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Favorite Pirate Books

September 23, 2011

There are quite a few pirate books out there, they are perfect for young pirate fans (and in celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day!) My absolute, hands down favorite is How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long. It follows the adventures of young Jeremy Jacobs who goes off with pirates to help [...]

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Elephant and Piggie Toys

May 10, 2011

Are you or is someone you love obsessed with Elephant and Piggie? I don’t blame you/them, Elephant and Piggie are awesome! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, well you should go right out and find one of Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie books. They are genius, so funny and perfect for beginning readers [...]

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Game

April 26, 2011

Have you heard of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? If you have a child between the ages of 7 and 14 I am certain you have. Written by Jeff Kinney, they really are delightful, following the misadventures of one Greg Heffley making his way through middle school. They are really funny for anyone [...]

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Mad Libs

April 18, 2011

The post last week about the Have a Silly Easter Mad Libs made me start thinking about how fun Mad Libs are. I remember them from my childhood, but haven’t thought about them in ages. What I remember about them is how much fun we had writing them and how hard we laughed reading them [...]

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Library Toys

October 5, 2010

Did you know that you can have your own library at home? Well, with the super cool Little Librarian set you can! Kids can put book pockets in their books, issue library cards to their friends and associates and don’t forget the overdue notices! The best art may be the product description: “Kids can practice [...]

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Toys Go Out – our favorite new book

April 20, 2009

We have been reading Toys Go Out all week and right now it is our absolute favorite book. It follows the adventures of a trio of toys, Lumphy (a not quite real buffalo), Sting Ray and Plastic (it is a bit of a mystery what plastic actually is for a couple of chapters). The toys [...]

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The Yggyssey

April 15, 2009

The lovely and talented, prolific and beloved, adored and adorable Daniel Pinkwater is letting you read his latest book, The Yggyssy, for free. Seriously. You can go to The Yggyssy web site and read the whole thing there. It is subtitled “How Iggy wondered what happened to all the ghosts, found out where they went, [...]

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Reading about Jenny Linsky

March 11, 2009

Today we read some Jenny Linsky stories. Jeny Linsky is a cat. She lives with Captain Tinker, she always wears her red scarf and she can ice skate. She can be found in a marvelous series of stories by Esther Averill. The kiddos and I were reading some this afternoon. When we were done the [...]

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Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Book Review

October 28, 2008

I never had this book as a child, but Mrs TR did and it was one of her favorites. Everyone has a bad day every once in a while, and Alexander here has a pretty terrible one. It’s a frequent request by the Boys at bedtime and a great lesson on how sometimes life stinks [...]

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Beloved Little Things

September 30, 2008

Kids love little things, I suppose because they are little things themselves. One of our favorite little things is the Nutshell Library. In fact, when I rule the world (and I will too, if I can only get my hands on some Wonderflonium) all babies will be issued a set of these little books when [...]

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