Category Archives: The Book Shelf
The Child Whisperer: Only parenting book you need [And a Giveaway!]
The Child Whisperer. I am an avid parenting book purchaser. Only one other time have I felt like one book could be the only parenting book I would need (Siblings without Rivalry). The Child Whisperer should be on every person’s book shelf in the world. Yes, in the world! Most parenting books have a [...]
The Book Shelf: Karen Hesse
Letters from Rifka Author: Karen Hesse Book Review by Emma Summary Rifka is a young Jewish girl that is going from Russia to the United States with her family. She is a Jewish girl and the story is during WWII. It is a story of their travels and the story is told by letters to [...]
The Book Shelf: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
looking for some laughs? Summary: So…earlier today I did my own summary of this book (that I’ve never read) based on bits and pieces of what Emmett told me about it. Major fail. (thank you, Rik! haha!) Here is a summary from Emmett that is much closer to the actual book and hopefully, devoid of [...]
It’s a good day for…
reading. I hope that you’re getting in lots of reading, relaxing, and being with the people that you love today. One of Miriam’s favorite past times is cuddling up on the couch with a comfy blanket and a good book. Whatever your favorite thing is needs to be getting a lot of playing time this [...]
The Book Shelf: Book Of A Thousand Days
Dashti is real and amazing. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale is an all time favorite book around here. It’s one of the books that we read at night together. Well…we were reading at night and that turned into the next afternoon because no one could wait until the next night to hear [...]
The Book Shelf: The Percy Jackson Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Every night while everyone lays in bed I read a few chapters of a book. We’ve read…I don’t know how many books. And it all started with Hugo Cabret (we’ll have to do a review of that book!) over 3 years ago. The day is not complete if we [...]
Book Review: The Rainbow Fairies Series
Emma: The Rainbow Fairies. This book series is Emma’s favorite of all time. She breezes through these books in no time. She loves that the main characters (2 girls) are always helping the fairies out of some kind of trouble…which is true to Emma’s nuturing nature. No wonder they resonate with her! These are chapter [...]
