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The Day Before NaNoWriMo Starts

October 31, 2010 Writing

I know. Most people think of October 31 as Halloween. I have a seven-year-old, so you’d think I’d be sitting here thinking about Halloween and taking him out trick-or-treating tonight too.
But no, not me. All I can think is this: today’s the last day before NaNoWriMo starts!
I haven’t done that much prepping, partly because my [...]

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Review: Flotsam, by David Wiesner

October 27, 2009 Books and Reading

I wish that I had known more about Flotsam, by David Wiesner, before I read it for the first time two weeks ago to Dylan, my six-year-old, at bedtime.
I might have done things a little differently.
For one thing, I would have had my husband standing by, camera in hand, ready to take pictures of Dylan’s [...]

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Flash Review: Little Skink’s Tail, by Janet Halfmann

June 13, 2009 Books and Reading

Little Skink’s Tail, by Janet Halfmann
While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright blue tail. Little Skink’s Tail follows [...]

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Review: Olivia Helps With Christmas, by Ian Falconer

November 17, 2008 Books and Reading

Ms. Bookish’s Quick Take: Oh, what a wonderful, joyous ride is Olivia Helps With Christmas! This is a wonderful book about all the ways little ones get ready on The Big Day, with of course a dollop of special Olivia spice to it. Children don’t have to have met Olivia in any of her previous [...]

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Exploding My TBR Pile: Kirkus Reviews’ Best Children’s Books of 2008

November 17, 2008 Books and Reading

I have just ended up swelling my TBR list (as if it needed it!). I just came across Kirkus Reviews’ Best Children’s Books of 2008, via the Write4Kids blog.
It’s a great list of children’s books; some of them already are on my TBR, but some of them aren’t. I’d like to make my way through [...]

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