Roxie the Doxie Finds Her Forever Home is more than just a story about a little Doxin finding her forever home with a loving family. It's a story about adoption and the all the feelings that come with the journey. This story helps children that are going through the uncertain and sometimes scary process of adoption. The children can relate their own experience to what Roxie the Doxie is going through. Does Roxie have anxiety? fear? sadness? mixed emotions? Probably. And I'm sure Roxie has a ...
Childrens Book
Gift a Reading Subscription from GiftLit this Holiday
Reading is a wonderful gift to give no matter what time of year. GiftLit thinks so too and they have created a subscription service that you can gift to your child, grandchild, niece, nephew or any special child in your life. My favorite line is the cuddle line, it lets you gift one book with a matching stuffed animal each month for either a 3 month, 6 month, 9 months or 12 month period. We chose They All Saw a Cat from the cuddle collection and couldn't be happier. The stuffed cat looks ...
Chef Gino’s Taste Test Challenge
Does your kid sit and watch shows like Master Chef or Master Chef Jr nonstop? Or how about the World Greatest Baker or Cake Boss? Peyton does! She loves to watch cooking and baking shows. She could sit and watch for hours. Chef Gino's Taste Test Challenge takes that love for cooking show competitions and harnesses it in the children's cookbook. Chef Gino Campagna has made more than a kid-friendly cookbook. He has taken his book and filled it with recipes that kids can make showing them that ...
Stitch Camp by Nicole Blum and Catherine Newman
Every day when I pick Peyton up from daycare the kids are doing some sorts of art project. They love to make bracelets and necklaces out of beads and rubber bands. Stitch Camp takes that drive for creating personal items and takes it to the next level. In Stitch Camp, your child will learn how to sew, knit, crochet, embroider and weave. There are 18 different craft projects too. This book is geared towards 9 to 14 years old but I think you could do a 7 or 8-year-old with a little help of mom ...
Journal Sparks by Emily K Neuburger
Even though Journal Sparks is geared towards 3rd and 4th graders I think it speaks to anyone that loves art and desires to journal. Peyton is in 2nd grade and loves art, she is also always making journals out of scraps of paper so she was pretty excited when she saw this book. As you are pouring over the pages you'll see there are key ideas throughout the book. You'll learn how to - Illustrate a map of your day Capture snippets of conversation Imagine a potion pantry and invent ...
Baking Class by Deanna F. Cook
Peyton is at an age where I am trying to get her interested in helping in the kitchen beyond being my taste tester. Baking Class by Deanna F. Cook is geared to help with just that. Baking Class is filled with kid-friendly recipes that will interest kids and get them engaged in the kitchen. And since this book is called Baking Class it's filled with recipes for yummy treats! There are a total of 7 chapters to take in. Chapter one focuses on getting kids comfortable in the kitchen and ...