My kids love to color, but what they love more than that is when I sit down and color with them. When a representative from Leisure Arts contacted me to ask whether I’d be interested in reviewing the latest line of coloring books – the Happy Coloring Series, I jumped at the opportunity. Here’s what I thought.
When buying gifts for runners, or even someone who just likes to walk on their lunch break, it can be tricky to find something they don’t already have. Let’s face it, they are loaded to the brim with water bottles, have more shoes then they know what to do with and probably enough fitness trackers to arm a marathon full of people.
I’ve reviewed books by Adriana Trigiani on here before, so when I was offered the opportunity to review Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani, I was quick to do so. She’s quickly made her way up in my list of favorite authors over the past several years. Tony’s Wife does not disappoint. This novel is set during the 1940s, …
If there were a more perfect book to be reviewing the week of Thanksgiving, I certainly am not sure what it would be. Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman is set on Thanksgiving Day. We meet Adam and Marissa in this novel, characters who have a chance meeting. We start the novel with Adam, who …
Today’s post comes from Kevin Bannister, author of The Long Way Home, a historical novel. Enjoy! I was thinking about what freedom means the other day. My historical novel, The Long Way Home (Fireship Press) concerns the search for freedom by ex-slaves and Black Brigade soldiers Thomas Peters and Murphy Steele. The two fight smallpox,Atlantic …
*Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links; should you make a purchase using one of these links, I will receive a percentage of that sale at no extra cost to you. I received a pattern in exchange for my participation in this tour; all opinions are my own. There’s not much better than pajamas. They’re comfy, …
One of my favorite activities to undertake with my kids is heading out into nature and taking a look at what different forms of flora and fauna we see. I’ve been meaning to build a collection of field guides so I can help my kids to identify the different things we see. When I was …
I have a confession: I don’t like birds. I mean, I think they’re absolutely beautiful creatures, but for some reason, they terrify me. That said, every one of my kids has been fascinated with birds – and with good reason. They fly, they’re beautiful, and they’re covered in feathers. National Geographic’s The Splendor of Birds is the …
My kids love space and all things planets and astronauts. I suspect a lot of kids feel the same (I know I did as a kid). When I was offered the opportunity to review National Geographic’s Space Atlas, I was thrilled to do so. This volume is nothing less than stellar. The illustrations are vivid and …
Kara Cooney’s volume, When Women Ruled the World, explores the lives and regimes of six female pharaohs. I think this book can best be summed up by this paragraph in the introduction: In the fifth century B.C., thousands of years after her lifetime, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote about a certain Nitocris, a queen whose husband-brother …
