Fiction Friday: Kyle’s First Playdate
There are very few children’s books out there that children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) can fully relate to. Don’t get me wrong, they can relate to most kid books as they are, in… Read More
Category Archive: Fiction Fridays
Fiction Fridays: Tell Me a Story (creative story cards)
Every morning Abby and I start our day out with a big bowl of cereal with a side of fairy tales. We take turns telling stories about princes and princesses, about silly witches… Read More
Fiction Fridays: The Tickle Monster
The best part of being around children is hearing them giggle. It’s the perfect balance between those fine dining hearty squeals and the “you think I’m going to laugh at that?” silent chuckle.… Read More
Fiction Fridays: Best. Movie. Ever.
Drum roll please ….. ………. …………….. Wreck it Ralph! Okay, if not the best movie ever, then I definitely rank it as the best movie this year (sorry Avengers). It is a great… Read More
Fiction Fridays: Calvin and Hobbes Spotlight with Gaygee
Written by Gary Tang I didn’t always have the best childhood. Making friends was quite the obstacle, moving from foster home to foster home. Each year I had to make new friends, and… Read More
Fiction Fridays: Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket
Abby and I came across this book in the store the other day and I fell in love. Tatyana Feeney must have had a lot of contact with quite a few toddlers in… Read More
Fiction Fridays: Llama Llama Misses Mama
With the little ones heading back to school, they may have some anxiety about leaving home. Especially if they’ve never been to Daycare before. Anna Dewdney’s “Llama Llama Misses Mama” is a great… Read More
Evanston Public Library Spotlight: Rah Rah Radishes!
Review written by Martha Meyer, Children’s Librarian of the Evanston Public Library. Rah Rah Radishes! : A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre … Read More
Fiction Fridays: Press Here
Kids hate being told what to do, yet they love Simon Says. There’s something about turning it into a game that makes all directives silly and fun. Press Here, by Herve Tullet, plays… Read More
Fiction Fridays: Searching for Mary Poppins
Searching for Mary Poppins is exactly that: a book about various mothers’ searches for Mary Poppins (aka the perfect nanny). But it goes much further than that. This book, which is made up… Read More
