After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson is a beautiful book. Woodson continues to not disappoint me. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but I’m a Woodson fan girl.
At the heart of this story is the bond of three twelve-year-old girls. Our unnamed narrator and Neeka are forever changed when D [...]
This week’s library loot post looks a lot like my last library loot post although it’s all different books. Between that one and this one, I think I’ve checked out every camping, hiking, and Utah travel guide that our library has. We bought a new tent last week and set it up in the [...]
I was unable to participate in the 24-Hour Read-a-thon in the fall and so I’m really looking forward to setting time aside on April 10th for Dewey’s Read-a-thon. Read for 24 hours?! Crazy right? But you know that you are considering it right now and taking a peak at your calendar.
This year Taylor, my husband, [...]
. . . we are painting.
Which to tell you the truth is an activity that I don’t do lightly as it ends up being a huge ordeal (as you can see from painted child #1 above).
But the results are always worth it! Now I have my own bouquet of tulips made from egg cartons. Every [...]
Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit is hosting a blog tour in honor of National Poetry Month and I wondered if there was any way I could participate. I’m not one to sit down and read anthologies of poetry and in fact, there is nothing that I hated more than dissecting poems in high [...]