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Family Trees
Breaking a tradition is hard but making a new one can be incredibly fun. When I moved from Northern Virginia to Boston to attend college five years ago, I had a whole new daily life to adjust to, one that excluded some of my favorite traditions: attending the National Book...
Learning from our elders
Intergenerational relationships can have a powerful impact on young people, including the six main characters in these middle-grade and middle-school novels. Grandparents Day is September 8; for slightly younger readers, see the Guide/Reviews Database’s Grandmother Picture Books and Grandfather Picture Books lists. Black Star [Door of No Return] by Kwame...
Summer stretch
I wanted to write about my eleven-year-old grandson’s decision to read To Kill a Mockingbird as an independent reading assignment. The book was on a “stretch” list his fifth-grade teacher had distributed, so his choice wasn’t like deciding to read Ulysses or worse, Infinite Jest, out of nowhere. Still, even voracious eleven-year-old readers...
Still Reading Together
Some grandparents remember their grandchildren’s early years as a kaleidoscope of blocks, plastic stacking rings, sticky highchair trays, and cars named Doc Hudson, Lightning McQueen and Flo. What I remember are book characters: Davy the sheep from Matthew Cordell’s Another Brother, the doleful rodent in Robert Kraus’s Whose Mouse Are...
Every Day Is Grandparents Day!
Happy National Grandparents Day, this year on Sunday, September 10! Grandparents have long been the backbone of families and entire communities, so it’s fitting that they’re given pride of place in these three picture books. Find more related books and articles from Hbook.com here and at the Guide/Reviews Database: Subject: Families--Grandparents. Camacho-Church,...
First-grade character traits
Once a month just before lunch, I turn up at my six-year-old grandson’s first-grade classroom with two books for an event called “Circle of Grandparents.” COG is a program offered in my grandsons’ school district, where nine times a school year, grandparents — or anyone who wants to claim the...
Reading what they're reading
My nine-year-old grandson recently made a list of his favorite things. Number one was math. (He’s kind of a phenom.) Number two was reading. First, I’m glad this boy loves math. I’m glad his parents toss him math questions at every whipstitch, and I’m glad he considers answering them fun....
Gaga for Grandmas
Sarah's daughter with her mom, Grandma Bernie. Photo: Sarah Threlkeld. Because of divorces and remarriages in both my husband’s and my family, our daughter is fortunate enough to be doted on by four grandmothers. These wise, caring, and funny women shower my six-year-old with love and attention, making her feel...
The Wisdom of Grandpas
Sarah's one-week-old daughter with her dad, Papa Dick. Photo: Sarah Threlkeld. Neither of my grandfathers were present in my life, so it has been an absolute joy to watch my daughter interact with her Papa Dick and Grandpa Scott and to witness the pure love and joy that is at...
Everywhere Babies 2022
I was surprised and also not surprised to learn the book Everywhere Babies has been the focus of conservative outrage in Walton County, Florida. I was surprised because I hadn’t realized this book, written by Susan Meyers and illustrated by Marla Frazee, was well known. I have an embarrassing tendency...
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