Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After
Rediscovering Life after Retirement
Book, movie, product reviews and reflections
Grade(s): 2 & 3 Topic: Folktales FOLKTALES Objective(s) / TEKS: Students will: Identify elements of a folktale. Be introduced to various folktales from different regions and cultures of the United States. TEKS: ELAR 2.6(B) compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales with respect to their […]
Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | A Lovely Little Wardrobe | R Squared Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | Family Love Inspiration Education The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | The Blondissima | Positively Learning | Quilty Joy Joy Daily Style Finds | Making The Most of Everyday | Puppies and Pretties | She Thought She Could Foxy’s Domestic Side | Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After | Sprinkled Just Right Good […]
Hey Dolls! Guess what?? I read a book this month. Not a Nook or a Kindle. A real paperback book. And it felt good, to actually turn the pages, to use a real bookmark (one I cross-stitched for my father years ago) to save my place. Don’t get me wrong. I love my Nookie and […]
Dearest Readers, Today’s post is my second book review. Odd, you may be thinking, that a retired librarian with time on her hands hasn’t had at least as many blog posts about what she’s reading as she has had about what she’s wearing! I would have to agree and want to assure you that I […]
You might have gathered from the name of my blog that I like fairy tales. As a mommy, I loved reading fairy tales to my daughters. We were big bedtime story-ers at our house. When Brennyn and Lauren were really little, they shared bedtime and bedtime stories. But at some point in elementary school, Brennyn […]
This is my first blog post book review! I have written may children’s book reviews for my former school district and for School Library Journal magazine. But this is my first blog book review! I just finished reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I had started reading the book in hopes of finishing it before […]