Katherine J. Barrett

Part 1 of our mini-series on the Craft of Writing Your Child’s Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age By Pam Allyn Avery Trade; 2011 Reviewed by Katherine J. Barrett As a writer, I love to share my enthusiasm for literature and the written word. As a mother-writer, I’d like […]

It’s a thought as tempting as chocolate itself: devouring that entire box of Ferrero Rocher in your second trimester not only helps you de-stress but sweetens your baby’s temperament too. To find out, you’ll have to read Jena Pincott’s new book, Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies? Read Katherine Barrett’s review here.

With recurring themes of twinning, nature and water, and Dani Couture’s graceful and distinctive voice, Algoma raises questions of companionship, family, fate and our place in the world. It’s a moving read from a talented writer.

The winners of our February giveaway are Ashley Hedrick and Manas. They each receive a copy of Something to Prove: A Daughter’s Journey to Fulfill a Father’s Legacy. Winners, please email us at LMreviews (at) literarymama (dot) com with your address and we will send your books. Thanks for reading!

“I always told my kids that they could be anything they wanted to be, as long as what they wanted to be came with an MD after their names.” If you have read Yvonne Thornton’s first memoir, The Ditchdigger’s Daughters, this sentiment will be familiar. Thornton is one of five daughters born to Itasker and […]

In our Reviews section this month, we cover Katherine Ellison’s new memoir, Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention: Ellison’s twelve-year-old son (and the wayward, willful child of the story) has been diagnosed with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder — ADHD and ODD. This diagnostic alphabet soup means he’s clinically distracted and […]

Imagine your most frustrating, most irritating day at home with the kids. The girls joust with cuttings from your favorite fern, the boys paint Spiderman with mascara, the casserole smoulders in the oven, the baby wails in the rocker. You want to sleep, or scream, or run. It’s hard. But now imagine how much harder […]