February 13, 2020
Books That Need Theme Parks
Kate Milford, best known for her book Greenglass House, has a new book out: The Thief Knot. I was so incredibly excited to receive a copy from Clarion and I'm…
January 30, 2020
January: Books Plus
I've decided to start sharing a version of my monthly wrap-ups over here on the blog because, even though maybe I don't like thinking about how long some things take,…
January 9, 2020
Winter Reads For All Ages
Anyone else really love reading seasonally? There's something extra cozy this time of year about grabbing your favorite blanket, something warm to drink, and a book with the perfect winter…
December 18, 2019
What Makes A Child Love A Book?
There are the books that seem to be universally beloved. "Little Blue Truck," "Goodnight Moon", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?", "etc. etc.. But…
December 12, 2019
Heartwarming Books
As I was reading the book, which is Amy Rebecca Tan's A Kind of Paradise, I realized that heartwarming books tend to, well, have a special place in my heart...a…
November 21, 2019
Books and Families
Family. It can be beautiful; it can be brutal; it's usually somewhere in between. There's both the blessing and the curse of it being meant to be unconditional. There's the…
November 5, 2019
Reading and Traditions: Carson Ellis’s “The Shortest Day”
One of my favorite things about books is that you never know what they'll inspire. As a kid, I was always pretending that I was living in whatever book I…
October 18, 2019
Mommy and Me: Books
I recently saw Erin over at Cotton and Stem sharing fall Mommy and Me outfits, which, naturally, got me thinking about...the book version.
October 11, 2019
All The Cozy Mystery Goodness
In the sleepy, mountainside town of Winchester, Vermont, every night and early morning, you can find Jane Littleton concocting scrumptious confections in the warm and homey kitchen of Red Maple…
September 26, 2019
Bookwandering
This is such a special book. I would have been obsessed with it as a kid and, as an adult, I still found it delightful and have been thinking about…
