Monthly Archives: May 2018

green balloon I grow my vocabulary

A Bunch of Good Reasons to Read Aloud
to Young Children from Ofelia’s Point of View

My granddaughter loves books, and she especially loves balloons. In last week’s blog post, I featured a list of Ofelia’s favorite books from the third year of her life; I was surprised by some she selected. This week, as I reviewed the list of books she’s had read to her, or has looked at, over… Read More


Here We Are

Ofelia’s List of Favorite Books: A Baker’s Dozen

Those of us who love to read can’t help but be drawn into the multitude of “The Best” book lists that are published at or near the end of a calendar year. You ask yourself, are any of my favorite books on the list? Are there any books on the list that I’d like to… Read More