Reading to Children

Letters from Rifka – Review

BLURB: “America,” the girl repeated. “What will you do there?” I was silent for a little time. “I will do everything there,” I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919. But she dreams that in the new country she will, at last, be safe from the…

Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban – Illustrated Edition Review

Nearly everyone on the planet has read the Harry Potter books by now, so I’m not going to give this book a traditional review. I only want to talk about my reading experience with the illustrated edition of The Prisoner of Azkaban. More than any other books, the Harry Potter Series spurred my love of…

Wonder – Review

I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates…

Matilda – Review

I picked up Matilda from my local library after reading my friend, Kacy’s review, also known as The Fettered Matriarch. I love the Matilda movie and it somehow escaped my knowledge that this was first a novel! In fact, I was unaware Roald Dahl has written many of the childhood classics that have been adapted to the screen such as Charlie…

Before I had kids, one of the things I looked forward to most about having them was the chance to read to them. I remember reading Harry Potter as a child myself and thinking, I can’t wait to read this to my kids someday. The new illustrated versions of the first two Harry Potter…