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January 24, 2011

Kindling

Posted by Jennifer

Regular readers of this blog know how I feel about books and libraries and bookstores.  I love them all. Weekly trips to the library were a big part of my childhood.  I’d stock up on picture books, then Dr. Seuss books, then chapter books, dragging home armloads or totebags full of hour upon hour of [...]

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September 01, 2010

Summer Reading

Posted by Jennifer

Any last-minute summer reading going on in your house? Here, we have Hugh reading The True Story of Hansel and Gretel.   He has already finished the other two requirements:  The Kite Runner and a book set in Africa whose title I forget and am too lazy to look up.   I stole Hansel and Gretel from him [...]

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February 12, 2010

One Reader’s Nightmare

Posted by Jennifer

So there I was, stuck inside the house.  A blizzard fell around us.  The world outside was a magical, mystical scene, the snow transforming our usually dull state, with a flick of two letters in the final syllable,  into the sparkling land of Pennsylnavia.   A fire crackled in the grate.  A batch of sugar cookies awaited [...]

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April 28, 2009

A Hodge-Podge of Updates

Posted by Jennifer

Can I just say how very thankful I am that Emily and I share the writing job at this blog?  Coming up with fresh material 5 days a week all by myself would be hugely stressful.  Even if I had enough good material on my own, which I wouldn’t, where would the time come from to [...]

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April 02, 2009

Jonesing Bad for a Good Book

Posted by Jennifer

I’m declaring a state of personal emergency.  There is no good book by my bedside.  Normally I have one at bat, one in the on-deck circle, more in the dugout, extras in the bullpen, and others coming up through the minor league.  But my pipeline has run dry, and I need your help. It all began in childhood, [...]

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August 05, 2008

Toby Chipmunk

Posted by Jennifer

Thanks to everyone who “used their words” yesterday in our first Fun Monday event. Excellent choices and great post-jumping ensued. Speaking of words, my favorite tale from the weekend is: I found this endearing 1931 book in a consignment shop back in the spring. Anything with anthro animals – preferably from the early 20th century [...]

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July 21, 2008

My Friend Julie Mars

Posted by Emily

Do you have people in your life who inspire you? My guess (and hope) is that most MoB readers have people they admire and/or love. But that is a little different than what I am referring to here. Do you have someone who makes you want to get off your butt and actually DO something? [...]

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June 27, 2008

49 year old mom learns skateboard trick

Posted by Jennifer

I’m excited to announce that I learned a new skateboard trick. It involves getting 11-year-old Malcolm, avid skater/reluctant reader, to pick up the written word. My trick? Subscribing to Skateboard Magazine. Trust me, he’s more thrilled with it than he appears to be in this photo. Especially when Mag Swag is involved. Sick. Carrying on [...]

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May 30, 2008

Joining the Circus

Posted by Emily

You may have heard that last weekend we lost a really cool Mother of Brothers. “Mommy” from the Family Circus died of Alzheimer’s at the age of 82. In real life, she was Thelma, Bil Keane’s wife of 60 years. The Associated Press story reported Bil as saying: “When the cartoon first appeared, she looked [...]

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May 19, 2008

What is the What

Posted by Jennifer

A new kind of sharing has arisen in our house. Hugh asks, “Mom, where is What is the What?” I tell him it’s on my bedside table. He transports it into his room and reads avidly, and when my day is done, I tiptoe in and retrieve it from next to his bed. Shortly after [...]

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