It's been a busy new year, and before January is officially over, I wanted to mention how much we loved the books we got for Christmas! My family and I love books. We love to give them and get them. Well, except for my husband, who mostly loves to give them to me....

This book is funny the same way that Napolean Dynamite is funny. All the jokes are dead-pan come-again type. The kind that kids love. We read this book over and over and over. A fun companion to those cowboy boots your little one is asking for and a little leg up on telling jokes, although the authors don’t seem to ever have gone much past the 4-5 year old joke stage.

I recently enjoyed this poignant coming of age story about Lucia who grows up during the 1961 Communist Revolution in Cuba. Lucia's innocent naivete is shredded bit by bit when soldiers come to her small town. Lucia and Frankie believe  their parents are being...

For Christmas this year, we thought we would revisit our post from last year's virtual advent tour. It's kind of like getting your decorations out year after year, dusting them off and using them again. These books are treasures that bring joy and happiness to us each...

For Christmas this year, we thought we would revisit our post from last year's virtual advent tour. It's kind of like getting your decorations out year after year, dusting them off and using them again. These books are treasures that bring joy and happiness to us each...

I have not heard from Amy, our Otto Grows Down Winner. So, last call Amy- email me back by Friday 10-22-2010 or I will pick a new winner!

I wasn't sure what to expect in this story about where dreams come from. I liked what I found. A quick, easy read but with two stories intertwined. One about the dream makers who gather bits and pieces of memories from the objects in our home and then bestow them upon...