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Earlier this month it was time for my son to visit the doctor and he was almost certainly going to be getting at least one shot. He's been afraid of shots ever since he got a very traumatic one during an emergency room visit (traumatic f...
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One of my favorite parts of the movie "Elf".. actually scratch that. I'm a card-carrying Millennial. ALL of "Elf" is my favorite part. Do you know the part where they are introducing Buddy the Elf's dad Walter Hobbs to the viewers? They ...
Read the post →"Oh I would never read Junie B. Jones to my kids, she's such a bad influence!" If you are a parent of a 5+ child you've probably heard this before. Luckily I didn't hear it before I first started reading the Junie B. Jones series to my k...
Read the post →Every parent wants to get their kid to love reading. Ok, not all parents (no judgement.. mostly), but I'd say it's mostly a consensus that reading is an activity worth pursuing. Video games? That one's still up in the air (I'm pro btw, a...
Read the post →Both of my kids were definitely special interest kids. My daughter went through a phase where every book she read had to be about animals. My son had a phase where every book had to be about fire trucks, which has led to at least 10, may...
There are a lot of books on the shelves of my children, ranging from tiny little board books from when they were infants all the way to 20-plus book series for beginner learners. But if I were to count up all of the books and decide whic...
I've had this blog for a while now, and one thing I've never done is rate a book one star. It's hard for a book to get just one star. Think about all the different axes a book could be good on: the story, the illustrations, the purpose o...
In the Bookish Dad household, we definitely encourage our kids to get involved with sports, for a lot of the natural reasons you'd expect. Number one being just going out and doing something physical. Getting energy out. That's one where...
There are books that are absolute classics and have been for decades now. I just reviewed some of them. Goodnight Moon fits that. The Very Hungry Caterpillar fits that. Every bookstore you'll ever go to will have those posted up somewher...