Archive for 2011
Bring in the New Year 2012: Take a ride on a butterfly.
December 28, 2011
Don’t be like the two caterpillars who were crawling along on the ground when a butterfly flew over them. And one caterpillar said to the other, “You’ll never catch me going up on one of those.” But I’ll ride a butterfly any day. And I hope you will too. ~Madeleine L’Engle
The Importance of free-thinking bookstores.
December 16, 2011
George Whitman, the American-born owner of Shakespeare & Company, a bookshop on the Left Bank in Paris dies at the ripe age of 98. He opened his bookshop in 1951 because he believed the book business was the business of life. He welcomed visitors with large in-print messages on the walls- and one of my […]
Why do children want the same book read over and over and over again?
December 7, 2011
The many rewards of rereading were recently recalled in an article in the NYT: “Read it again, Sam.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/books/review/read-it-again-sam.html We remember our first encounter and reaction to a book, and at the same time, we are amazed to think that the book has somehow changed. The experience of rereading keeps you in the moment and […]
Parents As Reading Partners. Two-part webinar in celebration of Jewish Book Month, presented by The Jewish Education Project.
November 28, 2011
Part 1: December 7, 12:30- 1:30pm (EST) The Art of Conversational Reading : Help Your Child Get the most from the Books They Read.”
Make your Thanksgiving a culinary and literary feast.
November 23, 2011
Is there a child who has never felt ignored by a grown-up? The children’s books of Florence Parry Heide (2/1919-10/2011) made the world a better place. My Thanksgiving this year goes to her wonderful book, The Shrinking Of Treehorn, illustrated by Edward Gorey. A delightful book and cautionary tale to parents who try to ignore […]
