Adventures With Alex

Tag: children

  • BR322) “There’s A Cow in the Road” Book Review

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    There’s a Cow in the Road by Reeve Lindbergh with pictures by Tracey Campbell Pearson.  4/5 rating. 28 pages. Book #38 of 2023. Read August 28, 2023. This is a premiere children’s book with great pictures, and some fun with a lot of farm animals. I basically can’t say no to free books, so when…

  • BR320) “Last Child in the Woods” Book Review

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    Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv.  3/5 rating. 316 pages. Book #36 of 2023. Read August 23, 2023. Richard talks about our need to get kids back into nature. This book helped launch the recent movement towards more nature, but it was less interesting or impactful than…

  • BR146) “It Takes a Village” Book Review

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    It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us by Hillary Rodham Clinton. 3/5 rating. 318 pages. Book #71 of 2020. Read October 11, 2020. This is a great book for any parent – and probably anyone else in the proverbial village – to read about the impact we have on children. Hillary does…