The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. There is always something magical about toddlers and preschoolers. I spent many hours with this age group in classrooms as an undergraduate psychology major and later through my graduate studies…
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Goodbye Christopher Robin: How a favorite bear inspired classic stories
This is a sponsored post I don’t know when she fell in love with him but all of a sudden, the two were inseparable. I look back on photos of Emily as a baby and her bear is always nearby: on his side in the corner of her crib, a snout poking up in the…
Making Bad Look Good: Disney Villains Book Series Review
This is a sponsored post. Thanks to Disney-Hyperion for sending me the Disney Villains book series and for providing a prize pack! We know the stories of Snow White, Belle, Ariel, and Sleeping Beauty so well but did you ever stop to think about the Wicked Queen, Beast, Ursula, or Maleficent? We know that the…
7 Reasons Why Kids Should be Allowed to Read Captain Underpants
I partnered with Scholastic to share this Captain Underpants giveaway Yes, you read that correctly. I know you probably dislike Captain Underpants for the potty humor and misspellings that fill the pages of the graphic novel but if your child is clamoring to see Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (in theaters on June 2),…
4 Reasons We Love Books from National Geographic Kids (w giveaway)
My mom used to always say that she didn’t care what we were reading, as long as we were reading something. When we were little, she celebrated us reading the comics as much as she did books we got from the library because she knew that by letting us read what we wanted to, would help us…
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Giveaway #ReadRiordan
If you have a child who has loved Percy Jackson, they will love Rick Riordan’s new Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer. While the Percy Jackson series taught kids about Greek Mythology through a modern day hero, the Magnus Chase trilogy aims to teach kids about Norse Mythology. If you’re…
A Frozen Heart Retells Disney’s Frozen for Tweens with Unique Twists (w. giveaway)
A Frozen Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick is a book based off of the love story of Disney’s Frozen. Angled more toward tweens, A Frozen Heart alternates chapters between Anna and Hans’ life. They finally collide when princess Elsa has organized her coronation. Before then, Hans had spent 3 years preparing for this opportunity by winning…
3 Ways to Learn About Norse Mythology Before Reading Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
If your family has enjoyed following the adventures of Harry Potter throughout his seven years at Hogwarts, globetrotted with Amy and Dan Cahill in their quest for the 39 Clues, and couldn’t wait to see what mythological Greek creatures and gods Percy might encounter next in Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, then chances are…
10 Reasons to Love Percy Jackson and the Olympians in Celebration of The Lightning Thief’s 10th Anniversary
When taught in a grade 3-5 school, The Lightning Thief was all the rage among the tween set and in the ten years since the first book, the series’ popularity has never waned. Having sold millions of copies worldwide, being on nationwide school reading lists nationwide, and inspired a major motion picture, what is it…
Public School Superhero: New Illustrated Novel for Middle Schoolers by James Patterson (w. giveaway)
With a 5th grader in the house, middle school is on our minds. It’s comforting to know that Emily will be going to our neighborhood middle school with many of the same friends she’s attended school with for the past six years but there are certainly going to be new challenges for her ahead such…
