Besides my love of books–both for adults and children–I also love easy ways to help out in the community. When people make it as easy as this, you cannot help but help! Here are a few ways (some of these are for my St. Louis friends only, but a couple can be ANYONE in the [...]
April 8, 2013 in Fighting world poverty, Helping Girls and Women Around the World
Tags: Fighting World Poverty, Fundraising Ideas, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, helping low-income children, The Relief Foundation | No Comments »
When I found out WOW! Women on Writing was hosting a blog tour for Sola Olu, the author of The Summer Called Angel, I knew I wanted to be a part. One reason is because this blog is about children’s books AND about books and people who help women and children around the world–after all [...]
January 28, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Half the Sky, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Olu Sola, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Writing Skills
Tags: Helping Girls and Women Around the World, NICU, preemie, WOW! blog tour | 11 Comments »
My regular book post will actually be TOMORROW because I am taking part in a blog tour with WOW! Women On Writing for The Divorce Girl (which is a WONDERFULLY written book!). So, today, I thought I’d post about something near and dear to my heart and encourage you to take part if you feel [...]
July 30, 2012 in Elementary Educators, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: Donation, Fundraising Ideas, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, Macy's Shop For a Cause, Scleroderma, The Relief Foundation | 5 Comments »
Every once in a while, I like to take a break from the regularly scheduled program of books and sharing them, and share with you some other cool stuff. Today, I want to share a website/app that I was asked to review and think could be a real benefit to ANYONE wanting to lose weight [...]
April 12, 2012 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Tags: Book Club Possibility, healthy eating, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, losing weight | No Comments »
My generation knows Danica McKellar best as Winnie from The Wonder Years, and West Wing fans know her as Elise Snuffin (8 episodes). But that’s not why I chose to write about her on my blog on a Monday–it’s because she’s helping girls around the world (especially in the United States and Canada) improve their [...]
August 23, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Books with Math Content, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, McKellar Danica, Middle School Teachers, Young Adult Novels
Tags: blog award, Danica McKellar, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, Math books, young adult nonfiction | 4 Comments »
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