Read. Write. Thrive!

Good Dog Carl  Toddlers–and their reading partners– love Carl, the even-keeled Rotweiler that is charged with minding the baby in several of these beautifully illustrated picture books, including Carl’s Afternoon in the Park, and our family favorite, Good Dog, Carl.    The books have very few words,  but the story is brilliantly told through the paintings of Alexandra Day, who incidentally owns [...]

No more pencils No more books No more teacher’s dirty looks So goes the chorus of Alice Cooper’s anthem, School’s Out, that gets ample airplay each June. I am A-OK with doing away with the teacher’s dirty looks, but I’m a firm believer that the books and pencils should not be discarded just because school is [...]