Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Yazan: CanCan | 14 January 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Reviews

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage is the sequel to Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling novel Eat, Pray, Love.
At the end of her # 1 New York Times bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, author Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love in the very best way - unexpectedly - with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship, [...]

What Difference Do It Make?

Yazan: CanCan | 13 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Reviews

I got a copy of What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing through a book review program with Thomas Nelson Publishers. There are over 8,025 bloggers in the program. Feel free to join!
What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
is the second book co-written by Ron Hall, Denver [...]

Bubble Gum and Hula Hoops Book Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 26 December 2009 | 105 Comments
Categories: Giveaways, Reviews

I love trivia, so I was thrilled to be offered a review copy of a brand new book, Bubble Gum and Hula Hoops: The Origins of Objects in Our Everyday Lives, by Harry Oliver.
I actually think about things like this on a regular basis. A couple of days ago I was eating potato chips, and [...]

Tinycandy’s Gift

Yazan: CanCan | 25 December 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Books for children, Reviews

I love reading Christmasy books to the kids.
I have a pretty good collection of holiday books that I store in an out-of-the-way place so that they are only enjoyed during the proper season.
New to our collection this year is Tinycandy’s Gift, a sweet, fictional story about the origins of the candy cane.
Tinycandy is an elf [...]

Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo

Yazan: CanCan | 06 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Books for children, Reviews

I teach preschool, and I see some pretty blatant germ-spreading going on during runny nose season.
I remind them to wash hands as much as possible,sometimes the damage has already been done to the blocks, dress ups, and art supplies.
Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo is a funny story written and illustrated by E.S. Redmond that makes [...]

Dr. Toy’s Best Green Product, 2009

Yazan: CanCan | 01 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Books for children, Games, Green, Reviews

I Cherish Planet Earth Book and Matching Game is a unique, fun, and age-appropriate resource for teaching young children to be good stewards of the Earth.
Instead of conservation tips that are out of reach for children (walk instead of driving, keep your thermostat set conservatively?), I Cherish Planet Earth uses beautiful illustrations and succinct principles [...]

Madeline C’est Bon!

Yazan: CanCan | 17 November 2009 | 135 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

Madeline fans, rejoice!
John Bemelmans Marciano, grandson of Madeline creator Ludwig Bemelmans, has written (and illustrated) a sequel in the Madeline series!
Madeline and the Cats of Rome follows Miss Clavel and the girls on a trip to Rome.
While there, they fall victim to a camera-snatching, which leads to a chase by Madeline and her dog, Genevieve, [...]

Learn To Read With LeapFrog

Yazan: CanCan | 16 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Reviews

LeapFrog has a great set of beginning readers that are compatable with the Tag reading system.
We LOVE our Tag, and we LOVE LeapFrog; I can’t stress enough that Jojo learned his phonetic sounds just after his second birthday, thanks to LeapFrog products!
Now he is 5 years old and is beginning to read. He LOVES these [...]

Bicycle Diaries

Yazan: CanCan | 07 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

I was excited to have the chance to read David Byrne’s travel reflections in his new book Bicycle Diaries.
I will admit that I had to do a search and find pictures of a folding bicycle so that I would know what Byrne was working with.
David Byrne. Does that name ring a bell? You might know [...]

Summer Bridge Activities

Yazan: CanCan | 15 July 2009 | 90 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways, Reviews

Jojo was just starting to read a few words when the school year ended, so I am excited to keep his skills sharp with Summer Bridge Activities: Kindergarten to 1st Grade.
Summer Bridge Activities books are available in grade levels up to rising 8th graders. Summer Bridge Activities were created by educators who believe that [...]