My absolute fairy tale ever is Beauty and the Beast. I personally own at least a dozen novel-length retellings of the story, and another dozen picture books. There are about a zillion different movie variations of this fairy tale, but my absolute favorite is the Disney cartoon … [Read more...]

 I gave Superman Maze Runner for his birthday. I knew he liked dystopian, and I figured he'd like it.  Well, he'd finished it by the next day and he convinced his Dad to pick up the rest of the series when I asked them to go out and get some milk for the recipe for dinner. I'm … [Read more...]

My neighbor across the street when I was a kid had all the best movies on VHS. I remember going across the street to her house and watching all of the classic Disney movies. Then when we moved to Texas, we would rent movies from Blockbuster, yes I know, back when it was still in … [Read more...]

When we drove out to Colonial Williamsburg last time I thought to have the kids listen to Swiss Family Robinson. Jeff had raved about how much he enjoyed reading it as a child, and how fun it was to listen to them figure out how to survive on the island. We started listening to … [Read more...]