Weekly Trip to the Library Reading Christmas books to children is a great holiday tradition. It enhances their beautiful memories of Christmas, as they are snuggled up close and warm, feeling secure, and loved. Reading Christmas books add to that certain magic only a child’s imagination could create. The best fictional Christmas books are the […]
10 Best Children’s Books for Hanukkah
December 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library Books may be the best quality gift caregivers can give to the children in their care. Not only will the children and their parents enjoy the book, they are affordable for nannies or au pairs on a budget. Books are quality gifts because a love of reading increases academic success. […]
Children’s Books that Teach the Spirit of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
Trip to the Library In the spirit of Thanksgiving (coming up on Thursday) I borrowed some books from the library about thankfulness and the many blessings we have, rather than specifically about the holiday of Thanksgiving. I think these are great choices for children to share the spirit of Thanksgiving. Of course if you prefer […]
Sarah, Plain and Tall
November 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
Book Reviews for Kids by Kids By Alanna 10-Years-Old Sarah, Plain and Tall is a realistic fiction book written for children. This story takes place on a farm, in a prairie, in the United States in the 1800’s. In the story Caleb and Anna’s mom dies. So, their father Jacob puts an ad in the […]
The Magician’s Nephew
November 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
Book Review by Kids for Kids Review by Nicolas 10-Years-Old The Magician’s Nephew is a fabulous book is written by C.S. Lewis that takes place in 1900. This book is about a boy named Digory who meets a friend named Polly who plays in a garden next door to his house. They are tricked by […]
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
November 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine
November 2, 2013 1 Comment
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 […]
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
October 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
League of Denial by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru
October 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey
October 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
