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$Can an iPad Actually Help Kids Build Better Math Habits? A Conversation with JOJO Math's Stacy Wang. Image of JOJO owl provided by Stacy Wang.$

Bonnie Way June 5, 2026

Can an iPad Actually Help Kids Build Better Math Habits? A Conversation with JOJO Math’s Stacy Wang

Curriculum Reviews

"Ginny's advice is calm, humble, and encouraging all the way through." Review of Quirky Catholic Kids by Ginny Kochis. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way May 14, 2026

Quirky Catholic Kids by Ginny Kochis (book review)

Catholicism

Happy Anniversary, Pope Leo XIV! White Smoke, Two Gulls and a Pope by Katie Warner tells the story of his election.

Bonnie Way May 7, 2026

Happy Anniversary to Pope Leo XIV!

Catholicism

"A Heart in a Body in a World is a story for our times. Annabelle Agnelli is not a stranger, but a sister, a young woman who represents many young women today. While her run may be fictional, the issues she faced are frighteningly real." Book review of A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti.

Bonnie Way May 3, 2026

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Fiction

Bonnie Way April 4, 2026

Author Julie Swendsen Young chats with TKM

Interview

"This movie is a brilliant look at the effects of abuse and how therapy can help a person move forward. However, Good Will Hunting gets one important thing wrong about therapy." Movie cover via Amazon.

Bonnie Way March 17, 2026

What Good Will Hunting Gets Wrong about Therapy

Movies

"'You're such a good mother.' That's what they say, and I know they mean it kindly, but it's all that anyone ever sees about me or knows about me. 'Elly Sparrow, good mother.' That's not about me, that's about my kids. How they behave, how they look. What if I didn't have kids? What about that person? Somewhere in here is me." Quote from Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young.

Bonnie Way March 10, 2026

Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young (book review)

Fiction

Bonnie Way March 3, 2026

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse

Fiction

Book review of Eleanor Herman's Off With Her Head. "Herman describe a "clear pattern of vilification across the millennia and throughout history" of women in leadership, which reinforces misogynistic, patriarchal ideas that are harmful to women everywhere." Book cover from Amazon.

Bonnie Way February 27, 2026

Off with Her Head by Eleanor Herman (book review)

Nonfiction

Bonnie Way January 2, 2026

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie

Entertainment

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Can an iPad Actually Help Kids Build Better Math Habits? A Conversation with JOJO Math’s Stacy Wang

Quirky Catholic Kids by Ginny Kochis (book review)

Happy Anniversary to Pope Leo XIV!

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Author Julie Swendsen Young chats with TKM

What Good Will Hunting Gets Wrong about Therapy

Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young (book review)

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse

Off with Her Head by Eleanor Herman (book review)

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie

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