Margot: 3 Years Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Many of my days, especially this past year, have started with me spilling coffee on myself in the car, or breaking the photocopier 5 minutes before class starts, or forgetting to put underwear on my daughter. Oftentimes,…
View PostMargot: 3 Years Old Me: 32 Years Old I find that I have a lot of sensory memories attached to children’s books. When reading Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy, for example, I was transported back in time to a very specific night in my childhood, when I sat on…
View PostThis book is important because it is beautiful, and pure, and well-written. It is also important because Jabari is a little African American boy, going to the pool on a summer day, and doing normal, sweet, everyday little boy things. This second fact is especially important, especially today. Jabari Jumps…
View PostWalt Whitman once said, “do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” While I my not contain the kind of multitudes Whitman was talking about (for example, I never worked as a nurse during the Civil War), I do have interests beyond my…
View PostMargot: 3 Years Bedtime for Bear – By Bonny Becker This book is a personal favorite of mine, and one that I have been meaning to send to all of my past college roommates, camp cabin-mates, and siblings, as the character “Bear” and I are truly kindred spirits. By that…
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