family reading Archives

June 19, 2020

Magic Tree House Books in Order (Complete List + Reading Age Guide)

Finding book series that children genuinely want to read can be surprisingly difficult. Finding books parents enjoy reading aloud night after night can be even harder. After hearing countless recommendations for the Magic Tree House Books by Mary Pope Osborne, our family decided to take a chance on a boxed set. What started as an experiment quickly became one of the most successful additions to our home library. If you're wondering whether Magic Tree House is worth reading, what age group it works best for, or what order the books should be read in, this guide covers everything you need to know.

December 2, 2017

How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans Review: A Funny Children’s Book About Vegetables

Let me just start off by saying it this way. My son doesn't typically ask to keep library books. But the other night, after reading How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans by writer David Larochelle and artist Mark Fearing, two times mind you, he quite legitimately asked if we could keep it.

Now, I don't care who you are, it begs a question. What is there to this children's book that would cause him to say such an unexpected thing? My wife and I have read thousands of books to him and, while he may not want to return a book to the library right away, he rarely asks to keep them.