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Book Review: Who Swallowed Harold?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Who Swallowed Harold? and Other Poems about Pets By Susan Pearson Illustrated by David Slonim Marshall Cavendish, 2005 Age Range: All Ages When I’m reading to myself, I like a good novel, preferably one without even a hint of blank … Continue reading →

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Spring Break Round Three and Other News of the Week

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Posting will be intermittent next week. I’ll be around, but then again so will The Five-Year-Old, and as she is ever so much more interesting than my computer, I’ll be spending my time with her. I’ll post as often as … Continue reading →

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“Did kittens get their name in Britain?”

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Sometime last year, The Five-Year-Old discovered the highly informative children’s book series “The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That.” The books relay all kinds of fun facts about the natural world in a Seussian rhyme scheme. The … Continue reading →

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What? Where’s my Book Review?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Fear not, loyal reader. Although you would hardly know it from the silence on the site today, we are still reading very good books here at Caterpickles Central. We highly recommend Coyote Steals the Blanket by Janet Stevens. We love … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Snow Friends

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

It’s school vacation week, and The Four-Year-Old has requested that I “give Caterpickles a rest” so that we can proceed directly to the play date portion of today’s itinerary. So I’m going to be truly lazy and use a book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Burgess Bird Book for Children

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

The Burgess Bird Book for Children By Thornton W. Burgess Illustrated by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Little, Brown and Company, 1919 Age Range: All Ages My favorite book as a child was without a doubt the Burgess Bird Book for Children. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: In Season: A Natural History of the New England Year

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

In Season: A Natural History of the New England Year Field Illustrations and Notes by Nona Bell Estrin Essays by Charles W. Johnson University Press of New England, 2002 Age Range: Illustrated Field Notes-All Ages, Essays-Adults Growing up in a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Read Me Another Story

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Read Me Another Story Compiled by the Child Study Association of America Illustrated by Barbara Cooney Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1949 Age Range: 4 to 8 One of the many things I love about my Aunt Jeanne is that she … Continue reading →

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The Day I Got Lazy and Other News of the Week

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Or moment, depending on whom you talk to. Regardless, here’s some stuff The Four-Year-Old and I noticed about the world this week: Painting squirrels: NBC report Rescued dolphins: Six dolphins stranded off Cape Cod, 300 others guided safely out of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure By Cindy Neuschwander Illustrated by Wayne Geehan Charlesbridge Publishing, 2001 Age Range: 6 and up Puns! Math! Puns about Math! What could be better? (Maybe a fresh-baked snickerdoodle, but … Continue reading →

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