"In an old house in Paris..."

Do you remember Madeline, the "smallest one" of twelve, little girls who lived in that old house in Paris? It's a short and sweet read about an orphan girl who pooh-poohs tigers and has her appendix taken out, all told in rhyme. So if New York has the fawbulous Eloise, Paris has the brave little Madeline! But what I truly love most about this picture book are Ludwig Bemelmans drawings and paintings of Paris! I guess that's because I just adore Paris! With all its lights and gardens and beautiful bridges, it's Tudylightful!

The Book(mark) of the Month

Every month I come out with a new Tudy Bookmark! All you have to do is download the image while its still on line, print on card stock, laminate with contact paper (get this from any stationery store), cut out (be careful!), punch a hole on top, and add a matching ribbon. Start a bookmark collection, or give away to family and friends! But keep posted! They only last a month!

A Titanic Read!

If you haven't read the series yet, then start your new year with Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The 3 books in the series - The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, and The Titan's Curse - not only do justice to the magnificent Greek myths, they give them a whole new edge! And I do mean EDGE! Mt. Olympus in Manhattan and Hades in LA, Aries on a real big bike and Poseidon in a Hawaiian shirt - this is Greek mythology re-imagined with all the twists and turns of the original stories. Its truly labyrinthine! And wait until you meet Aunt M! Talk about stone-cold chills! Can't wait for book 4!