How to Raise Kids Who Love to Read
Reading together as a family will help your kids fall in love with books.
Home Grown Books
Home Grown Books sent me their new Adventuring Set to review. My boys were thrilled when the box set of seven small paperback books arrived in the mail, and we immediately read all of them several times. From a mom’s perspective, they are simple, beautiful books, and it’s obvious the writer, artist, and publisher put…
The Most Powerful Thing in the World
It’s March, and as I write this, it couldn’t be lovelier here. (March does have a way of surprising us, doesn’t it?) In these parts it came in with sunshine, daffodils, and birdsong. Last week I received my copy of the Spring 2013 issue of YES! Magazine, which includes my review of Janisse Ray’s The…
Learning Outside the Lines
Recently I heard an interview with the herbalist Cascade Anderson Geller. She shared a story about a teacher and healer she met in the remote Choco region of Northern Ecuador, where she went to learn about the local plants and healing methods. Geller had been suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome and had consulted scads of…
Six Books That Could Change Your Outlook on Life
My husband and I don’t collect many things, but our house is full of books. I love to read fiction, but I tend to collect more practical books, ones that I’ll look at hundreds of times – almanacs, reference books, plant-identification guides, cookbooks, and how-to guides. My husband’s into the decidedly unpractical – first edition…