Monster Needs a (Mimi-Made) Costume
Mimi’s at it again. Toiling away in her basement—cutting fabric, sewing seams and carefully attaching appliques. Before she was Mimi, back when she was “just” my…
I Spy…The Start of a New School Year!
Ready, set…school! I’ve been getting up to go to school every day for most of my life, and so the last two years have been…well…tricky. How…
Breakfast with Old Friends
We have been so busy reading chicken books (posts about these soon), that Amos, Sophie, and a heard of dinosaurs putting up a stink at bedtime haven’t…
We Got a Dog + How to Hide a Lion
One look at my new niece and I knew that we were getting a dog. We’d done the research, owned the training books, made the lists—pro…
Frozen? Warm up with Annie and the Wild Animals
Disney’s latest blockbuster couldn’t have been released at a more apropos time. We saw the movie over our holiday visit to the in-laws in Brainerd, MN…
Dreams of A New Niece Keep Post-Holiday Blues at Bay
Beginning in October, we joined my two nieces in keeping track of all that we had to look forward to in the upcoming months. “Next comes…
PBH’s Best Books to Give as Gifts in 2013
For the most part, I give books for Christmas. Last year, everybody got a copy of Railroad Hank by Lisa Moser. Other books that on the…
Ox-Cart Man, And Much More to be Thankful For
I’m stuffed. We are wrapping up a weekend of incredible food and family fun and kicking off Christmas with a super-sized tree and thousands of twinkle…
Celebrate Picture Book Month with The Breakfast Book
Picture Book House, the blog, will turn one in February. In the beginning, I blogged about whatever book (and my kids’ interactions with it) had inspired…
A Perfect Picture Book on a Not So Perfect Morning: Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff
Occasionally there is a bit of bickering over breakfast, when my son’s in the mood for cereal to be shared with The Very Hungry Caterpillar but…
Come on, Fish! A Picture Book by Bubba, for his Grandkids
A trip to my parents’ house is not complete without my kids begging my Dad to read Dooly and the Snortsnoot. “Again?” he guffaws, popping open…
Throwback Thursday: Halloween Books from the 80s
When we are visiting at my parent’s house, my kids play with Micro Machines, Polly Pocket and Rainbow Bright while I sneak over to the bookshelf…
PBH Short Story: Memories of Mossy, Our Turtle for a Week
(Our Mossy. More photos of Mossy’s week with us, and her release, at the end of this post) When introduced to one of my daughter’s dolls,…
Truckin’
On Wednesday morning we went to story hour at the library. Our children’s librarian is everything I love about Meg Ryan as the Storybook Lady in…
Literacy 101: Making Connections with Dog Goes to Nursery School
My job as a reading teacher and literacy coach was to help students become active readers, which means I was helping them do things to better…
Duck on a Bike: It’s Impossible to Resist this Ride
There are some books best read at bedtime. Others in the morning, over breakfast. There are books for thunderstorms, books for sick days, books for reading…
A Short Story: Finding I Am Bunny
About a year ago, an older man pulled up to our driveway while I was outside playing with my kids and said, “Excuse me. Do you…
The (Breakfast) Table is Turned in Monster, Be Good! Monsters, Part II
Speaking of monsters… We’ve invited them to breakfast! Monster, Be Good!, by Natalie Marshall (Blue Apple Books, 2013) is short, interactive, and fun; the perfect addition…
The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot: Monsters Part I
Last spring, when the buzz about The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot by Scott Magoon (Simon & Schuster, 2013) was buzziest, I bought it. But then, because the…
Early Fall Favorite: Sophie’s Squash
Our Cottonwood leaves are turning brown and crinkly. There are splashes of yellow on the Ash. This morning the air was cool enough we needed sweaters…
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