What to Read Wednesday

The Best Chicken Books for Kids In celebration of our love for chickens, we are sharing our favorite chicken books for kids. We love our backyard chickens! We have two girls who provide eggs for us each day. But even more than that, they are loving pets and an ongoing science project! My boys brought […]

The Best Mythology Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. I heard a college professor once say that the three most important things to have knowledge of when studying literature are the Bible, Shakespeare, and mythology. Knowing about these will help readers understand many literary elements of things they […]

The Best Ireland Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we are learning about Ireland and its lore. Ireland is magical in both its history and its landscapes. Come along with us and explore this rich country with the best Ireland […]

The Best Monster Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Monsters are very scary and real to many young children. Monsters in the closet, monsters under the bed, monsters out the window… Making monsters not so scary and real is a tough parenting job. My son had a spray […]

The Best Little Golden Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Raise your hand if you grew up reading Little Golden Books! Who didn’t, right? These precious books are still going strong, and generations of kids are growing up with both classic titles and new things like Marvel and […]

The Best Jungle Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. What are your favorite jungle books for kids? We recently read some excerpts from The Jungle Book for a literature unit and found ourselves wanting more! There are so many features of the jungle to study, from plant life, […]

The Best Panda Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Who can resist the cuteness of a panda? These adorable animals are beautiful and amazing. We were fortunate to see a panda family at Zoo Atlanta several years ago, and we spent a long time just standing and watching […]

The Best Penguin Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Penguins are such fun creatures to learn about! They are certainly unique, and who can resist smiling at their built in tuxedos and their waddle, waddle, waddle? This week we are featuring the best penguin books for kids. If […]

The Best Owl Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. When I was in high school, my family moved to a small town into a house that was built in the 1770s. It was a beautiful old house, but we did not have any central heat or air conditioning. […]

The Best King & Queen Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Our favorite king & queen books for kids Good Queen Bess : The Story of Elizabeth I of England Castle Babar the King (Babar Books (Random House)) Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? The Paper Bag Princess (Munsch […]

The Best Manners Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Teaching good manners to kids is best done through modeling the behaviors you want to see in them. Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ to them teaches them to do the same. Our expectations at the family dinner table, even […]

The Best Sci-Fi Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Star Wars has been a part of my life since I was ten years old and saw the original movie on the big screen on opening day. My brother had been talking about this movie for weeks, and I […]