Section: Baby
Picture Books: Dog In Charge
What is amazing to me is that no matter how many picture books collect on our shelves, or how many we peruse in the book store or library, there are always so many that I haven’t heard of. This week’s picture book recommendation from Cheryl Ashley is a newly published book, and as we love [...]
Favorite Picture Books
Last week I took a trip to the library with two of my three kids and we left with quite the stack of books. I’ve depleted my own in-home library of favorite books to use for Susanna Hill’s weekly Perfect Picture Books series and was in need of some new material. Additionally, my four year [...]
Great Picture Books: ‘The Top Job’
Last week, we told you about a resource for some great picture books for children: Children’s book author Susanna Hill’s blog featuring her Perfect Picture Book Friday series. I looked for last week’s featured book, The Monster Returns, in the Verona Public Library and while it was not part of the inventory, Cheryl Ashley, the [...]
How To Find Great Picture Books
I started following Susanna Hill’s blog sometime at the end of the summer and I’m glad I did. Hill is a children’s book author, and someday I’d like to be one, too. Her posts are entertaining, informative, and easy to read. All good things when I’m squeezing writing into my full-time job of mother-of-three. In [...]
Moms Meetup Group Launches in Verona
Whether or not you are familiar with Meetup groups, they are becoming quite popular and in some places quite strong. Christine McGrath, a new Verona resident and recent stay at home mother of two, just started the Moms of Verona/Caldwell group here. The idea is to get Moms (and dads) whether working or home with young children [...]
Toddler Nature Walk Thursday
Kids will get a chance to explore Branch Brook Park’s birds, flowers and lake creatures in a special walk on Thursday morning. The New Jersey Audubon Society is calling it a “Wonder Walk” and says it is appropriate for children age 18 months to 5 years who are accompanied by their parent or caregiver and [...]
Workshop On Picky Eaters
Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) is holding a free workshop on Tuesday, September 28 at 7 p.m. to help parents of picky eaters. The program will be held at the Verona Community Center ballroom and features Dr. Peggy Eicher, medical director of the Center for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. [...]
Library Programs For Kids
There’s going to be a lot of reading and rhyming for pre-schoolers going on at the Verona Public Library this fall. But if you want to sign up someone in your family, you’ve only got until tomorrow, September 17, to do so. Here’s what’s on tap: “First Timers”, a nursery rhyme program for babies and [...]
Free Music Together Classes
Music Together is holding several free demonstrations of its kids music classes around our area over the next two weeks. On Wednesday, September 15, the class will be at the First Presbyterian Church at 10 Fairview Avenue on the second floor. On Thursday, September 16, the class moves to the Essex Dance Academy at 260 [...]