By Ariel
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Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? is the simple story of a vivacious little girl, wondering if she could be a princess. She likes riding tricycles. But that doesn’t seem very lady-like. Do princesses ride tricycles? She likes climbing trees. But that doesn’t seem like a regal pastime. Do princesses climb trees? With each question her mother assuages her fears. Of course princesses wear hiking boots, when they wish to take the scenic routes. Of course princesses climb trees, is there a better way to catch the breeze? The books concludes with her real question, “Do princesses seem at all like me? Look inside yourself and see. A princess is a place in your heart.”
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By Brianna
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Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr
Published in 1987, Owl Moon is a sweet story about a little girl and her father making the most of a clear, winter evening. The prose is simple, but evokes beautiful imagery of the countryside in winter. The illustrations won this title the Caldecott Medal for 1988, and it was featured on Reading Rainbow.
Owl Moon depicts a child and their father exploring the woods on a cold, winter evening, as they look for owls. The story is about a very special one-on-one bonding experience, shared between a parent and child. The two don’t talk in the woods, but the narrator tells us how she feels inside (special, loved) and outside (cold!). She tells us that this has become a tradition, almost a rite of passage, to have Pa take you owling. We learn that her older brothers have all gone owling, and she’s been looking forward to being told it’s her turn.
By Ariel
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy the product using our links, you're helping to keep Busy Nest News running. Thanks! There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather; A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient and Confident Kids (From Friluftsliv to Hygge) By Linda Akeson McGurk
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There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather is the parenting story of Linda Åkeson McGurk, a native Swede turned Swedish American living in the Midwest. Coming from a culture that believes children have a right to play outdoors year round and encourages such controversial – to us Americans – practices as allowing babies to nap outside, Linda struggles to adapt to modern American parenting norms. For personal reasons, she decides to take an extended stay in Sweden with her two daughters. This time gives her a chance to compare the Swedish approach - as she remembers it - to what it looks like today, to what parenting has come to mean in America. Review: If you feel uneasy about our American education system, but aren’t sure why, this book is for you. By the time you are done reading There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather you will have better understanding of how our system is failing our children. But the book doesn’t leave you with a sense of injustice and nowhere to go – a big pet peeve of mine. “There is a problem! And… no solution. Have fun!” At the end of each chapter McGurk provides the reader with a book recommendation – none of which are duds by my estimation. Many of them will be reviewed in the coming months, as all of them ended up on my parental reading list. Though I may never be a believer in outdoor naps in frigid temperatures, I did finish the book up with a zeal for outdoor adventures – in all seasons! I took McGurk’s advice and purchased appropriate rain gear for splashing in fall puddles and cold weather gear fit for surviving in the great white north. Last winter we did most of our running around in the large indoor mall a short drive from my house – bleh boring and holy cow did I buy a lot of unnecessary stuff – but not this year! This year we will build igloos, have snowball fights, make snow angels, and only come in when it is absolutely necessary to recharge with some hot cocoa. But whats the bottom line?
By Brianna
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When Monkey was a baby, I’d take her for runs and walks with our jogging stroller. She had a favorite teether we had to take with us. But, her flailing little arms would inevitably toss the little toy out of the stroller, and I’d have to backtrack to collect it. Similarly, she had a lot of good times dropping bottles or cups from her highchair. I needed some kind of strap to tether these items to her stroller or highchair. It needed to be long enough to let her use her cup or play with her toy, but short enough that it would still be useable after she inevitably jettisoned the tethered object.
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