What a wonderful way for me to enter into the Thanksgiving spirit: visiting three different kindergarten classes to share my Happy Mamas book.  What a wonderful day it was–these kindergartners were just a joy to work with-full of wonder and wisdom, and a zest for life.  And their teachers are truly GIFTS.

For those of you who may have missed my recent Happy Mamas blog tour, here is an excerpt from one of my articles on Bonding with Books that is posted on It’s Fundamental Children’s Book Blog:

How do books strengthen the mother/child bond?

Most mothers vividly remember holding their […]

This month’s story cast is The Little Jester by Helena Olofsson, and so I have been pondering this whole notion of who are the “jesters” in our world today. Dictionary definition of JESTER: in earlier times, a man whose job was to tell jokes and make people laugh. Hmmm, so would that be our late-night […]