Our family loves literary Halloween costumes. When our daughter announced that she wanted to dress up as Angelina Ballerina from Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig’s classic children’s books, I was thrilled. We already have the white ears and tail from last year when she dressed up as another white mouse from literature, the feisty Lily … Continue reading Angelina Ballerina Halloween Costume
We love books by Cynthia Rylant. All books by Cynthia Rylant. We adore her Poppleton, Mr. Putter and Tabby, Henry and Mudge, and Annie and Snowball series. We love her characters and their creative, fun adventures. We love her exploration of friendships and everyday (yet special!) experiences: setting aside a day to read at the … Continue reading Our Favorite Book Series for Preschoolers
A Halloween preview for you… I’ve written before about our daughter’s obsession with a little white mouse named Lilly from Kevin Henkes’s beloved children’s books. (Remember this magnet project?) Over the past few weeks we’ve been hard at work on her very own DIY Lilly Halloween costume. We’ll share the rest with you tomorrow after … Continue reading Lilly’s Mouse Ears
Two posts about magnets in one week! Clearly this is one of our toddler’s current obsessions! (If you missed our post earlier in the week about making your own literary magnets, including the Kevin Henkes Lily magnet shown above, here’s the link.) We bought these Fractiles for a trip back East earlier this year. Not … Continue reading Fractiles Magnetic Tiles
Our three year old loves her Very Hungry Caterpillar magnets, a wonderful hand-me-down from friends. Unfortunately, these Eric Carle magnets appear to no longer be available for sale. This got us searching for other magnets featuring beloved storybook characters. You know what we found? Nothing! There were plenty of magnets featuring television or movie characters, … Continue reading Make Your Own Literary Magnets
