I’m happy to have Irene Roth back as my guest blogger today! She finds the greatest books for kids. I love it! Please check out her blog. She has included the address at the end of her review. Always My Brother By Jean Reagan Illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2009 Reagan’s book [...]

photo by RBerteig www.flickr.com I’m currently teaching an online class for WOW! Women On Writing, “Blogging 101 and More,” and one of the things we just got finished talking about was a regular blogging schedule. (BTW, if you are interested in learning more about blogging or getting your blog up to speed, I am offering [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about this book, Gervelie’s Journey: A Refugee’s Diary, and today, I thought I would include a short list of resources for people who are interested in learning more about helping refugees. Interfaith Refugee Ministry: “Interfaith Refugee Ministry (IRM) is an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina established in 1992. [...]

What some children go through in our world is unbelievable, scary, tragic. It is hard for some of us, especially in the United States and Canada, to imagine how life can be like this–how people can kill one another over religion and race, how people can be so greedy to kill for land or cash [...]

*Picture book about volcanoes–found in non-fiction section–told in poem form *Subject matter: A volcano erupting and how it affects life around it *Rating: Volcano Wakes Up! is a wonderful book to teach kids about volcanoes and the life around them. Love it! Short, short summary: In Volcano Wakes Up!, Lisa Westburg Peters uses poetry to [...]

*Chapter book for 7 to 10 year olds, fantasy *Young (flat) boy as main character *Rating: Kids that are fans of Flat Stanley and/or love Ninja stuff will enjoy this book! Short, short summary: Flat Stanley loves ninjas, and so does his brother, Arthur. They especially love movie star, Oda Nobu, and they decide to [...]

Evenflo has just released the Momentum 65 DLX Convertible Car Seat, with features that help make safety, installation and use as easy as possible for parents. Evenflo and JuiceBox Jungle sponsored me to write this post. They asked us to view a video, which you can also watch here. In the video, a mother has [...]

Yesterday, I discussed the book Three Cups of Tea. When I posted the link on my Facebook page, people praised the book, and some people had actually heard Greg Mortenson speak on college campuses. So, if you haven’t read it yet, put it on your to-do list. If you want to share his message with [...]

Before I get to the book Three Cups of Tea, I would like to reveal the winners of the books from Rubicon publishing! And the winners are (using Random.org): 1st choice of books: Clara Gillow Clark, 2nd choice of books: Irene Roth, and 3rd choice of books: Joyce Lansky. Congratulations to all these winners. Thank [...]

Too Fat? Too Thin? The Healthy Eating Handbook Dr. Melissa Sayer Crabtree Publishing Company This is a wonderfully crafted and highly informative book about how adolescents can maintain a healthy body image and ensure that they refrain from comparing themselves with celebrities or people in the media. This book is especially needed in our culture. [...]