A few weeks ago when Mackenzie and I went to Parnassus Books out of sheer desperation, really, after a very, very long day and some disappointing news and because the best refuge I can think of is a quiet bookstore, one of the employees…
I have been waiting patiently for Angie Smith’s children’s book, Audrey Bunny, to become available. If you’re familiar with Angie and the story behind the book, you can understand why. It’s a beautiful story about unconditional love and imperfection and lost getting found. The…
Lulu Ladybug is a sweet little book by Sam Walshaw that I picked up for Mackenzie earlier this summer. We spent a lot of time in the garden and at you-pick farms and the farmer’s markets this summer, and it seemed fitting. I was…
Tonight while I made dinner, Chris and Mackenzie crowded into her treehouse tent and read All the World together. I listened in from the kitchen, and it was just as sweet as you might imagine. All the World, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and…
This is another fantastic little book my mom gave to Mackenzie. We really enjoy reading it, and for better or worse, I am one hundred percent certain it has increased the number of times I hear, “No, I can do it!” in our house.…