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Why I Picked It Up: I received this book in the best possible way – it was a gift!  My son turned one this past weekend, and as we were opening the gift from Jessica and her family, this one had MY name on it!  Jessica’s Amazon is so helpful in suggesting books because it knows […]

We hope you had a fabulous first week of school!  Isn’t it great to have a long weekend after the first week of school?  It’s like someone knew that, regardless of whether you had a great first week or a trying first week, teachers needed an extra day to recover! Maybe you did the whole […]

Why I Picked It Up: My youngest son is interested in music.  He has been playing the guitar for a year and a half and is positive he will be a rock star when he’s older.  As we were exploring Amazon’s recommendations for us, this book appeared.  Rhys was automatically interested so we peeked inside.  That’s […]

I have to admit that there is a twinge of jealousy as all of my teacher friends are preparing their classrooms, organizing materials, and preparing to welcome students back from the summer holiday.  When I was in the classroom, this is the time every year that I would have to decide which books to read […]

It’s back-to-school time!  You are probably working in your rooms, getting everything just right for Meet the Teacher night and making sure you know what you’re going to teach the first few days of class.  You are probably going to in-services, trying to soak in as much knowledge as you can before the year starts. […]

The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin, by Eoin Colfer Why I Picked Them Up: The primary reason for reading these two books is for the 2015 Battle of the Books.  The secondary reason is that my husband and I were going on a 14 hour drive to visit my parents and needed […]