There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

If your kids aren’t familiar with the nursery rhyme “there was an old lady who swallowed a fly”, well, then I say good. It’s a strange rhyme about an old woman who first swallows a fly and then proceeds to swallow progressively bigger and bigger animals, always to catch the previous animal she swallowed. By […]

Children’s Book Store Recommended Reads: Fairy Tails (Tales) Animals and childhood

What childhood is complete without embedded memories of bears and billy goats, of little red hens and lost sheep, of animal musicians and traveling to strange towns and places. What’s the common theme here? Easy, animals.  If you haven’t noticed so far, the majority of children love animals.  Why not bring those whimsical little tales […]