Alex My Giant Paper Flowers Kit

Make huge bouquets to decorate your room in all colors of the rainbow! Paper Flowers kit comes with lots of brightly colored pieces of tissue paper in three patterns, plus 30 assorted-color pipe clean

Closet Confidential: Style Secrets Learned the Hard Way

By Kim Childress
Closet Confidential Style Secrets Learned the Hard Way, by Winona Dimeo-Ediger, Sasquatch Books, 18.95
Witty, wise and at times downright hysterical, this is a book for “real women with real bodies, real budgets and a real desire for style. Equal parts self-deprecating wit, fashion smarts and bargain-bin savvy, fashion blogger Winona Dimeo-Ediger covers everything [...]

Can I Catch It Like a Cold?: Coping With a Parent’s Depression

Can I Catch It Like A Cold?: Coping with a Parent’s Depression
Review by Kim Childress
Alex doesn’t understand why his dad quit his job as a policeman and would rather sleep than play with the dog or watch Alex play soccer. Is he lazy? Doesn’t he care? This picture book for all ages provides a way [...]

Parents’ Guide to the Middle School Years

A Parent’s Guide to the Middle School Years, by Joe Bruzzese, MA
Celestial Arts (Ten Speed Press), $14.95
By Kim Childress
This book ranks as one of the best I’ve seen on helping your child transition out of the elementary years into a future of academic success. For many kids, middle school is the beginning of a radically [...]

Book Review: The Divorce Party by Laura Dave

I wonder if I’m just weird (I’s like to think if it as “unique”), or if you readers do this as well. My process for buying new books at the book store is simple: I go through the Literature section, pick out any book whose cover looks appealing, then sit down and read the first [...]

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