Monthly Archives: March 2008

Orange Pear Apple Bear Bird Dog Kitty

Happy Monday! We are Way overdue for an Easy Picture Book roundup and I have four great ones today! Using only five words, artist/illustrator Emily Gravett’s Orange Pear Apple Bear is a unique and charming book that will delight children … Continue reading

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I Know What It Means…

…to Miss New Orleans.   And after reading City Adrift, I fear that the day is coming that New Orleans exists only as a memory, not just for me but for everyone.    Released by Louisiana State University Press and the Center … Continue reading

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Come On Down To The Six Word Memoir

I have to confess that I have been a fan of The Price Is Right since   a small child.   I remember when there used to be "four numbers in the price of the car".   (I feel SO old.)  When I … Continue reading

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Rhett Butler's People

I honestly can’t recall when I first read Gone With The Wind or saw the movie.    Growing up in the South it seems as though I have always somehow been a fan of Margaret Mitchell’s iconic novel of the Civil … Continue reading

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641 Extreme–The Ultimate Cook Book Roundup

Happy Monday!  Usually I select just three or four books for my "Roundup" posts,  but today I have no less than eight great selections from the cookbook aisle, all of which are variously  so interesting, unusual or  noteworthy that I … Continue reading

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