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Childhood Obsessions: Dinosaurs!
As a teacher, I have learned that certain subjects are irresistible to kids. Year after year, there were children in my classes obsessed with certain things: pirates, superheroes, worms, bears, space,...
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The Books of David Macaulay
This weekend, I was lucky enough to view an exhibition of the original artwork of children’s book author and illustrator David Macaulay at the RISD Museum in Providence, and I was blown away! I have...
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Crafting For Pets
In Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne’s new craft book, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, the talented pair tackles the weirdly wonderful world of crafting for pets. Equally brilliant as a coffee table...
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Have You Seen Swaptree?
I am a big fan of craigslist and freecycle, but it can be difficult to find what you are looking for. Enter swaptree: a new site devoted to making it easy to trade books, music, movies, and video games...
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A New Breed of Coloring Books
There is just something about coloring books and a fresh pack of crayons that kids find irresistible. But aside from choosing which colors to use, they don’t leave much room for creativity…until now....
View ArticleIn The February Book Basket: Sound Effects, Giants, and Mathematical Adventures
Can you just wake me up when winter is over? I don’t want to look at any more books with idyllic cabin scenes or pretty ponies trotting in the snow. I don’t know what the weather is like in your neck...
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Review: Made From Scratch – Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life
Let me preface this by saying that I will be returning my library-copy of Jenna Woginrich’s new book, Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life, two weeks late – and not because...
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In The March Book Basket: Welcoming Spring
This Friday is the first day of Spring at last! My choices for the March Book Basket celebrate the change in season with different perspectives – from the artfully scientific (Eggs) to the humorous and...
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Wintergirls: A Peek Inside the Mind of an Anorexic Teen
Wintergirls hits bookstores tomorrow, and after reading this review, Jill at The Well-Read Child has me convinced that every teenager, teacher, parent of a teen, and therapist should read this book....
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Great Spring Reads
Whether you have a stack of books lined up that you haven’t quite gotten around to, or you are looking for a great new book to curl up with, why not join me in making a Spring Reading List? Katrina of...
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