by Rachel McGarry | Jun 18, 2019
18-year old Sophie is afraid and overworked when she’s cursed by The Witch of the Waste. After being turned into a 90-year old woman, Howl’s Moving Castle is the only place she can get help—but Wizard Howl is feared and dreaded by all. What’s so fun about this book is...
by Rachel McGarry | Jun 3, 2019
Nikolai wants to be a good person but he isn’t always sure how to do that. He sets out on a quest to answer these questions: When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai climbs the mountain to ask his wise...
by Rachel McGarry | May 18, 2019
I love seeing the dandelions pop up on my lawn in May and watching the bees return. When my kids were younger they made signs saying “Save the Bees, Keep the Dandelions”. We knew how important the bees were to our eco-system but we didn’t know that honeybees perform a...
by Rachel McGarry | May 4, 2019
I can’t tell you how many Patricia Polacco books I’ve read. My youngest brought home every Polacco book she could find during library time at school. She loved the pictures and we all loved the stories. Each of her books shares a unique message that always made us...
by Rachel McGarry | Apr 19, 2019
When the energy in my home is frenzied and we’re arguing more than usual, I look up at the sky and the moon is full. It’s a full moon today. Energy is heightened during a full moon. Emotions, feelings and dreams are all amplified and sometimes it can feel a little...
