Raising a Father – Book Review

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Raising a Father. All opinions are 100% mine. My father was a great Dad, but his job required him to be away from home a lot. I’ll admit that as a kid, I often felt bad that he wasn’t at my band concerts or [Read On]

Giveaway #3- IBW Interactive Books

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This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, Tamara! Check your email! Way back in November of last year, I received a sample of books from Interactive Book-Webscene, or IBW. The IBW Reading System combines print books with an online component to enrich the stories. At the end of each section of the print books [Read On]

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

When Ryan was in the 1st grade, I volunteered to help with the school’s Scholastic Book Fair. While I was setting up book displays, I spotted a book that looked like a locked journal, with the odd name “Artemis Fowl”. I picked it up and started leafing through it. A 12 year old boy who [Read On]

PBN Review-Were You Raised by Wolves?

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The introduction to Christie Mellor’s Were You Raised By Wolves? Clues to the Mysteries of Adulthood is titled “Hello, Brand New Grown-up!”, but her advice is so practical, even not-brand-new grown-ups can benefit from it. Her goal is to demystify the brave new world of moving the heck OUT of your parents’ house already by [Read On]

Fun books for kids and Moms, from Gymboree!

My 28 month old daughter soaks up information like the proverbial sponge, with her vocabulary increasing every day-she speaks in sentences now and tells us JOKES!-and she LOVES to learn new things. Even after eleven years of parenting, I am always looking for creative suggestions on ways to teach concepts and have fun at the [Read On]