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The Kindle vs. Printed Books

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The Kindle vs. Printed Books

No Comments 23 May 2011

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes The Kindle officially outsold printed books on Amazon; eBooks getting three times the business in 2011 than in the previous year. The Kindle has been around for four years and kicked off the e-reader craze that saves trees and makes for more convenient travel – but will we miss [...]

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Manga and Anime: A Parent’s Guide

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Manga and Anime: A Parent’s Guide

No Comments 17 March 2011

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Over the past ten years, manga and anime have become popular with kids all over the world, leaving parents easily overwhelmed and uninformed. Manga are Japanese comic books, often what anime are based on, have an entire section of bookstores reserved for them. Anime, Japanese cartoons, are different from [...]

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Age: Most Important in Choosing Kids’ Books

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Age: Most Important in Choosing Kids’ Books

No Comments 14 March 2011

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes There’s nothing that makes a parent prouder than finding out that their child is doing well in school and one of the more popular tools is your child’s reading level. If your 12 year old reads at a 10th grade level, that’s fantastic and you should be proud. However, [...]

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Five eReaders that Rock

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Five eReaders that Rock

3 Comments 02 February 2011

Reading time: 9 – 15 minutes Let us begin with the obvious: eReaders are popular right now. While some are not yet on the bandwagon, due to their nostalgic attachment to the physical book, most others would never go back. I have listed five of the best reviewed eReaders. Of course some cell phone devices [...]

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First Time Books: Personalized Books for Your Children

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First Time Books: Personalized Books for Your Children

4 Comments 29 December 2010

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Getting your child to read is often times just as frustrating as trying to get them to eat their vegetables.  Sometimes children just need some motivation.  It is important that from a young age your little one views books as a form of entertainment instead of a task.  Teaching [...]

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No One Cares What You Had for Lunch (Or Do They?)

5 Comments 13 July 2009

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes When I first started blogging (about eight years ago!) the bulk of the blogging going on, as far as I saw anyway, was of personal anecdotes, questionings of mental stability, and a great deal of ‘a life in the day of …’ posts which included people detailing what they [...]

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