Dear Literary Lady, My friend is insecure about her looks and obsesses about her perceived imperfections. I wish I could convince her to stop. Are there any books you recommend that might convince her that beauty isn’t everything? – D.F., Providence, R.I. Dear D.F.,
This year, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle’s epic tale of an insect who tries and tries but cannot quench the insatiable hunger that drives him, turns 45, which is coincidentally the number of times I have read it out loud to my two-year-old this week. It’s easy to see why the book has endured. […]
What’s your kid’s favorite thing to do in the summer? (You know, besides sleep in?) Whatever it is, we bet we can match it up with the perfect book, which will give your kid a whole new summertime activity: the pre-summertime-activity warmup read. It’s fun, it helps build their vocabulary, and it doesn’t require sunscreen. But you’re […]
I may be an avid bookworm and a firm believer that every kid needs a great book collection, but that doesn’t mean I’m a snob who abhors television. On the contrary, TV has been a big part of my life and has brought me just as much joy as books have. And, if I’m being […]
I tried to keep princesses away from my 3-year-old. I really did. “Why give her a role model,” I thought, “who is expected to do nothing but sit around all day and wait for a prince?” It only took one little girl at school to convert her. In the time it takes to say “your highness,” […]
