STL Mom

If you've read my previous posts, you know that I like old-fashioned children's stories, not modern versions that have been sweetene...

I took a little break from blogging so I could do what I actually like to do - READ. Reading is fun, easy, and interesting. Writing is hard....

No, this is not going to be an advertisement for one of those services that helps you find that guy you thought was cute in 9 th grade. Thi...

Have you ever wondered why Peter Pan never grows up? Or why Captain Hook hates him? Where did that giant crocodile come from? And why are th...

Two nights in a row, my son has asked me to read "Signs in Our World" by DK Publishing. Notice that there is no author. It is not ...

Recently, my six-year-old daughter has been asking a lot of questions about where babies come from, and the old "from mommies' tumm...

Tonight's bedtime story was "All Aboard!" by James Stevenson. This is a comic-book style story with panels and dialogue balloo...

My son chose this classic tale by Joseph Jacobs for his bedtime story - and this is definitely a classic version, not a sweetly modernized a...

"Larry's Party," by Carol Shields, is about the life of a guy named Larry. Larry seems to think he has a pretty ordinary life,...

My son doesn't just like trains. He also likes crocodiles. On a recent trip to the library, he picked out "Bill and Pete Go Down th...

I can't tell you how many times, over the last year, I have read stories from "The Little Red Train Storybook: Four Fabulous Advent...

I took the kids to school, then spent the day sick in bed. I was so happy that I had picked up "The Party, After You Left" at the ...