Posted in J.'s Homeschooling, Books on Oct 8th, 2008 3 Comments »
My “Weekly Book Posts” are a thing of the past for the moment. Sadly, I am not finding consistent time to read very many picture books to Hypatia at the moment. Her dad is reading her bedtime story, so I don’t know what has been good or not recently. I hope to have more picture […]
Posted in Nature, Books on Sep 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Here’s the text for a speech I gave this week to an Interfaith group concerned with Earth Care.
Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It’s not.
The words of Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax. As much as I love Dr. Seuss and The Lorax, however, this book illustrates a type of […]
Posted in Books on Sep 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
It is September, and I’m not sure I’m going to get through my 8×8 reading challenge this year. I feel the pressure to get some books read and checked off that list, and then I had a stint of bad book encounters.
I tried to read Tree of Smoke, but I did not like it and […]
Posted in Books on Sep 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
When You Were Small by Sarah O’Leary and Julie Morstad tells what happened in the life of a boy “when you were small”. It’s a pretty typical request from children, to tell about “when I was little” or “when I was young”, and this would be the tall tale answer to those questions. The boy […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling, Books on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
My sister is going to be studying the civil war this Fall, so I read this book to see if it would be good for her unit study. The book is very good, and seems to be historically accurate. It is a very nice balance for younger readers, with bits […]
Posted in Earth Scouts, Books on Aug 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
We were lucky this summer to be contacted by a group that is putting together a large mural to promote peace in Palestine. The art group brought in ceramic leaves and helped our kids paint them, and the leaves will be included in the mural, which takes the shape of a giant olive tree on […]
Posted in Books on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
My blogging is in flux right now, as I adjust to the new schedule and job. But I do still read to my kids, I promise, even if I’m falling behind on posting about books!
And I forgot to take a picture of them this week before I took them back to the library, also. The […]
Posted in Books on Aug 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Ape and the Sushi Master by Franz de Waal
I grabbed this book from the library because of the funny title, but it turned out to actually be a very good book. The author is a primatologist, and the book explores the question of whether animals have culture. Have you heard of the monkeys in […]
Posted in Books on Jul 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems, is a sequel to a book we haven’t read yet. It stands alone, however, and is really funny. A girl heads off to school happy with her totally unique and special stuffed animal, only to confront another almost identical bunny in the arms of another girl. That night at […]
Posted in My own homeschooled life, Books on Jul 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
I should give you all a book post about children’s books, but I’ve been a somewhat bad mommy this week, and instead of reading a lot to my kids, I’ve devoured several adult books. Sitting in my hottub and reading is my new favorite way to end a day. And lying in bed with my […]
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