Ralphie is watching my baby while I’m in New York. You don’t ask just anyone to watch your precious only child. But Ralphie? You would let her watch your baby. And what’s more, Ralphie will make you feel like you’re doing her a favor by letting you leave your child with her for three days straight. We’ve been friends with…
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Ten Months
Dear Little Girl, Ten months! At your nine month appointment, one of the items on the checklist was “saying mama/dada” which you weren’t doing. You really weren’t even babbling that much. Now? You are. There is screeching and yelping and giggling all day long. And the other day when you decided you did NOT want to take a nap, you…
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I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
A clever spin on the classic phrase I Spy with My Little Eye, this book by Edward Gibbs has a peep hole on each page showing a tiny bit of the animal on the next page so that young readers can guess what animal is about to appear. A huge crowd pleaser! There are, approximately, ten bazillion I Spy type…
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So, You Want to be a Librarian (Part 1)
I get a fair amount of emails from people who want to know more about being a librarian. I think many people consider it an ideal job and wonder 1) how you get there and 2) what it’s really like. I am absolutely not an expert and I only spent a single year as a practicing librarian, but I’ll tell…
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What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
A collection of thoughtful, brilliant essays by Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw is just my kind of non-fiction. It should come as no surprise that I loved this book. This was the first book I read for my bookclub upon returning to Texas and I’d read the essay about ketchup v. mustard just before my family arrived for Ella’s…
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