Children's Book Reviews
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???? Hugo the Happy Starfish: A Children’s Book That Taught Us More Than We Expected
Inside this post is our affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase. When Charlie was little and I first began blogging, we discovered the Hugo the Happy Starfish series of children’s books through a website called Thompson. That site has since closed down, but these books stayed with us through the years, and that alone tells you how much they meant in our home. Hugo the Happy Starfish – Island Adventures – is an educational children’s book series created by Suzy Liebermann through Happy Language Kids Publications. The story follows Hugo, a small starfish…
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Backseat Conversations, Toy Aisles, and the Way Time Sneaks Up on You
As a parent, one of my favorite things is sharing stories from when Suzzane, David M., Charlie, and Bradley were little. Those memories don’t really fade the way others do. They don’t usually come from big events or carefully planned milestones. Most of the time, these memories come from everyday life—store aisles, car rides, toy shelves, holiday sections, and quiet moments you don’t realize matter until much later. “Most of the time, they come from everyday life—store aisles, car rides, toy shelves…” This series came from those kinds of moments. The small ones that sneak up on you when you’re just running errands or walking through a store and something…
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The Aisle That Stopped Me in the Middle of Everything
Dav id and I were out that day doing one of those normal little trips that doesn’t feel like anything special while you’re in it. Just spending time together researching and looking for hidden gems in our neighborhood. Which is what lead us to Troops Bookstore. I think we were already halfway through the afternoon, when we stopped in at Troop’s Bookstore because we had been out running around anyway and I said I just wanted to “look for a minute.” That’s usually how it starts. Just a quick stop. Just a few minutes. Nothing planned. David was with me, and he was doing that thing where he lets me…
