Middle School…just the words dredge up memories. Okay, for me it was junior high, middle school came to our community when I was in high school. Anyway, those awkward pre-teen years are filled with nicknames, mean girls, crushes, first loves and embarrassment.I know all of that full well. I walked into junior high very different than I left elementary school. During that summer I got glasses, braces
Tales from the Back Pew-Kids Book Review and Giveaway
Mike Thaler has written more than 200 books for children, including Scholastic’s bestselling “Black Lagoon” series, which introduced “monster teacher” Mrs Green in The Teacher from the Black Lagoon 20 years ago.Mike is also the creator of “The Letterman” from PBS’ longtime educational show “Electric Company”. Mr Thaler is known as “America’s Riddle King” and travels to classrooms
Secret Keeper Girl Review and Giveaway
When I was approached a few weeks ago by Pure Publicity to review some books for them, I jumped at the chance. I am a book-aholic. Books have been my friends all of my life. Books have helped shape me into the woman I am today. When the books arrived in the mail and the Secret Keeper Girls pak was among them I was ecstatic! I have been a
Parenting Book Review and Giveaway
Leslie Leyland Fields new book “Parenting is Your Highest Calling and 8 Other Myths that Trap Us in Worry and Guilt“, is an insightful look at nine myths most Christian parents believe as fact. Leslie is a writer, professor, wife and mother of six children which range from a college student to a kindergartener who lives