With all these "Best of 2009" posts flying around, I realized that I never followed up on my promise to share the best books we read with our reader this year. So without further adieu, here are the six (sorry, I couldn't resist the tie-in) best elementary … [Read more...] about Our Six Best Elementary Read-Alouds
Books
Why We Still Read to Our Reader
We're big fans of books around here. I'm an avid reader, and it's not unusual for me to be in the middle of 2 or 3 books at the same time. Mike was never big reader, but in the last few years he's gradually changed his habits. If it weren't for him, I may have never delved … [Read more...] about Why We Still Read to Our Reader
10 Books That Fundamentally Changed My Perspective
In an effort to procrastinate from doing something more productive, but ultimately less fun, I found myself rearranging the books on my living room shelves. I read somewhere that it's visually pleasing to arrange your books by color, so that's what I did. … [Read more...] about 10 Books That Fundamentally Changed My Perspective
Unwritten Travels Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Heather from Inexpensively ! She's the winner, winner, chicken dinner! I love this nugget from her entry of how she would spend a day to herself:". . . eating lunch and dinner without hearing someone whine about what they don't like … [Read more...] about Unwritten Travels Giveaway Winner
Unwritten Travels Book Review and Giveaway
Comments to this post are now closed. Congratulations to the winner of the giveaway, Heather S.! A few months ago I received an e-mail from a friend in Nashville that mentioned the book Unwritten Travels by Jenny Black and Jenny Watson. Do you need help … [Read more...] about Unwritten Travels Book Review and Giveaway