Literature Recommendations for Tots and their Folks |
My 14-month-old daughter loves the following books:
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka
The entire Peek-a-Moo series by Marie Torres Cimarusti and Stephanie Petersen
(etc...)
Two Eyes, A No...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:55:00 GMT |
Family-- follow up |
Thanks to all of you who posted your ideas about family. Here's my promised follow-up. I have a positive view of the term "family," but I don't agree with my grandma's saying that "blood i...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:34:00 GMT |
Family |
I just read Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. In it, the protagonist, Ruby, has to interview people and then write an English paper defining "family." This, of course, has much to do with...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:45:00 GMT |
Storytelling Concert |
The Advanced Storytelling Class at the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences has created an online storytelling concert called "I Am Woman." Please feel free ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 00:23:00 GMT |
New Top Friends Theme |
Musicians! Instrumentalists, DJs & Singers! La la la!
Thanks, Will (Orcha-dork), for the suggestion.
I'm open to more theme ideas.
Peace, joy, & all ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:36:00 GMT |
Top friends themes, so far |
Current: Classmates pre-college
Previous: Library folk
First: Family
I have idea for the next few versions of my top friends list, but I'm always open to suggestions. Feel free to share which li...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:29:00 GMT |
Creative outlet? |
Dear friends,
I feel a need to make or do something creative. Unfortunately, outside of my job (which has the blessing of many imaginative uses of my grey matter), I'm n...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:19:00 GMT |
History of the Middle East |
http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html
This is a pictoral history of the changing controlling powers in the Middle East. My mom's best friend forwarded it to me. It is amazing....
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:01:00 GMT |
Gratitude |
"Just remember, in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows, lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose" ~ from The Rose (Song popularized by Bette Midle...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:17:00 GMT |
Poet Reborn |
Poet Reborn
By Anna Francesca
August 24, 2006
Lost connection.
No direction.
Drive for perfection
left nowhere to turn.
Energy drained.
Confusion reigned.
All nerve senses pained
by numb...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:50:00 GMT |
