Maybe it is the former teacher in me, but I love books. Like every good parent, I foster a love of literacy by spending lots of time reading to my children. Occasionally, I do get tired of reading the same old books over and over again! When it is time for an infusion of new [...]

Props & Pans is giving one lucky reader a set of 7 books from The Fairy Chronicles series. You can read our review about here. The Fairy Chronicles website has fantastic new features for kids with free illustrated e-cards, joining Madam Toad’s Fairy Circle, environmental activities, even upload the kids’ own drawings!
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According to the author, fairies are delightful, magical spirits with likenesses and kinship to flowers, insects and other small creatures. Fairies are problem solvers, helpers, fixers and protectors of nature. According to my 9 year old daughter, Carly, they are also very exciting, fun and interesting to read about.
Carly was the lucky recipient of The [...]

I was recently given the privilege to review Baby Steps: The Path from Motherhood to Career. It was written by Diane Lang and I was pleasantly surprised with the content. When I first saw the book I wasn’t sure how much helpful information it would actually contain. I only say this because the book is [...]

I always say that my poor kids will probably need therapy for the disservice I am doing in not scrapbooking. I know all the other Mom’s make these amazing journals and keepsakes. I know that my kids will have to bring in a circus animal for show and tell in order to compete with their [...]

I recently received an advance copy of Helen Garabedian’s book Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers with my kids. We really enjoyed the 8 minute routines, especially my four year old. If you and your child don’t enjoy this yoga collection, I’ll personally post a photo of myself in Downward Dog with my toddler [...]

The sweetest little book came into our house at some point recently. I can’t remember if it arrived for a birthday, Christmas or something else. Regardless, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch has been waiting to be read for a while. With a cute baby on the front destroying a bathroom and a synopsis on [...]

I recently came across a book that my 5 year old asks to be read over and over again. Maybe that isn’t such a good thing now that I think about all the nagging we get, but it must mean he enjoys it.
“What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?” was written by Robin [...]

As I was driving home from a trip about a month ago, I tuned into a station interviewing Wendell Jamieson, a city editor for The New York Times. He also authored the book, Fathers Know Less Or: “Can I Cook My Sister?”
I admit the title really caught my attention because it sounded so fun [...]

Table for Eight, a new book by Meagan Francis, is about “Raising a large family in a small-family world.” In the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I had an opportunity to contribute to this book when Meagan was compiling it back in the fall of 2006, but I never actually [...]

We were very excited that our review team was approached by Discovery Girls to review their new book series titled, “Fab Girls Guide.” There were 4 guide books and we each took a look.
Discovery Girls already publishes a magazine created by girls, for girls ages 8 and up. For each issue they travel to a [...]

I love suspense/mystery novels. There, I said it. Love them. I try to have at least one in my diaper bag at all times to read when stuck waiting for a train at the RR tracks or in a long line at the bank. I like books that are quick reads, intriguing, and aren’t so [...]

What’s Wrong, Little Pookie?, the new board book by the great Sandra Boynton, chronicles the familiar situation we parents find ourselves in trying to determine why our charges, who don’t quite have vocabulary or ability to tell us, are upset. It’s another hit out of the park for her.
Pookie, the Pig, is crying and Pookie’s [...]

The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know—and that doesn’t mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it’s female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it’s not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers—although that’s included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl’s invitation to adventure.

If you like smart, dark fiction, race out and get “The Interloper” by Antoine Wilson immediately. A man struggles to deal with his wife’s sorrow after her brother is brutally murdered.
The book tells the story of his imaginative attempt to seek revenge upon the jailed killer, a quixotic attempt to restore his wife’s happiness which [...]