Mo Willems is back with a new Elephant and Piggie book and this time Elephant is shown that being patient will allow good things will come to those willing to wait. As usual the book is shown with sparse illustrations and fun text. I love the pages in which Elephant’s groaning as he waits fills up the entire space of…
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I got this book to review a while ago and wanted to share it only when I had a finished product. But it’s been a while so I wanted to share the book and let you see my Someday Sunday work in progress. In “Basic Knitting and Crocheting for Today’s Woman” Anita Closic promises 14 projects to soothe the mind…
My grandmother has been in a rehab facility for a few weeks rebuilding strength after a hospital stay and once again I find myself challenging my thoughts on aging. Watching my mom, aunt and uncle, Grandma’s children, trying to make decisions about her is really stressful. I don’t mean to sound like such a drama queen but watching Grandma seem…
Storytime was all abut things that go and I wanted to do something to use the scores of plastic caps people have donated to the library to create an easy to make vehicle craft! This was the result: To create the cars we used these materials: Not pictured, a screwdriver which is ADULT USE ONLY! These materials are things…
Each Wednesday I ask what are you reading. This week I was able to attend the Association of American Publishers Tri-State Book Buzz. It was held at Random House in New York and I was able to get the skinny on scores of new titles for Children and Teens for Fall and Winter. I’ll share more titles with you later…