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poetry friday

orangemarmaladebooks April 23, 2010

The Secret We have a secret, just us three, The robin, and I, and the sweet cherry tree, The bird told the tree, and the tree told me, And nobody knows it but just us three.   But of course …

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fiction favorites…Winnie the Pooh

orangemarmaladebooks April 22, 2010

  “You ought to write ‘A Happy Birthday’ on it.” “That was what I wanted to ask you,” said Pooh.  “Because my spelling is Wobbly.  It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.  Would …

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thoughts on…collecting books without going bankrupt!

orangemarmaladebooks April 21, 2010

I am now an official Amazon Associate, which sounds quite professional but is not whatsoever!  It simply means that if I review a book Amazon carries, I can put a link on my blog that goes directly to that book …

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nonfiction nuggets…about peoples and cultures

orangemarmaladebooks April 20, 2010

Here’s a book to help you and your kids appreciate the amazing diversity of peoples and cultures in our world.  How People Live was published by Dorling Kindersley in 2003, so it’s fairly new.  It’s a hefty, coffee-table-sized book just …

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a list of…five books to tickle your funny bone

orangemarmaladebooks April 19, 2010

These books are meant to tickle your funny bone, and we have happily read each of them many, many times.  They are ridiculous, far-fetched, colorful stories, great for snuggling up with and giggling over.    The Topsy Turvies, story by …

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fiction favorites…The Stories Julian Tells

orangemarmaladebooks April 17, 2010

Julian, aged about 7, tells us six stories about himself, his younger brother, Huey, his father and mother, and his friend, Gloria in this small chapter book.  These are warm, funny, endearing stories about lemon puddings that taste “like a night on …

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nonfiction nuggets…about the world’s greatest artists

orangemarmaladebooks April 17, 2010

Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists,  is a series, written and illustrated by Mike Venezia.   Beginning when my children were very, very young – just 2 and 3 years old – we looked at these brilliant books together.   We …

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poetry friday

orangemarmaladebooks April 16, 2010

Poetry is delightful stuff.   The words tango together in delightful patterns of sound and rhythm and rhyme, and the sense of the poem rockets beyond the mere meaning of the words because of the way ideas unexpectedly jostle up against one another.  Do …

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a list of… five classic picture books

orangemarmaladebooks April 15, 2010

Yikes.  Starting this project is a bit daunting, but I can adapt as I go, right?!  I thought I’d try to publish a list of sorts once each week, and then do some shorter posts with a mixture of fiction …

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