When I traveled to Africa, I learned how livestock ownership could change a family’s life. A donkey can serve as a taxi or means to haul water. Chickens give eggs that can be eaten or sold. A goat can enable a girl to get an education. This is the premise for Beatrice’s Goat by Page […]
Field Trips
T is for Thailand on the A-z Blog Challenge “Read Your World”
We are heading into the home stretch on this year’s A to Z April Blog Challenge. I feel like I’ve really been traveling as I’ve visited many places via books. I’ve met other bloggers and am enjoying the sense of camaraderie with other challenge participants. Today I could have booked it to Tanzania, Turkey, or […]
S is for San Diego our next stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge Read Your World
Happy Earth Day! I hope you will have a chance to be outside and enjoy this beautiful spring day. It is very fitting that today’s stop on the A-Z blog challenge is S because that means we get to visit one of my favorite cities. The book I’d like to share today not only celebrates […]
R is for Russia A-Z blog challenge Read Your World
R is for Russia so that’s the next stop on the A to Z April Blog Challenge where we are Reading the World with kid’s books. In college I majored in geography with a minor in comparative literature because I wanted to learn about the world and the people who inhabit different geographical locations. The […]
Q is for Quebec – another stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge – Read Your World
We had a thrilling time in Paris and so now it’s on to Quebec where French is also spoken. I feel like I’m cheating a bit in this blog challenge. There are not many places that begin with the letter Q. I found no books about Qatar and the only book I could find about […]