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Happy Read Aloud Day!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by mlasley / 0 Comment

That moment when you bite into your bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado sandwich – on toasted bread, no less – and that incredible flavor combination assaults y...

Delicious Thursday

Delicious Thursday – The Kid from Diamond Street

Posted on January 26, 2017 by mlasley / 1 Comment

When I was sitting in that big, swivel chair getting a haircut yesterday, the woman next to me was talking about the movie Hidden Figures. How, she wondered alo...

Field Trips

Library Field Trip – Golden Gate Bridge!

Posted on January 25, 2017 by mlasley / 0 Comment

While it might still be January, we’re starting to think about Spring Break. I should clarify: it feels like spring in Houston – we’re hitting 80 degrees almost...

Keep 'Em Reading!

Keep ‘Em Reading: Christmas Carols!

Posted on December 13, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

Up on the rooftop, reindeer paws. Wait. Is it “paws” or is it “pause?” Good tidings to you, and all of your kin. What are “tidings?” Also? What are “kin?” Hang ...

Keep 'Em Reading!

Two Weeks With the Kids at Home? You Need a Bag of Books!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

I know what you’re thinking. Everyone in your family needs a B R E A K. Some time to rest and relax. Some time to sleep in, play outside, be a family. Some time...

Dear Parents

Teacher Gifts – Everything You Need to Know

Posted on December 8, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

  Did ya happen to watch Saturday Night Live last Saturday? Thanks but no, I’m not diving into our political nightmare . . . Rather, I’m referencing their ...

Dear Parents

Dear Parents, The secret to get through the holidays? Read.

Posted on November 21, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

Dear Parents, Can you feel it in the air? It’s that time of year. When life gets a little hectic, unpredictable, off-schedule. One night, you’re in sweat pants,...

Delicious Thursday

Delicious Thursday: I Will Not Eat You

Posted on November 17, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

Hungry? Neither is Theodore, at least not when a bird, a wolf, and a tiger pass near his cave. But when the boy shows up, Theodore thinks he just might be hungr...

General Info

Which Book is Next??

Posted on November 16, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

One of the best things in the world? When your child (or student) cannot wait to read the next book in a series. One of the worst things in the world? Trying to...

Writing Ideas

A Journal and a Pen. Free Therapy.

Posted on November 15, 2016 by mlasley / 0 Comment

Among other treats and delights, my daughter received this for her birthday a few weeks ago: It is just as the title suggests – a little creative companion whos...

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