TODDLERS

As a preschool and kindergarten teacher, I taught a nonfiction unit in my classrooms to explore what we were reading...

Happy 2023! It’s starting out quiet and that’s giving me lots of time to write (mostly terrible) drafts of children’s...

Reading Games Reading begins with letter sounds. If a child is not fluent in letter sounds, even letter recognition isn’t...

Decodable books are books with text that children can sound out and combine the sounds into words. These are essential...

“Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” How many of you immediately knew the next line? That’s because it’s...

Today, I’m catching up on picture books that I missed and sharing amazing new releases. Yetis Are the Worst! by...

I’m catching up with my reading for the year. Here are 11 new books I think you will like, too!...

Games For The Car (Or Any Kind of Travel) by Meredith Bartolo Pappas With holidays approaching, long travel days might...

Shopping with my values in mind has never been easier with this new, curated marketplace of giftable toys and gear....

Are you looking for new (beginning/easy) chapter books for your growing readers? Here are my favorite chapter book choices from...

I’ve deliberated and chosen my favorite nonfiction children’s books of 2022 with the criteria of excellent writing, an interesting topic,...

Ready for the best middle grade books of 2022?! When I pick the best (my favorite) middle grade books of...

And why I feel good shopping for play essentials at Peeka & Co. Created for My five-year-old daughter loves taking...

My picks for the best picture books of 2022 range from quirky to funny to poignant, with exceptional writing and...