Category: Other Holidays
It is still winter, right? I thought it was, but my two eldest daughters are playing outside as I write, one of them in naught but a fairy dress. We were supposed to start our home […]
Genocide. Execution. Arranged marriage. With themes like these, I can understand why there are few children’s version of the story of Esther on the market. And yet, it features a girl rich in courage and true […]
Ages 3–5, Ages 5–8, History & Biography, Other Holidays
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland | Tomie dePaola
Pop quiz: in twenty words or less, why do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? If your answer is full of elipses and mumbled words like “leprecans,” “Ireland” or “some dude named Patrick,” then you’re sitting in […]
