From the category archives:
I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try. Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner is about four new moms adjusting to life with newborns.
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and […]
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Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]
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While browsing in a bookstore back in the US last November, I came upon the book Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn. It sounded pretty interesting so I purchased it and pretty much devoured it. Before writing a review, I figured I better […]
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I’m a fan of Elizabeth Pantley and her No-Cry series of books. Her book, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, helped give me the courage to listen to my heart. So many people would ask me if Oliver was sleeping through the night, that I started worrying […]
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Tove Jansson was the author of the Finnish Moomin series of children’s books that include her beautiful, unique illustrations. The books were originally written in Swedish, as she was part of the minority of Swedish-descended Finns. She published the first Moomins book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945 during WWII. Despite their age, […]
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I’m not sure how we discovered the Maisy books by Lucy Cousins, I was probably just browsing Amazon.co.uk, but somehow I ran across the Maisy mouse series of books and ordered one. Oliver just loves them. The lift-the-flap books are made of seemingly very lightweight cardboard, but are sturdy enough to handle toddler abuse without […]
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Now that my son is entering his toddler years, I wanted a book to turn to for help with discipline. I read through reviews of dozens of books and settled on three, Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Respon isible Children by Dr. Thomas Gordon was the first I read. The […]
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