Bart’s younger brother is in town visiting right now, so we’d planned on going down to Plimouth Plantation today, but it was pretty chilly and very windy out, so we scrapped that idea and decided to visit the Museum of Science downtown instead. Bart had two free tickets from work that expired at the end of the month and I…
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Grandma
As you might have guessed, names are very important in my family, perhaps especially to my mom. So it will come as no surprise to you that she has put a lot of effort into figuring out what she wants her grandchildren to call her. This may seem odd – don’t you just go by “Grandma”? Not in my family….
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Shakespeare Bats Cleanup and Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge
9 of 10: I am still fairly new to books written in verse, but Shakespeare Bats Cleanup and Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs are among the best. A quick and delightful read. I doubt I would have picked up Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs at ALA if the two women in front of me at the booth hadn’t both exclaimed with joy…
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What I’m Going to Read: Round 10
And, just to prove that lightning can strike twice, Smalldog, who put in the winning bid in January with Dealing with Dragons, won again, this time with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. If you’re planning on buying a lottery ticket soon, you might consider calling her up and asking for her advice, as she…
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Phone Call
I remember Shannon Hale mentioning a year or so ago that the day before the Newbery awards were announced, she was very aware that the calls would be going out early the next morning and having a secret hope that one of those phone calls might be coming her way. Certainly there are people who win a major award and…
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