I love children’s books where the simple statements suggest the small excitements of a new day. (“There is snow this morning. And a small black kitten scratching against our door.”) The grandmother lugs in firewood for the stove, and grumbles that the kitten is ugly. But the little ...
As Papazian argued above, monsters teach strategies for coping with fears, but in picture books these are modelled gently from within a rich and engaging context which gains the interest and attention of the child without being overtly didactic. Many of these coping strategies relate to the instin...
But today’s babies and toddlers are treated to board books that are miniature works of literary art: classics like “Romeo and Juliet,”“Sense and Sensibility” and “Les Misérables”; luxuriously produced counting primers with complex graphic elements; and even an “Art for Baby” book feat...
Little Bear is not just a character in a book; he is a cherished friend who continues to teach and inspire, even beyond the boundaries of Bear Country.
Kids want to feel unconditional love while at the same time need to test the boundaries of independence and consistency of that love. With a patient heart (and a sense of humor) the little bunny’s mama makes it clear that no matter what this little bunny does or where he goes his moth...
identify your triggersand work from there to change to change your patterns. Often by creating moreboundariesbetween you and your bad habits, you can overcome your urge to do them (until it’s no longer an automatic habit anymore). If you find that you have a serious problem with ...
is intrigued with the military, history, comic books, animals, and reading books. He is very hands on and loves to build things with Legos. Sean enjoys using his hands. He is in search of a loving caring family that will assist him with the guidance and structure needed to be successful...
“In part inspired by the polemics that surround Hannukah, this year, for the first time since childhood, I reread the two books of Maccabees. I realized, although few people who pontificate about Hannukah mention it, that our earliest records of this holiday are precisely, inescapably doubled...
I say to you that this was unworthy of a senator or an American.BILL MOYERS: But with his innuendos and lies and bull-boy deceits, Joseph McCarthy pushed the boundaries of fair play too far and was finally destroyed by his own excess....