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Get Grandchildren Psyched for School
For back-to-school, backpacks are as essential as turkey on Thanksgiving. A dramatically colorful sack is a fresh and exciting replacement for last year's tired old knapsack. ... read more
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Betty's Books: From the Museums
Books are a wonderful way to introduce grandchildren to art. And they are a fun way to introduce kids to museum-going. Young children sometimes see museums as enormous and i ... read more
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Betty's Books: Five for the Fourth
Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, on the Fourth of July political persuasion doesn't matter. It's our nation's birthday, a time to come together and celebrate o ... read more
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Top Multilingual Toys
Mastering one language is easy enough for your bright grandchildren. Toys and activity sets that speak Spanish, French and even Chinese expand their vocabulary across continen ... read more
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Tag Reading System
When 5-year-olds can operate a home entertainment system and play around with an iPhone on their own, it’s no surprise they can learn to read with a high-tech gadget as ... read more
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Tween Literature Roundup
When your grandchild is a smart kid who leans toward being a little eccentric (what some people might call a “nerd”), he or she may feel powerless in everyday life ... read more
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Betty's Books: Great Read-Alouds
On our last trip to Atlanta, my daughter-in-law had arranged for us to be “guest celebrity readers” in our grandchildren's classrooms. Talk about pressure! Is ther ... read more
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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
In a sea of teenage-gossip drama novels, heroic fantasy tales, and dark confessional sagas, it's pretty rare to find a classic family narrative that will keep the interest of ... read more
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
If you’d like your tween to slip in a novel or two between reading text messages, then Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney might be the answer. This half-novel, half-com ... read more
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You Were Loved Before You Were Born
You Were Loved Before You Were Born (Blue Sky Press, 2008) is an elaborately illustrated hardcover book about the preparation that takes place before a grandbaby arrives. Gran ... read more
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Grandma-in-the-Know Reading List
Three recent releases celebrate the 21st-century grandma in all her diversity and brilliance. Hot Granny: Fabulous at 50, 60, and Beyond; The Hip Grandma’s Handbook; a ... read more
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Iron Thunder
Surly dragons, talking cats, adolescent wizards: You’ll find none of these in the new I Witness books from veteran children’s author, Avi. The series skips the whi ... read more
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