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A life story can be told through a variety of motifs – golf courses played, loves lost, songs heard on the radio – but none is quite so cozy as a life measured in skeins of yarn. Michelle Edwards, author of the beloved children’s book Chicken Man, has given us just that. In her newest…

There’s an inherent problem with board books, those little book-ettes made entirely of hard cardboard. Generally, babies will fixate on one (often the one you hate the most) and ask for it again. And again. And again. But once they are old enough for “real books” (you know, the kind that teat when you bite…

Thank you to my mom, Judy Meltzer, for this glimpse of her life as bubbe par excellence There are many times when I find myself rejoicing at my good fortune – that I am Jewish and can enjoy the great richness and perks of this wonderful religious culture. This is one of those times. Tomorrow…

Some of the “strategies” I used to try to get my girls to come to shul with me this morning: “There will be no computer time this weekend if you don’t come.” “If you come with me this week, I won’t ask you again for another month.” “YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE.” “I’ll give…
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