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Gift Ideas For Young Explorers

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Do you have curious, young explorers at home?  Well if they are anything like Z.E.N., they will love these gift ideas for young explorers from National Geographic.  I love the fact that these books are not only entertaining, they are educational as well. Animal Poetry Book This holiday gift idea is sure to become a…

The Happy Hour Effect Virtual Book Tour

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A new book by Kristen K. Brown titled The Happy Hour Effect will be available on November 12, 2012 and will show people how to relieve stress. Kristen is now a holistic health counselor. She has been a widowed mother and is a twenty year veteran of corporate America. She has experienced personal loss and…

Decrease Stress With Lessons From Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff For Moms

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ELEPHANT The book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms: Simple Ways to Stress Less and Enjoy Your Family More by Kristine Carlson (wife of the late Dr. Richard Carlson) is an excellent resource for busy moms. Too often women feel that they have to be perfect when it comes to being a mother. They…

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold: A Review

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Everybody loves a good children’s book. And when we find one that is really amusing, funny, and whimsical, it sticks to us and is something that we don’t easily forget. That is exactly what There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold is.  This creative and unique take on a well-known…

B is for Book Review – A Review About A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

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If Heaven did exist, what would it look like? This is an impossible question to ask without the asker scoffing skeptically at the possible response. I personally believe that there is something bigger than all of us out there (whatever that something is) just because it’s a nice thought to keep, but if someone were…

Where The Barefoot Executive Delivers And Fails

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Carrie Wilkerson’s latest business book, The Barefoot Executive – The Ultimate Guide for Being Your Own Boss & Achieving Financial Freedom is getting tons of rave reviews. I heard about Carrie Wilkerson quite some time ago, but I never really took the time to learn what she was all about, and I never purchased any…

Arthur’s Underwear by Marc Brown: A Review

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  Children’s books are meant to entertain children, aside from teaching them how to read, understand sentences, recognize pictures, and hone their imaginations. However, children’s books do have another purpose, and that is to help kids experience different sorts of emotions and situations by “travelling” through them in books. Arthur’s Underwear by Marc Brown is…

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss: A Review

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My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss: A Review Anyone who has read Dr. Seuss books in the past will undoubtedly realize the value of a Dr. Seuss story, even long after the author’s death. My Many Colored Days is one of the rare manuscripts ever to be published after Dr. Seuss’s death and is…

There’s Something in my Attic by Mercer Mayer: A Review

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It is always great when children’s books tackle different issues and teach kids new things. One of the great children’s book story themes are those that revolve around overcoming certain fears. There’s Something in My Attic by Mercer Mayer is one such story that carries with it lessons of courage and facing your fears, and…

Arthur’s Nose by Marc Brown: A Review

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It’s always great to have a children’s book that in a way goes back in time to the early life of a character that is much loved. Arthur has been the highly lovable, recognizable character in the Arthur series of books by Marc Brown. However, in Arthur’s Nose, readers get to see a whole different…