East Texas Mom Finding Humor in Parenting
Isabella and Penelope by Maggie Grinnell A Story of Parental Loss Isabella is a young girl who loses her father in a tragic accident. She has such a close connection with her dad that she decided not to speak for 2 years. Then she encounters Penelope, a pink caterpillar who changes her life forever. Purchase… read more »
Vicky Finds a Valentine by Emlyn Chand Review: Valentine's Day is right around the corner and every year, I have to explain to my boy about giving Valentine's cards. He has loved seeing all of the red, pink, and white in the stores and tells me he wants to buy all of it… read more »
Tommy Goes Trick-or-Treating by Emlyn Chand Review: How did you teach your children about trick-or-treating? You know, it is a little strange that we teach our children about stranger danger and never to take candy from strangers, but then we take them out trick-or-treating where they are asking strangers for candy… That is… read more »
Davey the Detective by Emlyn Chand Review: Birds, birds, birds! We have been reading so much about Emlyn Chand's birds lately that we are turning into Bird Brains ourselves! We are having so much fun with these great stories and they are all in ebook form so we can look at them on my laptop… read more »
Escucha Means Listen by Talia Aikens-Nuñez Review: Since my boy loves reading so much, and because he is becoming just as tech-savvy as me, we have been enjoying more and more ebooks, as well as holding on to our favorite paper books as well. Although he could probably hear the same story over and over for weeks on… read more »
Honey the Hero by Emlyn Chand Review: Reading time in my house is a treasured time, but lately it has all been about the birds. Emlyn Chand's birds, actually… I introduced you to my boy's favorite bird, the penguin with Emlyn's book, Courtney Saves Christmas, and then recently we looked at a peppy peacock named… read more »
Poppy the Proud by Emlyn Chand Review: Last month, I introduced you to Emlyn Chand with her book, Courtney Saves Christmas, and I am happy to bring to you another great story. This time, the beautiful bird we get to know is Poppy, a peacock. Poppy is, like all peacocks, proud of his colors… read more »
Courtney Saves Christmas by Emlyn Chand Review: When I was young, I learned to love reading so much that I would read into the night and sometimes even get into trouble for reading too late. I don't always have the time and energy to read my own books anymore, but I love to read… read more »
Karen Pokras Toz & I.O. Book Tours Blog Hop {Book Reviews & Promotions} From 10/25/12 to 11/23/2013 This is a hop for any and all Bloggers who want to join in the tours of these wonderful children's books. If you are already on the tour OR if you would like to be a part of it… read more »
My 1STory: Fairy Tales Classics for the 21st Century I love to read to my son and I'm so thankful that he loves books, but have you ever come across a book that you loved as a child and thought, "huh, that was kinda scary"? If you haven't, think about some of your favorite fairy tales… read more »
