Body Worlds Exhibit and Books About the Body

Yesterday, my husband and I went to an incredible exhibit called Body Worlds.  Have you heard of it?  Basically, it’s a exhibit featuring real human bodies that are preserved using a method called plastination.  Everything is preserved and you can see anything from the heart, brain, blood vessels, nerves, muscles, bones both in whole bodies [...]

Katherine Center Wasn’t Kidding! Yummiest Soup EVER!!

Okay, I can barely move.  I have just finished stuffing myself with the yummiest Mexican Tomato Lime soup EVER!  Sometime over the summer, I was reading Katherine Center’s book The Bright Side of Disaster (my review and author interview) and her main character made Mexican Tomato Lime soup for dinner.  Well, of course I wanted [...]

Happy Halloween From Two Superheroes and a Villain! And Halloween Books for Kids

Perhaps kid friendly Halloween books and this close up photo of my husband’s Joker make up don’t go together.  But there you have it! This Halloween has been one of the busiest I’ve ever experienced.  I’m barely keeping my head above water.  The kids and I have gone to no less than six Halloween themed [...]

Dinosaur Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

One of my kids favorite books (well, actually mine) about dinosaurs is Dinosaur Roar! by Paul & Henrietta Strickland.  It’s a fun little board book about opposites with really fun and creative illustrations.  Dinosaur roar, dinosaur squeak, dinosaur fierce, dinosaur meek, dinosaur fast, dinosaur slow, dinosaur above and dinosaur below . . . plus more.  [...]

Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James

I’m not even sure if I feel compelled to write a book review for Admit One by Emmett James when I feel like there are already two bloggers reviews written that echo a lot of the feelings I had.  I’ll get to them in a moment . . . Briefly stated, Admit One is a [...]