The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder The first book in this series, Little House in the Big Woods, was the first chapter book I ever read. I was in grade one, and I remember asking my parents how to pronounce the word m-a-c-h-i-n-e. Ma-chyne? Matching? I had seriously never seen it before on […]
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Think about what events, experiences, thoughts and conflicts you might capture if you chronicled a year of your life. Be sure to consider what you would most like to remember about your day to day living during this time period. What if you started the project, you were committed to it, and then something traumatic […]
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When I came across Rona Renner’s Is That Me Yelling? I knew I had to see if what she had to say would be valuable to me personally. You see, I am a mom who chooses to work because I feel it allows me to have a better relationship with my kids. And still, even […]
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I have decided that every book that earns a five star rating on Book Musings, earns itself a giveaway. First up and just in time for Mother’s Day, 1 prize of two copies of the hilarious How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane: and other lessons in parenting by a highly questionable source by […]
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A King’s Ransom is a beautifully written and researched novel about the last years of King Richard the Lionheart and the many, many interweaving stories of family members and alliances throughout Europe and the Middle East. We follow Richard from his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, all the way to the grave. We follow his Mother, […]
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