Entries from March 2008

March 28, 2008

My Father’s Dragon series

One of my friends saw the posting about a Positive Canon of Children’s Books and said she’d love to have ideas for reading to her son, who just latched on to the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books. So this first one is for her - with a series that is great for just-about readers or [...]

March 27, 2008

Blossoming - an intentional way to give feedback

A friend of mine at work gave me this approach to feedback called Blossoming from a book by Bruce Wilkinson. She told me great things about using it with her children. When I can remember, I try to use it with mine — and I think it can be used with others — [...]

March 24, 2008

Positive Canon of Children’s Books

At a recent workshop, I met a young parent who was astounded to hear that I have a personal library of almost 1,200 childrens books ranging from very early picture books through young adult novels.
I started collecting children’s books long before I had children of my own. I started with books that people [...]