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Giant Squid by Candace Fleming

January 16, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

I read Giant Squid by House of Hope favorite Candace Fleming over lunch last week to all of my children.  To say that we were all mesmerized, from the forty-two year old down to the three year old, isn’t an exaggeration.  The combination of the awesome and mysterious subject matter and Eric Rohmann’s amospheric illustrations makes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Recommended Picture Books, Science

Harvard for Christmas

December 21, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

Our third day of vacation was warmer than the previous two by ten to fifteen degrees, but those balmy temperatures also brought many inches of snow to the area.  We decided it would be the best day for us to ride the subway out to Cambridge and take in the Harvard Museum of Natural History. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Christmas, Field Trips, Harvard, Holiday, Science

Just call me E.B. White

August 6, 2014 by Amy 2 Comments

Confession:  I wanted to knew I needed to clean the window really well before I hung the new faux Roman shade, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.  Louise has had such a good time getting to know our resident arachnid, and was even able to identify the type she is, conjecture that this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Books, Education, Homekeeping, Kid-Speak, Nature, Science Tagged: Bookish Thoughts, Louise, Nature, Nature Study, Science, SOOC

What Floats in a Moat? by Lynne Berry

November 24, 2013 by Amy 2 Comments

I love sharing nonfiction titles with my children, but I love even more when I can read them a story through which they learn something.  My only complaint is that often these titles are overlooked because they’re classified as simply fiction picture books, when in reality they relay some sort of information far better than … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Picture Books, Science, Uncategorized Tagged: Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Science, Uncategorized

Friday’s Fave Five

July 26, 2013 by Amy 5 Comments

1.  Weight Watchers.  I joined WW last Friday.  My mom has been a member for a long time now and has had great success with the program.  I have lost weight by following the plan, too, years and years ago.  It’s time for some discipline in my life.  So far, so good.  I haven’t felt … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Kid-Speak, Nature, Science Tagged: Benny, Friday's Fave, Friday's Favorite Five, Gratitude, Louise, Lulu, Nature, Nature Study, Science, The DLM
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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