Family Fridays – Five of my favourite board books
Confession: I love books for babies. When I was pregnant, I wasn’t tempted by baby gadgets, nursery decor, or clothes (well, not TOO badly by clothes – have you seen those tiny little jeans?!?), but books were a whole nother story (pun definitely intended). I acquired a LOT of baby and children’s books as I […]
Family Fridays – Star Wars Edition
Ok, so today is May the third, which means that tomorrow is May the fourth. As in, May the Fourth Be With You, also known as Star Wars Day. (See CollegeHumor’s take here. Since this is a Family Fridays feature, I’ll warn you that there is a “b-” word in there.) So for today’s Family […]
Family Fridays – The Westing Game
Book: The Westing Game (1978 – Newberry Medal) by Ellen Raskin Series: Not part of a series. Genre: Children’s Mystery Ages: Barnes and Noble put it in their 10-14 year olds category, which seems about right. Review: This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. […]
Family Fridays – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
I’m starting a new feature here on Lector’s Books: Family Fridays. This will showcase books appropriate for young readers or young to-be-read-to-ers. I’ll try to include a general age range for content/interest. It’s very hard to set a general guideline for what age will be interested in or able to handle the content of any […]