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 Where The Boys Are (or Should Be, at Least)
Where The Boys Are (or Should Be, at Least)

Before I had fully stocked the bookshelves in my classroom, I was often subjected to a chorus from my male students when it was time for silent reading: "Aw, it’s so bo ... read more
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Betty's Books: Five for the Fourth

Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, on the Fourth of July political persuasion doesn't matter. It's our nation's birthday, a time to come together and celebrate o ... read more
 Top Multilingual Toys
Top Multilingual Toys

Mastering one language is easy enough for your bright grandchildren. Toys and activity sets that speak Spanish, French and even Chinese expand their vocabulary across continen ... read more
 Tag Reading System
Tag Reading System

When 5-year-olds can operate a home entertainment system and play around with an iPhone on their own, it’s no surprise they can learn to read with a high-tech gadget as ... read more
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Betty's Books: The Best Series for Kids

For this month's column on the best in children's book series, I turned to the real experts — my own grandchildren — for recommendations. I thought that at least o ... read more
 Tween Literature Roundup
Tween Literature Roundup

When your grandchild is a smart kid who leans toward being a little eccentric (what some people might call a “nerd”), he or she may feel powerless in everyday life ... read more
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Betty's Books: Great Read-Alouds

On our last trip to Atlanta, my daughter-in-law had arranged for us to be “guest celebrity readers” in our grandchildren's classrooms. Talk about pressure! Is ther ... read more
 The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

In a sea of teenage-gossip drama novels, heroic fantasy tales, and dark confessional sagas, it's pretty rare to find a classic family narrative that will keep the interest of ... read more
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Betty's Books: One City, Two Brothers; Little Pea & More!

Any grandparent can use Chris Smith's One City, Two Brothers (Barefoot Books, 2007) as a springboard to dozens of captivating grandchild-centered conversations. The book itsel ... read more
 Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

If you’d like your tween to slip in a novel or two between reading text messages, then Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney might be the answer. This half-novel, half-com ... read more
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Betty's Books: Cowboy & Octopus, Ballerina Dreams, & More!

What a fun, and hilarious, book is Cowboy and Octopus (Viking Juvenile, 2007) by Jon Scieszka. For the uninitiated, Scieszka’s writing is uproarious. His Stinky Cheese M ... read more
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Betty's Books: Mike Mulligan & The Story of Ping

Curious to see how my must-read picks stacked up, I checked in with McLean & Eakin, the online children’s bookseller. Generally we were in sync, with one exception, ... read more
 Grandma-in-the-Know Reading List
Grandma-in-the-Know Reading List

Three recent releases celebrate the 21st-century grandma in all her diversity and brilliance. Hot Granny: Fabulous at 50, 60, and Beyond; The Hip Grandma’s Handbook; a ... read more
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Betty's Books: Flotsam, Rules, & Red Butterfly

I’m going to use a book critic’s prerogative and bypass the usual monthly review of a children’s classic, in order to examine three astonishing books. All th ... read more
 Iron Thunder
Iron Thunder

Surly dragons, talking cats, adolescent wizards: You’ll find none of these in the new I Witness books from veteran children’s author, Avi. The series skips the whi ... read more
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Betty's Books: Toy Boat & The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

New Favorite: Toy Boat, by Randall DeSeve; illustrations by Loren Long (Philomel Books, 2007) I'd say this is a classic in the making. Out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil a ... read more
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Betty's Books: Beastly Feasts! & The Story of Ferdinand

I was raised on Mother Goose rhymes — everything from the undemanding but entertaining verses “Humpty Dumpty” and “Jack Be Nimble” to the countin ... read more
 Learning Calendar
Learning Calendar

Sometimes fun factoids and randomly learned trivia stick to our brains and help us shout the answers during Jeopardy! Let your grandkids in on your secret to being so worldly: ... read more
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Betty's Books: The Aurora County All-Stars & Room on the Broom

October’s Pick: The Aurora County All-Stars, by Deborah Wiles. (Harcourt Children's Books, 2007) If you read my last book review, you might think that I’m hung up ... read more
 Wee Gallery Flash Cards
Wee Gallery Flash Cards

It’s never too early to cultivate a grandchild’s discerning eye for art. With this in mind, Wee Gallery developed these attractive Flash Cards that play up your gr ... read more
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