What should you get the book-loving child in your life? The default answer is, of course, books! Books make amazing gifts and for specific book recommendations check out just about any post on this site! This post is a good place to start, and this one has great recommendations for the younger crowd. But sometimes …
National Poetry Month! My babies heard a lot of their first poetry when bathing or eating or having diapers changed, and at the time I didn’t think of it as poetry. I recited nursery rhymes, sang “Twinkle, twinkle little star,” and rocked babies in the night while chanting bits of poems I once had memorized …
A Peaceful Change from the Toddler Whirlwind My three-year-old has a short attention span. Surprise, surprise! We love to read books together but she tends to rush through them, always trying to turn the page before I’m done reading it. Even in the quiet time before bed she has energy to burn and so much …
Valentine’s Day comes at just the right time of year, bringing light to the darkness of the long winter doldrums. V-Day is especially great for kids. Kids get to make fun arts and crafts and decorations and wear red and pink. I’m excited about Ava’s Valentine’s Day dress and what pink bow she’ll wear to …
Llama Llama’s Little Library is a four-piece board book set featuring little Llama of the Llama Llama Red Pajama fame. The board books are simple picture books showing little Llama going about his day. Each book can be read on its own, or in chronological order starting with Llama Llama Wakey-Wake, continuing with Llama Llama …
It’s finally starting to feel like fall in Florida. And by that, I mean temperatures are in the 80’s instead of the 90’s! Regardless, it’s a small win as I am currently 9 months pregnant and heat does NOT make me happy. Baby is due in October, and as his due date approaches we talk …
Classic is defined as “judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.” When I hear the term classic books I tend to think about old dusty books from previous generations. But for classic children’s books, I think of warm and welcoming, homey and comforting, familiar and …
Does Content make a Difference? We all know that reading to infants is good, we’ve heard it from researchers, parents, doctors, baby books, etc. Reading to infants helps language and cognitive development, increased vocabulary, and other pre-reading skills that can show benefits four years later into childhood according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Reading …
From Back of the Bookshelf to Fan Favorite I remember buying a board book copy of the beloved children’s classic Goodnight Moon for my daughter just after she was born. I was in the midst of new child preparedness and wanted to build the perfect library for my baby. (Here’s what I ended up with!) …
Books are ideal gifts for baby showers, especially when the parents are already parents and have all the swaddles and onesies they need. But while books are always a good go-to gift, second-time parents probably already have copies of newborn book staples like Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, and most likely at …