BookMama lives in Michigan with her husband and their kids. BookMama worked in the book industry for 15 years and has a particular passion for children’s and young adult books. She is also an advocate for child car seat safety and is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST).
Tim is BookMama’s husband. He is a computer consultant who likes to play with the kids and enjoys computer games and xBox games, especially ones that he and Book Boy can play togetner. He and BookMama have been married for 15 years.
Book Boy is eight years old. He is a great big brother to his sisters and seems to be a little geek-in-training – loves to read, play with his “Star Wars guys,” watch the Star Wars and Harry Potter movies, and do any sort of search-and-find books. He reads graphic novels as quickly as we can get them from the library, especially those featuring superheroes. He is a voracious reader and completed the entire Harry Potter series before he turned 8.
Book Girl (formerly Little Sister) is four. She is just learning how to sound out words, and enjoys telling us what letter a word starts with. She is currently obsessed with school activities at home. (Just don’t call it “playing school.” She is going to school at home.) Her favorite activities include reading Book Boy’s graphic novels and playing with her Polly Pockets.
Book Baby was born in October. She likes to eat and sleep, though she does tolerate sitting on someone’s lap as they read Book Girl her bedtime books.
Mimi/Snowbird is BookMama’s mother. She comments often and writes a guest blog once in a while.
btwinny and bets/firsttwin are BookMama’s sisters – identical twins who are 13 months younger than BookMama (poor Mimi!). bwinny has a four-year-old son, JD. btwinny also has her own blog (though she hasn’t updated it in ages).
Willie Brown (who is not actually named Willie or Brown) is my uncle, who lives in rural Indiana. While I don’t always agree with what he says, he’s a great story teller. He sometimes comments as Uncle Scott.
