Historical Fiction: The Kitchen House
My book club read a historical fiction piece for May, and once again it made me SO thankful that I live in the 21st century! The Kitchen House, by Kathleen Gris...
Author: Julia Tomiak
I believe in the power of words to improve our lives, and I help people find interesting words to read. Member of SCBWI.
Improving Vocabulary with Dickens
I’m trudging through Great Expectations, our June/July book club selection. (Thank goodness we allotted more than one month!) I’ve found lots of material for ...
Mo Willems: My Favorite Picture Book Author
Picture books. We can all name favorites, but have you found the ones with the very incorrigible pigeon begging to stay up late? Or the idealistic pig and her...
Vocab from We Bought A Zoo
Last week, we rented We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon as a Benjamin Mee, a recently widowed dad struggling to start his life over. Before his wife’s illnes...
Summer Reading: Ideas for Kids
Only two weeks into summer vacation, and it’s started already. I’m not going to mention the “b word.” I forbid my children to use the “b word”, because they h...
New Vocab from the iPad
We finally got an iPad, and I love every swiping moment I spend with it. So easy, intuitive, and fun. My kids love it too; note the charger plugged in? They...