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Best New Poetry Books for Kids

by Christopher Healy, Posted Apr 30th 2010 11:00AM

National Poetry Month might be coming to a close, but that doesn't mean your kids can't continue to enjoy a little whimsical verse every now and again. Parents should never overlook poetry as an economical choice for bedtime reading as well ("I ...
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Britney uses poetry to express hate for mother

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 5th 2007 2:02PM

Remember last week when Britney Spears dressed up in her best pair of cut-offs to hand-deliver court papers to her mother? The papers essentially said: "stay away from your grand kids" -- but today we learn that the package was full of ...
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ParentDish Feature: What are you reading? A Widow for One Year

by Jen Creer, Posted Jun 8th 2007 3:01PM

(June 8, 2007) I stayed up late last night finishing A Widow for One Year. And it wasn't ONLY so I could write this post today and say, "I finished!" but I admit that that was part of it. I have been walking around thinking all morning about how all ...
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Teacher Talk: Taylor Mali

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 5th 2007 10:58AM

A lot of people in our society judge people by how much they earn. The fat paycheck, the big corner office, the expansive mansion and fancy cars -- these are the trappings of success, for many people. Not so, generally speaking, for teachers. ...
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Does your child keep a diary?

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 17th 2007 2:27PM

For a time when I was a teen, I kept a diary where I poured out my heart in melodramatic poetry. My writings were mostly about boys and love and maybe a few about my parents. I still have some of those poems in a box in the back of my closet. I keep ...
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From the Literary Mama: combining art and children

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Feb 5th 2006 4:05PM

As I mentioned, I'm slowing working through the internal dialogue-provoking Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined. Yesterday I took a mental break from the track coaching clinic I was attending to read Nicole Cooley's essay, ...
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Blogging Baby book review: Literary Mama, Reading for the Maternally Inclined

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 29th 2006 8:04PM

A few days ago I put several exclamation points in an IM conversation I was having with Karen. The mail's here!!! I typed. I got a book!!! The book was from Andrea Buchanan's publisher, a medium-weight anthology straight from the (web) pages ...
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