Lemuria Bookstore Blog

There are many books out there about kids with ADHD, but how does a parent cultivate and reinforce good social skills, self-confidence and self-control into a busy day? Child Psychologist Dr. Lawrence Shapiro has compiled a workbook of 44 simple activities for a child to work on alone or with a parent’s help. The workbook [...]

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I can’t, anyway. A few weeks ago my wife and I got a standard poodle puppy. We had plenty of opinions and ideas (no froo-froo poodle haircuts for this guy!), but we realized there were plenty of things that we didn’t have settled in our minds. Even basic things — house training, for example — [...]

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I have written about Alice Walker before. In case you don’t know, Alice is Rebecca Walker’s mother. As I read more and more by and of Alice Walker, I became more interested in her daughter, Rebecca. I then found that she is a published and well-respected author and activist in her own right. I have [...]

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As I mentioned in my last post, we just created a new section in Oz called our teen section, which is probably my favorite section to read in all of Oz. I am in love with so many of the books in that section! And yes, I am a Twilight nerd:) I am even going [...]

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Hi there. My name is Emily and for the past couple of weeks, I have been the new leader of the small peninsula in Lemuria known fondly as Oz. I have the privilege of reading all of the great children’s books and then gushing to everyone who enters my magical world.  If you haven’t been [...]

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The above picture has nothing to do with the blog – I just like to post cute pictures of my kids. This blog is actually about the book I’m reading, Summerhill School by A.S. Neill. I’ve been reading parenting book s for a while, now I’m reading education books so I can figure out where [...]

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I’ve read a ton of parenting and parenting related books over the last couple of years. I try to read about what’s interesting to me and parenting is pretty high on the list these days. So, I’ve read about potty training, discipline, diaper changing, co-sleeping, baby slings, baby food – I  read Daddy Needs a [...]

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In my last blog I made the controversial statement that boys and girls learn differently – there was no comment so I am assuming that everyone agrees. A couple of days after my post I stumbled accross a great example. Harper has always loved books, and it’s not that D doesn’t, but he mainly just [...]

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I was sure that it was going to be another girl. When we had our first sonogram the nurse said, “look at that – it’s a…” and I shouted girl! I had seen one of those things before, but I was just so sure that it was going to be a girl. It’s just that [...]

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