Why should kids get to have all the science summer fun? As I was searching out some cool science books for kids last month, I came across a recommendation for a book targeted at dads and BOOM, a post was born. Here is a selection of science books for adults that I found at my […]
12 Sewing Books for All Ages
April 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
I like to sew. I don’t have near as much time to sew as I would like, but I still like to look at sewing books and fabric. I can dream, right? A goal of mine is to teach all of my children to sew, too. None of them have to become a great seamstress, […]
10 Fantasy Books for Young Adults
April 7, 2014 by 2 Comments
Do you like young adult literature? If your answer was no, have you tried it lately? Let me tell you…it has come a LONG way even since I was a teenager (back in the 1990’s). In fact, there technically wasn’t even a genre called Young Adult Literature yet! Thankfully, publishers realized there was a serious […]
10 Teen Novels About European Adventures
April 5, 2014 by 5 Comments
Visit France, Portugal, Italy, England, and Ireland with these ten great teen reads set in Europe. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins In an American school in Paris Anna meets Etienne St. Clair, for whom she develops strong feelings, despite his complicated personal life. The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L’Engle Adam […]
Classic Books for Young Adults
April 3, 2014 by 13 Comments
Too often, teenagers label classic novels as “boring,” “irrelevant,” and “too hard to read.” As a teacher, I loved proving those labels wrong. I can distinctly remember a student turn his nose at To Kill a Mockingbird when his class first started reading it, only to scream out “I KNOW WHO IT IS!!!” towards the end […]
