The trials and triumphs of parenting (Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World)

Parenting is the hardest of all jobs because it’s the kind that won’t allow you to submit a resignation letter, pack up your things, leave, and then someone will be hired to replace the position you vacated. Life would be so much easier if this were the case. In Raising …

A hodgepodge of emotions in this music-induced novel

Marie-Helene Bertino takes readers in Philadelphia and introduces Madeleine Altamari, born on Christmas, but devoid of the cheer the holiday spirit brings. She’s angry, motherless, and with a father who rather spends time locking himself up on his room than taking care of his daughter, it may be right to …

Dogs, cat ‘write’ about lives with their new persons

Books featuring animals and “some creatures” as main characters are well loved and well received by the children of this home. If you have been reading this blog, you know that the  top favorites include Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. So …

From dusty to crafty: Enter the world of colors in the small village of Juanito (Pag-abot ni Kolor sa Lungsod)

Picture this: a colorless world full of dust and dirt with men drunk all day, women doing nothing but gossip and be lazy, and unhappy children such as Juanito. The boy, however, got the biggest surprise of his life when, one day, he saw a man clad in pristine white …

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