This is a beary fun week run by the National Park Services! Go to Fat Bear Week and vote on which bear is the fatest! And to have a beary good week, here are some of our very favorite bear picture books. It is definitely not an exhaustive list and it is not in any…
Today is an exciting anniversary for our country: that of its most fundamental document. In 1787, shortly after the end of the Revolutionary and its births the United States of America celebrated the signing of its Constitution. And every September 17th we celebrate this great document. The Constitution is the foundation of what makes this…
There is another year ahead of us! This is my twentieth year home educating my kiddos and my smallest class in 12 years, lol! It is a little strange, a little bitter sweet, but so full of goodness. I have only my three youngest girls left in my home school spread out from first grade…
I have always loved fairy tales, for as long as I can remember they have been a favorite. And I know I am not the only one. And as a mom I love fairy tales even more. They are an integral part of our home life and of our home education. Not because they can…
Oh I am so excited about today’s Picture Book Exploration! Today is one of my favorite people’s birthdays: Gene Stratton-Porter! Gene was an amazing woman: author, photographer, ornithologist and Bird Woman Extraordinaire. I am so delighted to, maybe, introduce her to you or to help you renew her acquaintance through the most delightful of picture…
Today we continue our conversation with Randy and Adalee, the authors and illustrators of The Oil and The Asking and the founders of Ave Lamb Books. We were discussing their brand new book The Oil and the Asking and the beauty of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus that it promotes. How can…
First, I cannot tell you how excited I am to introduce to you an amazing couple! Randy and Adalee Hude are an author and an illustrator couple who have not only written and illustrated picture books together but they have also started their own publishing house! How amazing is that?!? So without further delay, grab…
There are artists’ names that people throw around easily: Picasso, Monet, Matisse and Rembrandt. But could I actually name what each of them is famous for, what type of art they created? When I hear their names does an image pop in my mind? For many, the answer is no, and for me in particular,…
By guest author Charlotte Sandoval “Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that some people survived even as most people died. And can remind us that…
Meet Mary Katharine Goddard. She was born before her country, she defied societal norms, she had the courage to add her name to the Declaration of Independence, she is a hero of our national history. Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name is on the Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz, illustrated…
