When the people at Yali Books asked if I’d be interested in reading their latest book for review, I jumped at the chance. Yali Books published books are popular in our home. I think it’s because the colors in the illustrations are so vivid. Or maybe because they’re about a culture that we haven’t experienced first hand. When they let…
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I thought that I wrote an extensive post on all things National Parks a few months ago. And I did. Except they were all things children’s books about National Parks in the U.S. What I was missing was National Park games. Seriously, do you realize how many cool games are out there about the National Parks? Well, let me show…
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Today I have a guest post from Valerie Van Ballaer. Valerie writes the series, The Travel Adventures of George and Paolo. Here she tells us more about the series and how she got started writing the books. Born in Belgium, at the age of 3 I moved to Thailand with my parents, where I spent 20 years living and learning near…
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As my family prepares for a summer of, slightly, intense travel, I have travel journals on my mind. Due to space and financial limitations, I’m going to attempt to keep it as easy as possible. I’m also attempting to provide my kids, who are now 5 and 7, with the most creative expression opportunities that I can. (See: The Importance…
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Edinburgh is the first city I’m writing about for the UNESCO Cities of Literature for Kids series on my blog because it was the first city to be part of this list back in 2004. However, I would’ve liked to have put Edinburgh first anyway. It’s a special city to me. My husband and I honeymooned in Scotland back in…
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