I’m baaack. If you’ve been a life-long lover of Addison Reads, you should be jumping for joy right now! I am bringing back one of my most popular series, “Reads & Things” (although before it was called read and things Sunday but let’s all be real for a minute…what mom can keep up with that?!). Reads…
On the Addison Reads Audio Blog I talked about why I get vulnerable & admit mistakes to my child. Even though it’s hard. Even though it is humbling. Even though my pride sometimes tells me not to. You can click the link below to listen to this very vulnerable, honest and raw podcast episode! Be…
Listen & Learn Don’t have time to read the full post? I get it, I’m a busy parent, too! You can now listen and learn by clicking the “PLAY” button below. If you’re here reading this post, you can likely relate to one of these two scenarios: you are planning for the fact that you…
Today I am back with a classic Addison Reads thorough, in-depth & insightful book review for you all. (Back in the day, this used to be all I did here on the blog, in fact, you can search through the archives of all the book reviews I have written!). The point in doing this is to…
I often get one of two responses when I talk to parents about reading with their children. On one end of the spectrum, I hear “I love reading with my kids, we read every day, it’s so fun!”. On the other end, I hear parents say “I want to read with my children but it’s…
In a world that often challenges the ideas of global love and cultural awareness, it is more important than ever to encourage our children to love all people. This Valentine’s Day and throughout the entire year, I encourage you to lead by example and through your books & activities, to show your children that we…
It’s a new year (or maybe when you’re reading this it’s sometime in October and you’re sipping a pumpkin spiced latte…)! Regardless, you want to set a reading goal for yourself, your kids and your family and you need all the tips and tricks. Well have I got some good news for you – you have…
If you are hooked on the idea of building an intentional bookshelf for your family, you know how important it is to protect this bookshelf at all cost and fill it with only the best children’s books. Guarding our home library is an important job we parents have, just as important as protecting our children from other influences…
We had the opportunity to welcome the lovely author & illustrator Jedda Robaard into the Intentional Book Club as our guest. Get to know Jedda, catch a sneak peek of our exclusive interview and learn more about how our club members have the chance to interact with our guests. About Jedda Jedda Robaard is a Melbourne-based illustrator…
We had the opportunity to welcome the esteemed Maria Dismondy into the Intentional Book Club as our guest. Get to know Maria, catch a sneak peek of our exclusive interview and learn more about how our club members have the chance to interact with our guests. About Maria When Maria was a little girl she…
