Bedtime Book: My Very First Book of Shapes

Read Friday Night My Very First Book of Shapes by Eric Carle Imagine me heaving a big sigh right here. This is a cute book. But this is not a good “story time” book. There isn’t really a story, more of a matching game. And the book is constructed very awkwardly. It’s split into two [...]

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Eat, Pray, Love, Get Over Yourself

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Where to begin. Eat, Pray, Love is an autobiographical account of Liz Gilbert’s one-year journey to find herself, god, and balance. After suffering an excruciating divorce and a spectacularly failed rebound relationship, she goes on a year long trip around the world to Italy, India, and Indonesia to basically [...]

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Bedtime Book: Jabberwocky

Read Monday Night Jabberwocky by Lewis CarrollVisually interpreted by Graeme Base Based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from Through the Looking Glass, this book is a visual and aural feast to the imagination. Illustrated by Graeme Base of Animalia fame, you could easily sit for hours pouring over the fantastical creatures detailed on the [...]

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Bedtime Book: The Paper Bag Princess

Read Sunday Night The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch This is one of my favorites. A princess that doesn’t play the damsel in distress, but instead goes out and rescues her prince from the evil dragon. What mom wouldn’t get behind that. Oh, and did I mention she does it in a brown [...]

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Bedtime Book: Franklin is Messy

Read Saturday Night Franklin is Messy by Paulette Bourgeois This is also a book from a favorite children’s series, the Franklin the Turtle books. Great for any age of mess maker, we see the consequences of being messy and not cleaning up after yourself. Franklin is trying to find a favorite toy, but his room [...]

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