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New World Monkeys by Nancy Mauro

21 hours ago ago from Stacked

15th December, 2009 No Comments Nancy Mauro is one of those authors who also knows how to perform when at a reading.   I had the opportunity to hear her read from New World Monkeys at the Center for Fiction a few months back and was sold on the book immediately.  Here is an author who knows her characters so well that she can change voice to capture the nuance of their speech and thought while presenting to an audience. The opening ...

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The Collected Works of Tony Millionaires Sock Monkey

12 hours ago ago from GenX Comics

The Collected Works of Tony Millionaires Sock Monkey Here is a beautiful collection of work from Eisner Award winner Tony Millionaire. This book collects his latest four comic books, including the scandalous issue in which Uncle Gabby is so distraught over the accidental killing of a baby bird that he attempts suicide. The evolution of the Sock Monkey is evident in these books, as he grows from innocent gatherer of salamanders to ...

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23 hours ago ago from Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog

Following on from Jeff Crisp's recommendations for books from the 2000s that he admires, here are a couple of my own. They fall under two very different categories, however: children's books and reference books. 1. Children's books Earlier in the year, I undertook a survey of kids' literature that relates to refugees and forced migration. I looked at both picture books for younger readers and chapter books for older readers. The ...

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Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior | A Life of Care Giving - Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver

2 hours ago ago from A Life of Care Giving - Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! Every child has ornery moments , but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child , this book offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Barkley`s many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what ...

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Sock Monkey Saturday

19 hours ago ago from Sothensarahsaid's Blog

My sister, who claims to have been deprived as a child, decided yesterday was a great day to take advantage of the American Visionary Art Museum 's Sock Monkey Saturday .  You may be asking yourself why two twenty-somethings might need to spend an afternoon making sock monkeys (I certainly don't still play with such things), but it seemed like a fun way to spend an afternoon, and it sure beat helping the rents shop for a couch for our living ...

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