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And of course, The Ten-Year-Old Howell
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Visit Caterpickles on Goodreads. There you will find all of the books we've reviewed over the years shelved according to the age at which my daughter read them.
Author Archives: Shala Howell
Caterpickles Central Update: Our time in Chicago is winding down
Caterpickles Central is packing up shop and heading west again. This time to Northern California. Moving day is in mid-September. Posting will be spotty over the next month or so, as we shut down the Chicago version of Caterpickles Central … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Behind the curtain
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Breaking News: The Caterpickles library is no longer sorted by color
Six and a half years ago, Michael proposed that we organize all of our book by color. Changing the color of the books in a room would be easier than repainting it, he argued. And so we did. We’ve kept … Continue reading
Posted in Caterpickles Cleans House, Reading
Tagged book sorting, books, decluttering
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Wordless Wednesday: Baby Bunny at the Lincoln Park Zoo
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“Has anyone ever committed a robbery while armed with a cow?”
In which we discover that cows make surprisingly effective weapons. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Our storm glass is finally back to normal
And it only took six months. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles “How does a storm glass work? Part One: The Pondering” (Caterpickles) “How does a storm glass work? Part Two: The Testing” (Caterpickles) “How do we reset … Continue reading
“Did Isaac Newton invent the cat door?”
In which my daughter learns that you can’t believe everything you read in books. Continue reading
Posted in history, Nature, Science, Technology
Tagged cats, did Isaac Newton invent the cat door, Isaac Newton, The Canterbury Tales
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What’s The Ten-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, The Ten-Year-Old dives into summer with a book of scary (but not too scary) stories to tell around a campfire. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: The Ten-Year-Old finds the world’s smallest lizard
Last week, I told you about The Ten-Year-Old’s daring capture of a giant dragonfly. This week, she snags a tiny lizard. Continue reading
Where’s my Caterpickles?
Hi all, The Ten-Year-Old was lecturing me the other day about how I haven’t posted nearly enough interesting stuff on Caterpickles this summer. Apparently, she has time to read Caterpickles now, and was disappointed to find I haven’t answered her … Continue reading
Michael Howell
Shala Howell
