The past few weeks have been difficult for many families in Georgia as flood waters have devastated homes and tragically taken lives.  As my kids watch the evening news, it is unnerving for them to see disaster hit so close to home.  I can only imagine how painful and scary it must be to those kids directly [...]

The Sony Pictures animated 3-D movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs opens today.  Rated PG for brief mild language, the movie is based on the 1978 children’s book of the same name written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett.  In this action-filled comedy, young scientist Flint Lockwood (voiced by SNL’s Bill Hader) invents a machine that [...]

    Are your kids ready for some football? If your kids are football fans, they will love the books on this list of football books for kids and teens: T is for Touchdown: A Football Alphabet by Brad Herzog - Packed with facts and richly illustrated, football fans of all ages will enjoy this as a [...]

      Syd Hoff (1912-2004) the author and illustrator of a long list of classic children’s books, was born on this day in 1912.  On his birthday, it seems appropriate to celebrate the work of this prolific children’s book author. Syd Hoff’s books are timeless classics with a place on almost every child’s bookshelf.  I remember [...]

     It’s back-to-school time.  Get your kids ready to face the challenges of a new school year with these back-to-school read aloud books. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.  A mouse named Chrysanthemum loves her name until she is teased about it on her first day of kindergarten.  A great conversation starter about names and the value [...]