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Kids & Pets

Pets can be a wonderful addition to a family, but sometimes, the transition can lead to some ruffled feathers (or

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Hooked on Books: 4.20.22

Bar Maid: A Novel by Daniel Roberts I have no idea why I loved this book so much. I certainly

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Read Local!

Whether you’re looking for a book to share with your kids now or thinking ahead about summer reading, don’t forget

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Parent Trap: How We View Childhood

Current parental fears are creating an unhealthy vision of what childhood is all about because anxieties about falling behind have

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Parent Trap: Dot Theory

I bet most of you completed those numbered dot drawings as kids. The ones where you’d look at a page

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Parent Trap: COVID Lessons

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded me of a Haruki Murakami quote: “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember

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Hooked on Books: 2.23.22

Shoulder Season: A Novel by Christina Clancy | This is a story of a 19-year-old girl who must grow up

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Parent Trap: Kindness is Contagious

I recently spent three days with 23 middle school girls at one of our weekend retreats, and the topic of

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Hooked on Books: 12.15.21

After Elise by Denise Pattiz Bogard | A woman driving on a rainy night sees a stranded motorist and pulls

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Hooked On Books: 11.17.21

For the first time as a reviewer of books, I read four books in a row that were perfection. I