My son and I have been visiting Never Land for months, not Michael Jackson’s Never Land, but the world of Peter Pan. Audiobooks are one of Cavanaugh’s and my favorite ways to travel in our car or even spend an afternoon by the LEGO table. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love having someone . . . → Read More: Read This: Peter Pan + Prequels
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 One comment  Posted on May 25th, 2011 in Happiness, Parenting, Read This  audiobooks with kids, book reviews, Never Land series, Peter Pan, starcatchers series It’s been a long time since a book on writing has inspired me to copy long passages, but Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles makes me want to hang quotes up on my wall just so I can be reminded that all the reasons I . . . → Read More: Read This: The War of Art One comment Posted on November 16th, 2009 in Read This, Writing book recommendations, book reviews, making yourself sit down to write, steven pressfield, the war of art I’ve talked to quite a few parents who have never read a parenting book, or who read them and decided to stop because they said the advice of the experts got in the way of listening to their own intuition. I am not one of those parents. For one, my intuition (or interpretation of it) . . . → Read More: Read This: Playful Parenting One comment Posted on October 20th, 2009 in Attachment Parenting, Discipline, Reviews Attachment Parenting, book reviews, lawrence cohen, Parenting, playful parenting, time-out ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg I finally found a book that understands why I want to deviate from a schedule the minute I’ve created it. Instead of some complicated system that makes me feel even less organized, ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life offers practical advice that’s straightforward to implement . . . → Read More: Read: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life 2 comments Posted on August 14th, 2009 in Organizing, Read This add-friendly ways to organize your life, book recommendations, book reviews, judith kolberg 10 Spiritual Practices For Busy Parents byJacqueline Kramer Jacqueline Kramer absolutely understands the challenges facing parents who lack both time and energy for spiritual practice but who need to be able to draw on inner resources most when raising a child. Each chapter is five pages or less and includes Kramer’s reflections and a . . . → Read More: Read This: 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy Parents Leave a comment Posted on July 14th, 2009 in Mindfulness, Parenting, Read This, Reviews 10 spiritual practices for busy parents, book recommendations, book reviews, jacqueline kramer, Parenting, spirituality Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by Karen Maezen Miller As the book jacket promises, Momma Zen offers practical wisdom about how to simply be while navigating the joys and challenges of parenting. Miller’s advice illustrates a way to be mindful as a parent, to live in the present moment whether that . . . → Read More: Read This: Momma Zen 2 comments Posted on May 28th, 2009 in Mindfulness, Reviews book reviews, karen maezen miller, mindful parenting, momma zen, Parenting, Parenting Books Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett Nana Quimby sees a cat up a tree and wants to help. She tries many sources and they all give her ridiculous excuses and options. My favorite is when she calls City Hall and they tell her they won’t get the cats out of the tree, but . . . → Read More: Read This: Cat Up a Tree Leave a comment Posted on May 13th, 2009 in Read This, Reviews book recommendations, book reviews, cat up a tree, humorous kid's books, john hassett, Kid's Books Cavanaugh and I went to the library yesterday and it was so disappointing. When he was younger and all we read were board books, our library selection was very limited. The board books don’t have that long a shelf life considering the audience normally handling them, I think. Now that we are looking on the . . . → Read More: Read This: Not a Box 4 comments Posted on March 20th, 2009 in Read This, Reviews antoinette portis, book recommendations, book reviews, children's books, geisel honor book, imaginative play, not a box, Parenting, pretend The Highly Intuitive Child: A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children by Catherine Crawford “Twenty questions to ask yourself if you think you have an intuitive child” and “ten important life skills for intuitive children” are valuable resources for parents of children who know more than their five senses could . . . → Read More: Read This: The Highly Intuitive Child Leave a comment Posted on March 11th, 2009 in Reviews book recommendations, book reviews, catherine crawford, intuitive child, Parenting, Parenting Books, sixth sense, the highly intuitive child Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) by Crockett Johnson Harold creates his world as he draws it, full of moons and picnics with all nine kinds of pie he likes best. The vocabulary including double-entendres makes Harold a smarter book than most children’s stories and credits kids with insight . . . → Read More: Read This: Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon 2 comments Posted on February 26th, 2009 in Read This, Reviews a picture for harold's room, adventures of harold and the purple crayon, book reviews, children's books, crockett johnson, harold's abc, harold's circus, harold's fairy tale, harold's trip to the sky, Kid's Books |
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