I’m afraid I’ve been a bit too busy to blog much lately, but I hope to back in the saddle soon. Meanwhile, enjoy these links in honor of National Poetry Month. Also, don’t forget to check out the National Poetry Month website, including this interactive poster by Maira Kalman. Animal Poems by Valerie Worth (illustrations … [Read more…]
I finally finished reading Iva Ibbotson’s Journey to the River Sea aloud to my girls, and this passage just about jumped out at me and gave me a high-five. This pretty well sums up what a child’s life should be like, at least in my highly idealistic mind. (Warning: this comes at the very end … [Read more…]
I’m reading Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson aloud to my girls as a part of their geography studies. From the first paragraph, it has been a surprise hit. It’s the story of Maia, an orphan, who has been summoned away from her boarding school in England to live with relatives in the Amazonian … [Read more…]
Our last stop on our Boston Christmas vacation was Concord. Oh, how I loved visiting Concord! Steady Eddie and I had been through Concord back seventeen years ago this past June on our honeymoon trip (ultimate destination: PEI). We had a limited amount of time on both trips, so we had to pick and choose … [Read more…]
Amherst was at the top of my list for our trip to the Boston area. In fact, I suspect it’s the reason Steady Eddie had Boston on his radar when we began thinking about a Christmas trip. After all, I had only mentioned The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art a time or two … [Read more…]
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