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...
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.
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...
Word Nerd Vocabulary Review
It’s been four months since I’ve started intentionally working to expand my vocabulary, and as my dear “Oma” would say, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” ...
Run for the Wall to Remember
My little town doesn’t have much. Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia, population 9000, our community has more gas stations than fancy r...