![]() ![]() All games are preschooler-tested and approved.Ī note to parents: Play matters! Technology has its place, but these unplugged games are designed to stretch the imagination, spark creativity, build strong bodies, and forge deeper connections with family and friends. Bobbi Connor created the award-winning, nationwide public radio series The Parents Journal and hosted the program for twenty-four years. There are outdoor games and indoor games, games to play solo and games to play with others, arts and crafts, songs and rhymes, playdates and party favorites––even instant activities to do at the kitchen table while dinner’s cooking. Dan talks to author, journalist, and parenting expert Bobbi Conner about the power of play and unplugging from technology in the new episode of the Parent Footprint podcast. Will help parents give their children the kind of childhood that more and more children are missing.”––Mary Piper, PhD., author of Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girlsįrom Animal Doctor to Lunch Bag Puppet, Letter Hunt to Life-Size Me, here are more than 200 screen-free games and activities to help kids enjoy the wholesome, old-fashioned experience of playing creatively and freely.without technology. Unplug Your Preschooler with more than 200 screen-free games and activities! ![]()
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![]() But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power and accompanying her is the Queen’s Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. ![]() Synopsis (Goodreads): On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen ![]() Yet The Queen of the Tearling is getting a lot of pre-publication buzz, due to a big advance for the series and an A-list movie star attached to the film adaptation. ![]() A fantasy novel about a reluctant monarch ascending the throne after years in hiding, who inherits a struggling kingdom threatened by the mad queen of a neighboring land isn’t exactly a revolutionary concept. ![]() ![]() Ross had a 51-year-old banker from Ottawa, Mike Ebbesketie. Kistler’s escort was a 19-year-old fellow from Ottawa. ![]() Each vet was accompanied by an escort, who paid their own way. Each vet was presented an orange honor flight T-shirt and ball cap to wear and a dog tag with personal information to wear around their necks. Two women who served during World War II were on the flight. The flight carried 70 veterans, 70 escorts, plus a doctor and medical personnel. On the flight were veterans from the Vietnam and Korean wars and World War II, who had never been in Washington, D.C. “It was the greatest thing I ever did in my whole life,” Kistler said. ![]() Wednesday’s 35th Honor Flight of Northwest Ohio to Washington, D.C., had two Clyde men on board, Glenn Kistler and Gene Ross, the two youngest on the flight. ![]() ![]() ![]() With exquisite writing sharpened by a surprising vein of wit and sly humour, Thien has crafted unforgettable characters who are by turns flinty and headstrong, dreamy and tender, foolish and wise. With the ease and skill of a master storyteller, Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations-those who lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in the mid-twentieth century and the children of the survivors, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989, in one of the most important political moments of the past century. Madeleine Thien's new novel is breathtaking in scope and ambition even as it is hauntingly intimate. "An extraordinary novel set in China before, during and after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989-the breakout book we've been waiting for from a bestselling, Amazon.ca First Novel Award winner. ![]() ![]() ![]() By all appearances, she has the perfect life-or at least, she goes to great lengths to make sure everyone around her believes it. But then generally speaking, neither is she really a decent human being.īefore I get ahead of myself though, just a little background on the character and her story: Jane is an affluent forty-something woman living with her family in a swanky gated community in Orange County, California. I mean, just how is one supposed to remain objective and impartial after spending 300+ pages inside the head of someone you think is completely delusional, despicable to the extreme, and unlikeable as all hell? Because that’s how I would describe Jane Harris, protagonist of The Favorite Daughter. ![]() ![]() Length: Hardcover: 368 pages | Audiobook: 9 hrs and 31 minsīoy, this book is going to be a doozy to review. Publisher: Hardcover: Graydon House | Audiobook: Harlequin Audio (May 21, 2019) This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher. Audiobook Review: The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda ![]() ![]() There are so many different individual stories that are developed within the movie that seemed jammed in at random. The film felt like a big intertwined mess. ![]() We go forward 14 months, then seven years, then back to the beginning, and then back to the present, then ahead another few years. I found myself constantly lost with what time frame each scene was in. The plot is often hard to decipher and time constantly jumps around with no real explanation of why or how we ended up where we did. While it was fun to see such beloved local places like the British Beer Company as a place for characters to grab a drink and catch up, the Hyannis Library converted into the Alice Island police station, as well as Sea Street beach and Main Street turned into scenic jogging spots. The film contains stars such as Lucy Hale from “Pretty Little Liars” and Kunal Nayyar, best known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali in “The Big Bang Theory.” Nayyar stars as Fikry and Hale as his love interest, Amelia. What makes this film special is that it was shot entirely on Cape Cod over a 20-day span last winter. ![]() It follows a bookstore owner who lives on the fictional Alice Island and follows him throughout his life. The movie is based on a 2014 novel that shares the same name. On October 7, the Cape Cinema played “The Storied Life of A.J. It isn’t everyday that you put on a movie and it opens with a woman walking by Hyannis Harbor on her way to get on a Hy-Line ferry. ![]() ![]() Her first case starts as a school project, but turns into something much bigger. This young adult mystery / crime thriller series features a teenage amateur detective – Pippa Fitz-Amobi – as she investigates cases that she believes were either improperly solved or didn’t get enough attention. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Series (AGGGTM) Her most recent book, Five Survive, is a standalone young adult thriller. That trilogy has two additional novels, plus one shorter novella. Her breakout novel was the first in her AGGGTM series, featuring the plucky young Pippa (Pip) Fitz-Amobi. Holly Jackson’s BooksĪs of now, Holly Jackson has written five books. It’s also the best-selling children’s and YA debut in the United Kingdom since 2017. ![]() In fact, that novel was an instant New York Times Best Seller, and remained on the bestseller list for months after its release. ![]() She won the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year (which includes the young adult genre) for her first novel, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. ![]() Holly Jackson is a British author of young adult mystery and thriller books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially I was somewhat disappointed that this was an abridged version of the original book but I think the shortening has been achieved by omitting the independent short stories featuring Rat and Mole which appeared between the original chapters. It's always been a story which provided endless opportunities for rich illustration: from the tales of the riverbank and the exploits of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad through to the rather violent recapture of Toad Hall. Since the book was first published in 1908 there have been some notable illustrators: Paul Bransom provided illustrations for the 1913 edition, Ernest H Shepard (perhaps better known for his illustrations of Winnie the Pooh) in 1933, Arthur Rackham (possibly the leading illustrator from the golden age of book illustration) in 1940 and Robert Ingpen who illustrated the centenary edition of The Wind in the Willows. ![]() Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows was one of the defining books of my childhood and more than sixty years after I first read the book I've just recently passed it onto another young reader. Summary: An abridged version of the children's classic with exquisite illustrations by Robert Ingpen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:worldwithouthero0000mull:epub:8e75deaa-5d5b-4abe-a8ae-36e4b8d25eef Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier worldwithouthero0000mull Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3dz9tc08 Invoice 2089 Isbn 9781416997931ġ41699792X Lccn 2010023437 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.4 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19688 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:03:14 Boxid IA1990121 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With no new blockbuster to take the top spot, older titles fill the gap. 2: The Heart of Drengir, both of which debuted in December, stay on the chart but lower down than last month (see " December 2021 NPD BookScan"). ![]() 1: Leaping Into the Light and Star Wars: The High Republic, Vol. The holidays are over, so it’s not surprising that A Vader Family Sithmas, which has topped the chart for the past two months, is gone the number two title in December, the collected edition of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye, has slipped off the chart as well. It’s a new year and a new lineup for the Superhero chart. The new year brings some changes to the top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for January 2022 (1/2/22-1/29/22) provided to ICv2. ![]() |
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