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The Trouble With Early Readers
Ever since Lily was a baby, we have been reading “That’s Not My Puppy” with a slight reader’s edit on the last page. In case you aren’t familiar with the book, it goes a little something like this. Even though … Continue reading
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Book WTF: A Pocket for Corduroy
I remember LOVING “A Pocket for Corduroy” when I was a kid and it turns out that my kids love it too. I bought the book about a week ago and we’ve read it and its prequel at least a … Continue reading
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Book WTF: Something’s missing
My husband, the son of Korean immigrants, was very excited to find this Korean language children’s picture dictionary on display at the library. We immediately decided we should check it out so the girls could learn some more Korean words– … Continue reading
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Kids Play: Alphabooks
My daughter has been obsessed with her Baby Einstein Alphabooks lately. Every night before she goes to bed she insists on spelling our names with these books. There is a separate book with 3 words and pictures representing each letter … Continue reading
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Misleading Book Cover
Based on this cover, what happens in this book? a) The child on the left is a ghost or a witch leading the child on the right to a Blair Witch type-cottage. b) The children are about to be murdered … Continue reading
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Giving or Taking?
After reading about Shel Silverstein’s picture on this blog, my friend Dayna directed me to this fabulous video by Second City about “The Giving Tree”. Merry Christmas! You can thank me for sharing this video with you later. The video … Continue reading
Shel Silverstein Follow-Up
Remember when I said Shel Silverstein would be upset if he saw this horrible, creepy picture of himself was on the back of “The Giving Tree”? I was wrong. I had no idea when I wrote my first post that my … Continue reading
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Poor Photo Choice
Check out the picture of Shel Silverstein on the back of my daughter’s new copy of “The Giving Tree”. Who on earth decided that this was the best possible picture of Shel Silverstein to put on the back of his … Continue reading
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