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From the monthly archives: October 2010

Book Review: This is the Mud! by Kathryn Apel

By Susan On October 19, 2010 · 2 Comments

Summary (Hachette Children’s Australia website)

There is muck and mayhem when a cow gets stuck in the mud by the dam, but who will rescue the rescuers? A rollicking, rhyming, cumulative story based on This is the house that Jack built .

This is the cow who was chewing her cud, as she went for [...]

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Book Review: The Greatest Blogger in the World by Andrew McDonald

By Susan On October 19, 2010 · 3 Comments

Summary (from Hardie Grant Egmont website)

Charlie Ridge has one small goal in life – to be the Greatest Blogger in the World. The internet has been in a frenzy since a competition began to win the website address www.thegreatestbloggerintheworld.com, and Charlie is making sure he’s the number one contender. Charlie has plenty [...]

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Do Your Books Look Well-Loved or Well-Preserved?

By Susan On October 13, 2010 · 11 Comments

Two different comments recently got me thinking about how I treat my books. I heard one and read the other within a couple of hours of each other.

The first was a comment by a friend who had borrowed two picture books – Alexander’s Outing by Pamela Allen and Where the Wild Things Are [...]

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Book Review: Family Forest by Kim Kane

By Susan On October 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Summary (back cover)

Families come in all shapes and sizes. Half-sisters, big brothers, step-parents…

While some kids have a family tree, others have a family forest!

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Family Forest approaches complex modern family structures in a very light-hearted entertaining way. As the boy narrating the story explains how his family works, [...]

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Book Review: Family Food and Weekend Feasts

By Susan On October 11, 2010 · 2 Comments

Summary (Random House website)

FAMILY FOOD & WEEKEND FEASTS has it all: quick, delicious meals you can whip up in minutes and lovely, leisurely recipes for those days when you have time to slow down and enjoy yourself in the kitchen. But whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a sumptuous Sunday evening spread, Janelle Bloom’s [...]

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Book Review: It’s a Book by Lane Smith

By Susan On October 6, 2010 · 1 Comment

Summary (Walker Books)

CAN IT TEXT? BLOG? SCROLL? WI-FI? TWEET? No. . . It’s a book.

No matter how many electronic devices are available these days, you can’t deny the simple appeal of a good book. Monkey is reading a book, but his friend wants to know what the book can do. Does it have [...]

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The Ghosts of Fashion Past

By Susan On October 6, 2010 · 9 Comments

Inspired by this recent Retro-styled post by Meredith at Oh, The Thinks you can Think about her childhood fashion faux pas, I have searched through my photos to see what I could come up with. It was the 70s, so the chances of finding something truly atrocious were reasonably high.

I was [...]