Bloomability- a book review

Bloomability by Sharon Creech Sharon Creech (born July 29, 1945) is an American writer of children’s books. Sharon has written over 20 books for children and young adults. She is the first writer to win both the American Newbery Award (for Walk Two Moons) and the British *Carnegie Medal (Ruby Holler). *note: The Carnegie Medal …

Alice Dalgliesh – Part 6 of the Third Culture Kid Children’s Authors

Alice Dalgliesh - Part 6 in my series on Third Culture Kids children’s book authors To continue (or get back to - I should say) my series on Third Culture Kid children’s authors, I would like to introduce you to Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 – June 11, 1979). If you use Sonlight Curriculum, you …

Family Stories from Around the World

I have to admit when I was a child, I thought any novel that was set in America seemed exotic to me. Stories about large extended families, small communities, one-room schools, scorching hot summers and snowed-in winter days fascinated me, as they were so alike my world in the suburbs of Paris. I devoured books …

FAVORITE READ-ALOUD BOOKS

This is my list of favorite read-aloud chapter books, most of them books that we have read to our children, or recommended by Jim Trelease in his book The Read-aloud Handbook. (I do have several extra copies of his book if you are interested.) His book is really two books-in-one. The first section, Jim gives …