Say it Rah-shay

I just read online that the first week in October is Great Books Week. Total aside: I really need a calendar with bizarre holidays, notes about books, tidbits of info and the like to keep me in the know. Anywho,  I thought I would review books that I LOVE doing read-alouds with. First up: Bill Grossman’s My Little Sister Ate One Hare. It’s…

The smiling dimples greet me as I tap away at my desk. Hey! He calls as he slides his backpack off his shoulder and digs through for a pencil, a snack (no eating) and the schoolwork. I grab him for a quick hug; his friends are around and I wouldn’t want them to think him a baby* and feel a…

In the Philadelphia area from October 11-17 give treat yourself like a queen, or a king, and take advantage of these deals!  At just $50 a treatment, take your pick of massages, facials, scrubs, wraps, detoxes… find thousands excuses to escape the everyday and rejuvenate at the spa. Not in Philly? Check out other participating spas and $50 treatments are listed…

Halloween is coming and what a perfect time for a spooky book! Abrams Books sent my library a copy of On a Windy Night written by Nancy Raines Day and illustrated by George Bates and it’s a perfect book to share with kids (and grown up!) who afraid of the things that may go bump in the night.  The rhyming text…

There is a hole in my life that is glaringly obvious despite all of the good things going on.  My move, my new relationship with my guy and The Bee entering Middle School Madness has all been dimmed due to a rift between my sister and I. I can’t say for sure what brought it on.  Buffy has been dispensing her…