pre-sunrise MORNING ROUTINE – a slow and productive winter morning routine

This last year I have gotten more into seasonal reading. Last year I shared monthly themed picture book lists here on the blog and this year I wanted to share seasonal chapter book lists. Most of the books on these lists will be what are considered “middle grade” reads which are generally for 8-12 year…

I love taking time to notice the year a book is published and I am noticing such a great trend in picture books. 2019 was a good year for picture books. I’ll admit, we didn’t read as many published in 2019 books at the end of the year but there were so many great ones…

I said a few weeks ago that I would be starting a series here on the blog about making money from blogging. There really are a number of different ways to make money online and there is no magic formula but I thought it would be fun to take a few of the ways I…