Our mostly-weekly survey of the tidbits that cross The Nine-Year-Old’s desk. This week, The Nine-Year-Old reviews Missy Piggle-wiggle and the Whatever Cure by Ann M Martin, Mammoths and Mastodons by Cheryl Bardoe, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
Remember last year, when The Nine-Year-Old went to Grandma and Grandpa Summer Camp and sent back a photo of her snuggling a spry young alligator named Mr. Cuddles?Well this year, she insisted that Daddyo and I tag along.
Do cats eat newts? The answer to this question, like so many cat-related issues, is yes, they probably will, but no they really shouldn’t. You shouldn’t either, by the way. Why are newts so bad for cats?
She’ll ask you to take a picture of her by the growth chart, and you will be shocked to discover that your baby is now almost…
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This week, The Nine-Year-Old reviews Zoo Borns by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland and Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats by Georgia Dunn.
A third grade science project had us playing host to a series of crickets this past spring. We had a series of them because our cat, frankly, is not very good with house guests. Anyway, we’ve learned a lot in the process. Like how you can tell the difference between male and female crickets.
As you may remember from last week, The Nine-Year-Old and I have a working theory that her crickets, Narmer and Charles Allen, may have actually died from fright. We thought it was possible that after a certain unfortunate event, a surge of octopamine (the cricket version of adrenaline) flooded their system and caused their hearts to stop. Daddyo was not convinced. “Do crickets even have hearts?”
This week, The Nine-Year-Old reviews Ava and Taco Cat by Carol Weston and Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus by Tom Angleberger. We also say a final farewell to the crickets.
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