If you noticed some missing posts the past week or so....I want to explain. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned we were playing the "is it allergies or did you catch something at school" game? Well....the smallest Barger caught COVID his first week of school and shared it with all of … Continue reading This Week: August 24th
The summer is coming to an end and our house is headed into back to school mode - are you? Our prompts this month honor the struggles that come with the busy running around that comes with this time of year. Quick books, fairytale retellings, and coming of age novels all feel right for this … Continue reading August Theme: Coral
And just like that, summer is over for our house! Tomorrow, my youngest starts his first day of 4th grade and we are all so very excited for what this year has in store for him. One thing I'm not excited about? Less time to read - so much more time in the car running … Continue reading This Week: August 3rd
This week we are talking about some of our favorite female authors. A while back, I had written about how women often had to take on male monikers in order for their writing to be published. It's still the case in some areas, but the literary world today is much different than in Jane Austen's … Continue reading This Week: August 25th
The summer break seems shorter and shorter every year! Kids where we are will be going back to school in the next 2 week - when do yours go back? With the yellow busses and backpacks full of papers becoming routine again, I thought it would be fitting for Back to School to be our … Continue reading August Theme: Back to School
As we enter the back-to-school season, I've been thinking a lot about my favorite school librarians and the books they introduced me to. So many of them had animals on the cover and so do so many of my favorite books of the past few years! Do you have a favorite book with an animal … Continue reading This Week: August 4th
