BookTalk: Bedtime Reading

A year and a couple of weeks ago, we started reading chapter books at bedtime. We all curl up in Baguette’s bed and read the next installment of the current literary adventure. Baguette is working on her reading skills, and… Read moreBookTalk: Bedtime Reading

Give One Book: Warren Mott High School

I love books. I love reading. And I want other people to have the chance to read, too. Too many students in this country don’t have that opportunity. We can do something about that. What should kids read? I’m sure… Read moreGive One Book: Warren Mott High School

BookTalk: More Please, The Hungry Animal Book

Dorothy Kunhardt is famous for writing Pat the Bunny. She also wrote More Please, which we discovered via Baguette’s speech therapist and may be the most maddening thing we own. Baguette calls it “Make a Doggie.” I’m not sure why,… Read moreBookTalk: More Please, The Hungry Animal Book

Your Mileage May Vary

This morning, when I took Baguette to daycare, she was excited to be there. She opened the door to the classroom without being prompted, and she ran up to a group of girls and started playing with the same toys… Read moreYour Mileage May Vary

It Could–Would–Have Been So Much Worse

Another writing prompt from Ginger at Ramble Ramble: Tell us a story from ninth grade. Okay. Just before ninth grade, my family moved from Maryland to Texas. As far as I was concerned, it was two years too late. All… Read moreIt Could–Would–Have Been So Much Worse

Reading Over the Holidays

Here’s what I’d like to read this week: Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields Here’s what I think I might actually get through:

On Reading

I’ve always loved to read. I started reading on my own at age four and just kept going. I almost always have a book with me (particularly now that I have an iPod Touch with the Kindle app), and I… Read moreOn Reading

Read Any Good Books Lately?

It’s been a while for me–well, not that I haven’t been reading, but I haven’t been reading books about parents and/or families, or related issues. Meanwhile, Baguette has been exhibiting an interest in Caring for Your Baby and Young Child:… Read moreRead Any Good Books Lately?

Go, Dog, Go!

Baguette loves books, but she won’t let me read to her. She grabs the book out of my hand and goes through the pages in whatever order makes sense to her, pointing and chattering about what’s on the page. At… Read moreGo, Dog, Go!

Domestic Bliss

Mr. Sandwich and I are sitting on the couch, as we do. Each of us leans against one end so that both of us can stretch out. It’s cozy and good. Just now, he has fallen asleep in front of… Read moreDomestic Bliss