“Let the wild rumpus begin!” and celebrate Maurice Sendak today. Sendak is one of my favorite children’s authors and illustrators from my childhood and I love sharing him with my own kids. Born in 1928, the author introduced us to Max and the wild things and Mickey and the bakers in the night kitchen. He [...]
When I was growing up, my best friend was a girl named Alison, and she lived two houses from mine. We played together a lot, but not all the time. Sometimes we fought. Sometimes I thought the world would end if we did not have the same teacher at school but somehow we survived when [...]
When I didn’t have kids, my first bookclub was mostly moms – sometimes it was hard to relate, since they seemed to talk about their kids more than the books. When I moved to Providence, I didn’t find a new bookclub to join again until I had kids. Four months after my twins were born, [...]
It is Bill “Bojangles” Robinson’s birthday today (1878-1949). He was a dance legend, perhaps the greatest tap dancer who ever lived. He started dancing at age 6 and continued dancing most of his life. National Tap Dance Day celebrates him and honors tap dance as a uniquely American art form. Celebrate this day. • Play [...]
The third Pirates of the Caribbean movie opens at theaters tomorrow. Although I am looking forward to seeing what Captain Jack Sparrow is up to, this is not a movie for children of all ages. Disney’s marketing for the film, however, may lead you to believe it is appropriate entertainment for every age. Kids are [...]
I believe Good Night Moon is on the “top ten list” of required items for new parents (along with diapers, wipes, car seat, etc.). This book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd was one of the first books we read to our boys when they were babies. It was not long [...]
Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books ever written in American children’s literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as The Wizard of Oz. This tale takes us to far away places and is filled with magic, friendship, love, courage, [...]
My kids and I are big storytelling fans. The ritual of storytelling started when my boys were babies. My husband and I (or visiting relatives) often read to them from a book during the day and at bedtime, but my husband and I also like to tell our kids stories. Sometimes we fabricate the story [...]
Sir James Matthew Barrie (May 9, 1860 – June 19, 1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. In our house, we know him as the man who wrote Peter Pan, the classic tale about the boy who never grows up. The story was first presented as a play in 1904, and in 1911 he turned [...]
We had a great time at the first Kidoinfo Crafts event! This FREE event was open to kids of all ages. Kids came and made pop-up cards while their parents shopped for books, toured the Rag & Bone studio or visited with friends at the Rag & Bone Bindery Spring Studio sale. We created cards [...]
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