Book Club

Preschool Summer Reading – A house is a house for me

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Preschool reading suggestions for the summer? All summer, we will be listing out books we are loving. Do suggest some that you are liking. We would love to hear from your summer reading experience with your preschooler. A House Is a... (Continue reading)

Preschool Summer Reading – Abuela

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Abuela  by Arthur Dorros is a delightful boook about a girl and her grandma and how they go on a flying adventure around the city. The book has beautiful multicultural paintings. The illustrations are richly detailed and you can spend... (Continue reading)

Kids Summer Reading Ideas

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As happens each summer, the babe and I are on a reading spree. I love going to the library and choosing books, but finding ones we love are sometimes difficult. So I thought I will share a few times a... (Continue reading)

The Girls Who Went Away

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I belong to a book club and we recently  The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler. The book is heartbreaking, well researched and eye opening. In other words, its a must read.Ann Fessler, before I go further and lose you all, talks... (Continue reading)

Multicultural Childrens Books – What we read last week

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The babe has been reading some wonderful books. Here are two that I really enjoyed. The first ‘My Granny Went to Market‘ by Stella Blackstone talks of the travels of an adventurous granny who travels around a world collecting souvenirs from... (Continue reading)

Multicultural Childrens Book – The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

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The babe has been on this roll of bringing back multicultural childrens books from school. This week he got  The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Its a beautiful story of a sacrifice by a young child that ends up saving her... (Continue reading)

Yeh – Shen : A Chinese Cinderella Story

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Did you know that Cinderella was from China? The babe’s school does a great job of sending him story books from all around the world, and this week, i got the book Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China. When I got... (Continue reading)

Good books for kids in preschool and kindergarden

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I am part of a book club now which I love. One of the best things about it is that it forces me to read, and also I get to read books I would never have bought myself. I find... (Continue reading)

My Favorite Picture Books for Children

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I love books and I wish I had the access to children’s books that my kids have today, when I was growing up. There is a treasure of children’s books out there and I am enjoying every bit of it... (Continue reading)

Positive Discipline

Of late I have been reading a book called ‘Positive Discipline’ by Jane Nelson. I bought the book after I was flummoxed by a ’surprise’ question in a parent questionnaire for school admissions. I say surprise, as I was supposed... (Continue reading)