Critter Chronicles
Friday Reading Fix
Friday Reading Fix: The Three Little Pigs
Each night before bed we read Ant (his new nickname, at his request) three bedtime stories, because he’s three years old. And every night, inevitably one of those stories is “The Three Little Pigs”. He loves this tale. photo credit (Unrelated note: in our older book {published in the 1950s; reprinted in the 1970s} the … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: The Gruffalo
>Last week a former classmate of mine posted a Facebook link to a NYTimes article about the decline of picture books for children as parents have been pushing their little ones at younger and younger ages to read chapter books, rather than books with illustrations, in an effort to help them become more literate and … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
> When I was seven or eight, my mom went back to work full-time. She’d been working per diem hours at the hospital on the maternity ward since I was born, but once Becca hit her toddlerhood apparently she was just too much for my mom to handle, and she escaped to work to get … Continue reading
>The Last Day of School
>Yesterday was Bear’s last day of Kindergarten. She had a wonderful year filled with friends and both social and academic progress. She loved her teachers, learning to write her name in Katagana, and learning to read and write in English. She grew up so much this year, and I hope she keeps some of these … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: Just Me and My Mom
>It’s no secret that I’ve chosen to refer to my children as Critters based on the Little Critter book series that I loved as a child. Mercer Meyers’ depiction of events as experienced from a child’s perspective is one of the best interpretations I’ve seen that’s entertaining for both children and adults. It seems that … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: Are You My Mother?
>My mother’s mother died shortly before my 17th birthday, thirteen years ago this spring, and yet there are specific memories that I will always and forever associate with her from my childhood… from the days when she kept detailed photo albums for each of her nine grandchildren and hadn’t yet had knee and hip replacements … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: Jackie Sprat and Her Brother, Bug
> “Jack Sprat could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean. And so betwixt the both of them They licked the platter clean.” Every day I pack pretty much the same lunch for Bear to bring with her to school: a fluorodated pint-sized bottle of water, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: An Interview With Heather
>For this week’s Friday Reading Fix I’m sending you over to SciFi Dad’s blog. Last November or December he began doing a series of interviews with readers of his blog, and in the months that have followed I begged pleaded cajoled bothered agreed to let him interview me. Which he did, and which he posted … Continue reading
>Friday Reading Fix: Go Away Dog
> Alternate Title: The Misplaced Comma This past Monday, after a failed attempt to get Bug to take a nap, The Critters and I headed out the door to do our long overdue grocery shopping. Normally Bug and I take care of this chore while his sister’s in school, as she loathes accompanying me for … Continue reading
>Thus Endeth The Potty Talk
>I don’t really know why I haven’t felt like writing. I just haven’t felt a great push or urge to do so this past week. Writer’s block or whatever, I guess. But given that today IS Friday, and that’s when I’ve done those Friday Reading Fix posts, I figured I’ll give you this. It’s somewhat … Continue reading
