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Caught Reading

January 15, 2014 by Amy 2 Comments

A little Froggy while waiting for the girls at piano lessons.  (Please tell me your vehicle is as dirty as ours.  Please?)  

Posted in: Caught Reading, Kid-Speak, Uncategorized Tagged: Caught Reading, The DLM, Uncategorized

Wednesdays with Words–Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery (take two)

January 15, 2014 by Amy 3 Comments

Yes, I’m still reading Emily Climbs.   I would say I’m savoring it (and I am), but the real truth is that I’m being pulled in 1,000,001 directions these days.  Emily makes me laugh, though.  This, from her journal: “When Aunt Ruth came home she asked, ‘Well, how did you and Andrew get along?’ “She asks that … [Read more…]

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2013 Top Picks

December 27, 2013 by Amy 4 Comments

I shared my 2013 booklist yesterday.  In addition to these books which I read for my own enjoyment and/or edification, I also read seventeen chapter books aloud to my children.  This brings my grand total up to 69 books, a respectable number for me. I do have two disappointments for the year, though:  first, I only read … [Read more…]

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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

HMJ: October 28-November 1, 2013

November 1, 2013 by Amy 5 Comments

  In my life this week…it hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns.  Somehow I hurt my leg at the end of last week, and I’ve really been in some pain, mostly at night.  I’ve seen a chiropractor and a general practice doctor, and neither of them has offered me any solutions, other than keep being … [Read more…]

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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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