Literary Reflections

Where has technology intersected with your parenting? Has technology impacted your child’s literary experience? Where does the value of books and electronic media rank in your household? Why?

This month, Literary Mamas explore the human experience, in fact and in fiction. These titles address Asperger’s, alcoholism, and crossing borders in the name of family. Take your pick!

Winter snows find many of us spending time snuggled up with kids home from school. This month, the staff of Literary Mama share their favorite titles to read aloud. Cozy…

I have savored his precocious malapropisms, confusing “eclectic” for “electric,” “cousin” for “cuisine,” and once, when I told him how handsome he looked, he said, “good enough to be on…

Are there foibles from your past that have become family legends? Have they sprouted exaggerated details like leafy tree branches, or do they remain anchored in family lore as a…

This month, Literary Mamas are taking time to understand our species, explore poetry, decode relationships, and cope with the symptoms of ADHD. Enjoy one of these books today!

“A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift…

With that steadfast look he sometimes gives me, it’s as if he suspects that once he and his younger brother are secure in the church daycare room, with their free…

How do you carve out much-needed personal time, away from daily responsibilities? What activities do you turn to during those private moments?

The holidays are past and now we can take a deep breath. We asked Literary Mamas to tell which title they’d select if given the gift of time. And each…

If you could live in anyone’s life, whose would it be? What would your slice of life look like?