Book Reviews by Kids for Kids By Jose, 10-Years-Old Do you have a little brother? Well if you do you will be relieved that your brother isn’t like a boy named Fudge. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is about a kid in the fourth grade with a little four-year-old brother named Fudge who always […]
A Sense of Lovability is the Core of All Healthy Self-Development In Order to Learn How to Cope with Normal Frustrations, We First Have to Experience Them Nannies often see the parents they work for as down-to-earth, hard working, appreciative, respectful, and loving parents yet worry that they see the children in their care growing […]
Book Reviews by Kids for Kids Review by Max R. 10-Years-Old Have you ever wondered if dragons, dwarves, and elves exist? Then The Hobbit is the book for you. In The Hobbit there is a world under our world called Middle Earth where goblins, elves, dwarves, and even some humans live. But there are also small, hairy […]
Weekly Trip to the Library It’ is football season, so no better time to read League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru. It is vital for all nannies to be aware of the symptoms of concussions and the possible causes of brain damage of their charges that play […]
Book Reviews by Kids for Kids Review by Alexandra, 9-Years-Old, Naperville Illinois The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey is a book that is part of the Captain Underpants series. Fourth graders George and Harold get in trouble with the principal and are punished with him making them write a 100-page essay on good […]
Book Review by Kids for Kids Review by James, 12-Years-Old The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is my favorite book. In the story, four children named Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter find a magic wardrobe that takes them to a magical world called Narnia. While they are in Narnia they meet lots of […]
Book Reviews by Kids for Kids By Josie, 10-Years-Old The story Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech is my favorite book of all time. I love the main character, Mary Lou Finney. Mary Lou is a 13-year-old girl and has a crazy summer. Mary Lou writes a diary about her summer because her new English teacher […]
Is “The Hunger Games” too Violent? Parents, teachers, and child care providers always complain about the desensitization of violence in the media. Yet, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a hugely successful book series that has more than 20 teens slaughtered by other teens in a totalitarian government reality television game in gory detail. […]
Weekly Trip to the Library I have never read a book in which I had so many “Aha” moments as I did when reading The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies by Lucy Kaylin. The author who is the Editor in Chief of O, the Oprah Magazine, was an executive editor for Marie Claire, […]
Weekly Trip to the Library Review by Cindy Wilkinson Whether you are a swan eager to fit in with a class of budding ballerinas or a giraffe yearning to join in the Jungle Dance with his animal friends, dancing is for everyone! Each of these books shares an important message to it’s young readers: we […]
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