By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: February 15, 2010 I’ve written before about the spate of new books…
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What I take from The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, and what I try to subtly convey to my kids when I read it, is that giving is good and important.
I think all parents have a moment when we wonder what happened to the little baby we used to cradle in our arms? I know I’ve had many of these and my kids are still preschoolers. Yet, time flies and those little defenseless babies now have minds of their own, with their own wants and needs–and boy do they let me know exactly what it is they want/need. But not all kids are the same and sometimes it takes work to figure them out and to reconnect with them. Two new books give us just such a chance–one book does so in form and the other in function.
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: October 7, 2009 Environmental awareness is on the rise and kids are…
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: August 25, 2009 Mark Karlins, the author of “Starring Lorenzo, and Einstein,…
This book tells of the special bond between a grandfather and his granddaughter and the fun they have while taking a walk in the woods.
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: May 26, 2009 We’ve reviewed several titles from Chronicle Books in the…
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: May 9, 2009 Nico & Lola: Kindness shared between a boy and…
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 28, 2009 Doug E. Richards with his two kids, Ryan and…
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 7, 2009 These three classics are told simultaneously in Spanish, giving…