Spotlight

The nice folks at Domata Living GF/CF Flour sent me a 5 lb bag of their all purpose flour to try and review.
I do my best to give fair reviews, and want to disclose that these folks have purchased a text ad on my recipe site.
I was excited to receive a bag of all-purpose flour [...]

Through our connection with MotherTalk, for whom we do book reviews, we were lucky enough to receive a review DVD of WordWorld, a PBS show that will debut this coming September.

WordWorld focuses on (oddly enough) creating words, and helping children learn words through fun and recognition after subtle repetition. They call it “pandelearniumtm“!
The DVD included [...]

This is part of a MotherTalk blog tour, and I received the book from the publisher to review.
Sweet Ruin: A Novel is the second novel written by columnist and essayist Cathi Hanauer. This book is written in the first person, the story of a woman and her family coming out of the “hibernation” of [...]

Every child I’ve known has loved music – classical, rock, and kids music. My daughters would rather sing than talk, most days! But introducing instruments and how performers prepare for their concerts is more difficult. We were able to take part in a fabulous day where my kids could try instruments and even conduct a [...]

My daughters love fairies. They build houses for them, look for them on nature walks, and adore listening to stories and poems about them. Here are a few of our favorite tales of Fairies.
A few books on fairies for children are now reviewed over here. Enjoy!

Mameve Medwed’s book How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life was one of those books you let sit for a bit before you read them. I (mistakenly) thought it was a book about poetry. I was interested to read it as part of the BlogHer Virtual Book Tour (though I’m reviewing it belatedly), [...]

This review is part of a MotherTalk blog tour
It’s amazing how much can change in one day. The events of one day can turn a happy, easygoing child into one with several phobias – we saw that with MG when she was hospitalized for 5 days at 3 1/2. How much can really [...]