Midway through Chanel Bonfire, author Wendy Lawless’ mother quips, “My doctor thinks that it’s because of you girls that I drink.” Substitute take pills, sleep all day, […]
Wise and Watchful Owls
Today we read some awesome books about owls! Our first book was: A Book of Sleep, by Il Sung Na After a few rhymes […]
The Bat vs. The Owls: Batman Begins in DC Comics New 52
Two years ago DC Comics did a major reboot of its entire superhero comic book line. Called the New 52, every comic book started fresh […]
The Ultimate Do-over
What if you could do over the worst mistake of your life? What if you got to do that over and over? What if time […]
Picture Book Madness: The Results Are In!
The NCAA men’s college basketball tournament has come and gone, but what some of you didn’t know is that the Noble branch of the Cleveland […]
So You Want to be a Screenwriter: A Book List
Unlike other forms of writing, when you write a screenplay, a teleplay or a stage play, your job is only just beginning. And often, the […]
Stuck in the Mud!
Today we got messy and dirty with fun books about mud! We talked about how mud is made and how it feels. We used great […]
Wind
As part of the weather-themed storytimes I have been doing lately, I did a wind theme for our first week of April’s ExploraStory. Books: “Wind […]
A Bad Day for Abusive Husbands — The Stella Hardesty Series
Stella Hardesty is a 50-something widow who runs a sewing shop and has a side business setting abusive men straight . . . First she […]
Book Review: Code Name Verity
I can’t get enough of this book. I get tingles every time I even think about it. That kind of story deserves to be read, re-read, […]
