A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. ~Stendhal As a kid, I was the happy recipient of a bedroom decorated in all things Holly Hobbie. I had the pink and green curtains, the rug and bedding, and I even had one of those rag dolls with the movable […]
If your kids aren’t familiar with the nursery rhyme “there was an old lady who swallowed a fly”, well, then I say good. It’s a strange rhyme about an old woman who first swallows a fly and then proceeds to swallow progressively bigger and bigger animals, always to catch the previous animal she swallowed. By […]
Mouse was first introduced to us by Laura Numeroff in 1985 with “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. One of the first of the “If You Give a…” series, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the book that catapulted Mouse to stardom. Since then, Mouse has been the subject of seven books […]
“A Taste For Dragon: Legends tell that Dragons’ body parts held magical properties. For example, eating the shed skin of the Scadinavian lindworm was believed to increase one’s knowledge of medicina and the natural world, thus allowing one to bypass years of schoolwork!” —Dragons & Monsters When we think of pop-up books, we often think of books expressly […]
Ah, felines. The Humane Society of the United States says that over 33 percent of households have a pet cat, and over half of those have more than one cat. That means there is a whopping, mewling, purring 86.4 million “putty tats” with happy homes out there. I’m admittedly a person with a bit of […]
“Minvera von Vyle was a mischievous child who was coddled and spoiled and allowed to run wild. She was peevish and pushy and got her own way by throwing hysterical fits every day.” –E.S. Redmond When my daughter was about 4-years-old, she went through what can only be described as a “difficult stage.” That’s […]