Tony the Phony and the Northern Woods

Scroll down if you’re reading Tony the Phony and are ready to find out where your last choice took you. I’m so excited today to be part of hosting a special blog event by T. Man, a 10-year-old author and homeschooler! When I was a teen in my first computer...

Fun with Fairy Tales

I’ve been absent from the online social scene for awhile because I took a job last fall as an assistant teacher at an elementary school. For almost 4 months, I taught close to 100 kids a day. I’ve returned now to working from home, but I miss my many new...

Doing the Bandana Split!

Now, you may think you read that title wrong, or that my fingers stumbled over the keys as I typed. But, no–it really is a Bandana Split. This comes to us from the wonderfully creative and wacky world of the Free Kingdoms in Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz...

That’s Amore!

My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary recently with a fancy Italian dinner, complete with mandolin music playing in the background. It reminded me of a book I read awhile ago: The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum. It’s a time-travel romance, a little off...

Dive Into Atlantis!

I’ve been really excited about a new series that arrived this week on the middle grade shelf: The Gates of Atlantis! Each book in the series is written by a different author, much like the Spirit Animals series, or 39 Clues. It’s interesting for me to see...