What I’m Reading & Checking Out This Week

1. New Books & Blogs to Read: Youth Lit Reviews always has great young adult reviews (along with other literary fun), and had a great guest post review of Reunited: “Former best friends and devoted Level3 fans, Alice, Summer, and Tiernan, have avoided each other all throughout high school. However, when Alice sees that Level3 is reuniting… Continue reading What I’m Reading & Checking Out This Week

Return to Cardamom Blog Tour

Welcome to the Return to Cardamom Blog Tour Hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews We are thrilled to be a part of this fabulous blog hop and giveaway for Book Two of the Caramel Cardamom Trilogy: Return to Cardamom Grasso is a mother, author, and blogger (Check out her blog: When I Grow Up I Wanna… Continue reading Return to Cardamom Blog Tour

Fairy Tales: The Beginning of Children’s Literature

  Fairy tales, in my opinion, are essentially the backbone and origin of children’s literature.  While they certainly represent much more than just a story, it’s interesting to see the social and cultural implications of the tales.  This concept of telling tales is similar too, if not overlapping, with nursery rhymes.  The oral storytelling of… Continue reading Fairy Tales: The Beginning of Children’s Literature

Sharon Creech’s Greatest Hits

  Sharon Creech is a Newbery winning author who’s written a variety of children’s and young adult books.  Creech’s writing is interesting because she’s able to write without formula which means each of her books has an individual message and life of its own. In  middle school, I read Walk Two Moons and really enjoyed… Continue reading Sharon Creech’s Greatest Hits

Road Trip Travel with Toddler

This summer we combined my husband’s business trip with a family trip for a long, two week vacation from our house in South Carolina to our family home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Along the way we stopped at my parents and other family homes to break up the trip and see relatives whom we don’t… Continue reading Road Trip Travel with Toddler