I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Books, Children's Books on May 7th, 2012
Recently, I’ve been reading a ton of light reading while running on the treadmill. I tried G K Chesterton and T S Eliot on my nook, but honestly, if I’m running, it’s got to be fluffier So I have a ton of material to think on and discuss below the break with the three or […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth, Tommy on Feb 2nd, 2012
Tommy is so proud of his ever-increasing reading skills, and thanks to a recommendation from Anna, I ordered some early readers that contain only short vowel sounds (which is how far we’ve gotten in phonics thus far). The first set arrived Tuesday evening, and ever since, Tommy has been proudly reading them to his sister! […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth on Jan 11th, 2012
Squeals abounded in the female part of the Muller family when Pride and Prejudice: A BabyLit Board Book was opened. I’ve actually given this amazing toddler book to friends, but I couldn’t justify buying it for ourselves until birthdays or something. Fortunately, Uncle John saw it on our amazon wishlists and decided he’d take responsibility […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth, Tommy on Dec 8th, 2011
Tommy is so excited about reading The Phantom Tollbooth with Daddy this week that he has been “reading” it to Elizabeth in the afternoons!
Posted in Children's Books on Jul 4th, 2011
The latest issue of The Horn Book has a great article called “What Makes a Good Baby Shower Book?” You know how I get into this stuff! Think of this as an addendum to my thoughts on books for young children. Although youngsters may view books as products, the authors and artists never should. There’s […]
Posted in Children's Books on Apr 9th, 2011
I’m done blogging about children’s literature for now. (I know that there are some side issues that came up that I’ll get to eventually, but I’m pretty burned out on research right now and probably need to concentrate on new baby stuff for a while!) Anyway, mostly for my own desire for organization, here’s an outline of […]
Posted in Children's Books on Apr 9th, 2011
I’ve finally finished reading Anne of Green Gables with Derek, so I have to go-ahead to post my thoughts on this series in response to my girlfriends’ questions. I want to clarify that I’m addressing the books, not the movies (the second of which is particularly inaccurate to the series). I feel like it’s necessary to talk […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth on Apr 4th, 2011
Elizabeth loves her Big Picture Story Bible!
Posted in Children's Books on Feb 28th, 2011
These are the books Elizabeth asked us to read to her yesterday. Tommy listened in on some of them, but he was mainly building a play block city for his matchbox cars. (We haven’t done this in quite a while, but Derek wants me to keep track more frequently!) Butterfly Kisses by Sandra Magsamen Book! […]
Posted in Children's Books on Feb 22nd, 2011
(I’m going to finish my children’s lit series before the baby comes–really!) This one was hard–I came up with a list of 70 or so off the top of my head, did a bit of research of other book lists, then realized that I really wanted to emphasize books that are notably excellent, so I took […]