Cooking Italian With Kids - Liz Franklin

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What better way to interest your children in cooking than through the food of a nation passionate about good ingredients and sociable mealtimes? Starting with a Pasta chapter, children can cook up a supervised storm with easy recipes such as Spaghetti with Garlic and Herbs. Bread and Polenta ideas include breadsticks and lovely breads such as Sweet Plum Focaccia. Let children make something from the Antipasti, Easy Lunches, and Snacks chapter, or an Entree such as Meatloaf or Easy Sausage and Onion Calzone. To go with those fantastic dinners are Vegetables and Salads. Finally, there are great ideas for Sweets and Ice Cream. *Delicious, easy recipes for grade school children to make with an adult's help. *Written by mother of three Liz Franklin who has taught cookery classes for children. *In the same series as the bestselling Baking with Kids and Cooking with Kids.

10 Tips to Keep Kids Reading (Boek)

by Carole Boston Weatherford

1. Visit the library often. Have your child sign up for a library card and reading incentive programs.

2. Delve into African-American history and culture with Coretta Scott King Award-winning books.

3. Read a children's book based on a movie; then, view the film. Compare the two.

4. Take audio books on the road.

5. Take a hint about your child's interests. Satisfy the curiosity with books about science, geography, sports and technology. Create hands-on experiences with how-to and hobby books.

6. Introduce your child to great African-Americans through biographies.

7. Read a comic book or graphic novel of a classic, such as Homer or Hamlet. Many libraries' collections include these books.

8. Get your child hooked on a series. Cheetah Girls and Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs both feature African-American characters.

9. Pick up a children's poetry collection or visit a children's poetry website. Read aloud a poem a day.

10. Read a book together. Take turns reading aloud. You could even start a family book club.

Links to books your child will love

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) - Jeff Kinney

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Now you can write your own bestseller!

With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you're the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life's story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you're rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.

Includes more than 60 new pages! 32 pages of full-color comics (16 brand-new)!

Cutie Pies for Kids - Jennifer Adams

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ACCORDING TO NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS, pie is the top food trend of 2011 and "mini" is the top buzzword. So what better than a book about mini pies for the "mini" food-lovers in your life? Author Jennifer Adams ushers in the hottest new trend in the food world with Cutie Pies for Kids, a collection of mini-size dessert favorites. With 26 recipes, from creamy pies to fruit pies to extravagant pies like Chewy Gooey and Baked Alaska, Cutie Pies for Kids has every kind of pie you'd want, but in adorable miniature form.

Frommer's 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up - Holly Hughes (Boek)

500 Places to Take Your Kids allows parents, grandparents, and kids to create a lifetime of shared memories while visiting destinations the whole family can enjoy. Here are cities, zoos, sports shrines, museums, castles, beaches, outdoor activities, and more—500 thoughtfully-chosen places that will enchant and beguile both the young and the young at heart.
Each entry contains all the information families need to help plan a trip: age ratings, service details, and nearby kid-friendly hotels. A Specialty Index organized by type of trip helps families discover places and activities for all ages and interests, while a Geographical Index allows families to locate attractions across the world or simply across town. Photos throughout the book help bring destinations to life.

Free companion podcast is available for download!

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500 Great Reasons to Say,"Are We There Yet?"

This bestselling guide takes you across town and around the globe to 500 of the mostexciting places on earth. With more than 40 new destinations, this revised edition is packed with things to see, do, and explore—from the Painted Desert (United States) and the cave homes of Coober Pedy (Australia) to a camel safari (India) and Dracula's Castle (Romania).

Complete with hotel information, age recommendations, Web sites, and more, this guide provides the advice you need to plan a trip the whole family can enjoy—and remember for a lifetime.

Places to Go & Things to Do Around the World

The natural world: awesome vistas, flora, and fauna

Offbeat attractions: weird and wacky fun

History: from ancient wonders to modern marvels

Rides and thrills: bobsleds, dogsleds, and everything in between

Art and architecture: galleries, buildings, and monuments

Science: space centers, natural history museums,and more

Sports: halls of fame and sporting events

Write with kids (Overig)

Guest post by Jennifer Cervantes, YA author of Tortilla Sun, my newest favorite book and pick for this year’s Newbery Award –read my review here. One of my favorite ways to spend time with my daughters is when we are involved in some sort of creative exercise. Of course, for me, writing is at the top of that creative list. As an author and teacher of writing, I’m always looking for ways to engage my girls in writing exercises. So I have created a list of the some exercises I do or have done with them. Like most parents, I want my daughters to learn how they can use writing to express themselves, communicate, persuade, explain, or reflect. The bottom line is to have fun and let them be a part of the design process too!

100 FREE THINGS to do with your kids this summer (Overig)

A little break from our summer activity to bring you list of things to do this summer, that wont break the bank, and if you are handy they will actually be FREE. If you are keeping up with our summer you know I am all about keeping the kids from being bored, but also about enhancing their education in the process and bringing them back to nature. (update on Wild West Week tomorrow).... so here goes (if its blue its a link for more information)