Scaredy Squirrel at Night by Melanie Watt

Well, I think that it’s pretty safe to say that anything Melanie Watt writes is pretty much perfection and gold.  Scaredy Squirrel at Night is no exception.  I love this picture book! Melanie Watt is incredibly clever and her books are so much fun to read.
Scaredy Squirrel never sleeps, he’d much rather stay awake for [...]

Firefighter Ted by Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitr1

My little boys are four and three so it pretty much goes without saying that a book about firefighters in our house is going to be a hit. And Firefighter Ted by Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitre is a hit with them.
Ted wakes up one morning and smells smoke.  And because Ted couldn’t find a [...]

When I’m Not Reading . . .

. . . I’m obviously not blogging either.
What about Book Expo America?  What about Book Blogger Convention?  What books am I excited about?!  What about the Bloggiesta prizes?!  What about all of those reviews that are stacking up all around me?!  What about all those half written posts I have in draft?
One word:
Summer.
Which means that [...]

Bloggiesta – The Finish Line

You made it!  The finish line!  THANK YOU so much for participating in Bloggiesta!  I am in awe that we had more than 160 bloggers participate this weekend!  I  don’t know about you but I am utterly exhausted.  But WOW!  Blogs were literally changing before my eyes, and bloggers were learning all kinds of helpful [...]

Bloggiesta – Photo Time!

Yesterday, I asked you to share photos with us in the Bloggiesta surprise mini-challenge!  The challenge was to share with us a photo of how you have been partaking in the fiesta.  It was fun to see everybody getting into the spirit of the occasion!
This is me, obviously eating a taco.  And that’s my little [...]