Booklist: Worms on the Sidewalk, Books for Shared Reading Ground Hog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil may get the notoriety for heralding the onset of spring, but to me the surest sign of spring is worms on the sidewalk. My mother is a gardener, so I grew up respecting worms and using gardening gloves to move them […]
Book Review: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, Scott Kelly
Book Review: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, Scott Kelly Nonfiction Memoir: Many people were surprised to read that 7% of astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA had changed during his year in space. Among the surprised was Scott Kelly himself, who tweeted, “What? My DNA changed by 7%! Who knew? I just learned […]
Book Review: Political Tribes, Amy Chua
Book Review: Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, Amy Chua Nonfiction: Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, Amy Chua Tribalism is a form of macro-group identification that runs much deeper in the human psyche than we may realize. Humans are hard-wired to belong. Group identification starts in […]
Booklist: Spring Books for Shared Reading with Children
Booklist: Spring Books for Shared Reading with Children The onset of seasonal allergies aside, spring is the favorite season of many. With the renewed energy from blooming flowers, hatching eggs, and bouncing bunnies, there is also the welcome of shared reading about spring on a warm and sunny day outside or crisp yet cozy […]