book that traces the life cycle of an apple tree. Written by Harriet Ziefert and with paintings by Karla Gudeon, the book is a visual feast. This was one of …
As we head into the season of sickness, this is a perfectly cozy book to have on hand! In Don’t You Feel Well, Sam? by Amy Hest, poor Sam is sick on a cold night on Plum Street. (This is the …
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Monica Wellington’s books. The first book I found by chance in a bookstore. It was Apple Farmer Annie which is still one of my all-time favorite …
I happened across A Family for Old Mill Farm at a children’s bookstore a few years ago. I immediately bought it because it spoke to me. We were also looking for a house and I could relate to the …
Every once in awhile you see a book somewhere that draws you in and you know you have to buy it. Potato: A Tale From The Great Depression was that way for me. It brings a complicated historical event …
We happened across Market Day at the library one day while perusing the shelves for our pile of books to bring home. It was a book we all instantly liked and have read many times since. I didn’t …
Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie are five sisters growing up in a poor Jewish family in New York City in the early 1900’s. The classic read-aloud All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor …
Sometimes you happen upon a book that you know is going to become a favorite. This was the case when I found Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Iza Trapani at the library. I knew it had everything …
From the time Caroline was born, I was always on the lookout for sweetly illustrated books for her. So much of what is published today for children is just, well, ugly. When I found A Little Book of …
