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It’s Spooky Season once more and it’s time once again for the GeekMom Halloween Reading Roundup. As in previous years, this will be split into multiple parts, so keep an eye out over the next few Mondays for more Halloween reads aimed at middle-grade, YA, and pre-school readers while today’s post focuses on books aimed […]
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I’m a fan of historical letters. Letter writing is a bit of a lost art; emails just don’t have the same weight, and social media posts certainly lack depth most of the time. Writing a good letter, one that’s written sequentially with no significant editing later on, is a practiced skill, one which most of […]
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As summer draws to an end, Sophie, Scott, and Amy are excited to share eight of the books they have been enjoying recently, they hope you find something you’ll love too in this month’s Between the Bookends. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. All author/illustrator photos are credited to themselves. Scientists Who Dared to […]
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Though the technology in and design of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) looks pretty dated by today’s standards, when it originally aired, it looked more futuristic to the viewers. Despite the fact that many of the set elements were retrieved from contemporary stores and shops, the set designers and art directors strived to make […]
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In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie reads six books. She explores a wide range of non-fiction from the disappearance of flight MH370 to the life of Jeff Goldblum to the Boston Tea Party, and picks up some interesting fiction too. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. All author/illustrator photos are credited to themselves. […]
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History as a topic is a pretty big, all-encompassing one. We want our kids to learn about history—and more than just the names and dates plunked down in textbooks—but it’s hard to be systematic about it. There are so many sequential lines to follow, like government succession, social movements, and popular culture, but even within […]
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Though it was supposed to allow for universal suffrage, it didn’t quite achieve that, but it was a step in the right direction and a major part of the effort to apply laws equally. We here at GeekMom […]
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