[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.72″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Is it strange that the best parenting advice I’ve received so far came via my psychic? It was from a very dear and deceased family friend whom I saw as a… Read More »Who Did You Share With? Who Did You Help?
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.72″ custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.72″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|||” custom_margin=”0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.72″] With the release of Katie’s new book, No More Mean Girls, I thought it was worth a reintroduction to her… Read More »“The Happy Kid Handbook,” by Katie Hurley, is Wonderful
The library recently broke my heart. To explain it, I have to start from the beginning. A Library Saved My Life I grew up with a single mom who made just a few cents over… Read More »My Library Heartache – Is This the End of My Love Affair?
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.72″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.72″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] This year’s Baby and Family Expo will include a reading and book signing by the author’s of Baby Feminist. All babies are feminist. Babies don’t have… Read More »What is a Baby Feminist? New Baby Feminists Book Released
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival As we enjoy these waning days of summer, some of us might be looking forward to the less hectic and cooler months ahead when it’s more acceptable to curl up inside… Read More »A Literary Day Trip for Young Readers
In 1990, Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine went on a trip to several remote corners of the world to see species that were very likely not to exist a few years later. Because it… Read More »The ‘Last Chance to See’ These Extinct Animals Was In 1990
I was raised in a place with some of the worst schools in America. So bad that the New Yorker recently featured the struggle there for teachers to get basic school supplies (hint: they are… Read More »Helping Schools That Need The Most
The Enduring Legacy of But Not the Hippopotamus Common Sense Media called But Not the Hippopotamus a “Cute rhyming book [which] shows how to be a friend.” BUT, the majority of reviews agree it’s really anything… Read More »Sandra Boynton’s Classic and Its Lasting Impact
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.72″ src=”https://www.achildgrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Maria.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.72″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Win a copy of “I’ve Been Thinking…” by Maria Shriver * Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for… Read More »Win a Copy of “I’ve Been Thinking..” by Maria Shriver
Lou Lou and Pea are the two creative yet different friends at the heart of Jill Diamond’s debut hit Lou Lou and Pea and the Mural Mystery and now the sequel, Lou Lou and Pea… Read More »Interview with Lou Lou and Pea Creator Jill Diamond