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The Scoop My Father's Shop
is a cute, easy to relate to, story about a boy helping out in his father's carpet shop in Morocco. The illustrations do a great job of transporting the reader to a bustling Middle Eastern market and the story has a wonderful message ...
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The Scoop Pueblo Girls: Growing Up in Two Worlds gives a straightforward view into what it's like to live in today's Pueblos. The storyline isn't super engaging, but if you're headed to New Mexico or Arizona it's a nice way to give your kids a ...
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The Scoop Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay: The Boy Whose Dream Was Everest is a serious and beautiful, poetic story about the Tibetan climber who summited Mt Everest with Edmund Hillary.
Does your child have impossible dreams? Or perhaps he or she is more like my son, Everest, who ...
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The Scoop A visual journey, packed with sun-drenched illustrations through Mexico. Each two spread page introduces several spanish words and a poetic description of something one might experience in Mexico.
Off We Go to Mexico is best for young kids (age 2-5) who aren't expecting a storyline, but will ...
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The Scoop The Little Bookroom Guide to Paris with Children is the kid-friendly guidebook you wish you had for every city. The author, who knows the city like a local, provides recommendations and advice to help you get the most out of grown-up attractions like the Louvre, find kid friendly ...
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Did you read Wee Gillis
as a child? In this Caldecott Honor winning book by the author of The Story of Ferdinand, a Scotsman who was half highlander and half lowlander tries to figure out which part of his family he "belongs" to. Not knowing exactly which heritage to follow ...
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I'm a big fan of using books to teach my kids about the world even when we're not traveling. The proverbs from another culture can sometimes be a telling peek into how people really think. In A Mango in the Hand, idioms and proverbs (told in both Spanish ...
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In 2001 I spent about two months in Africa. That time kicked off an obsession with Africa that had me reading both fiction and memoirs set in the African Continent long after my trip was over. Here are a few of my favorites.
Novels about Africa
Cry, the Beloved Country ...
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Fiction and Novels about Zambia
Before I leave for any trip, I like to immerse myself in books about the country. Sometimes that means reading about the local history, but more often I use fiction or personal stories to help me get deeper insight into the culture. Here are a ...
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Even though my kids aren't with me on this trip to Africa, I've been trying to find ways to bring them along virtually. Reading books and looking at pictures is one way to do that, and has been a fabulous leaping off point for discussions about traditions and ...
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Saint Patrick's day is just around the corner, and the grocery stores are fully stocked with Corned Beef, Cabbage, and Guinness Beer. We're making an effort to learn a little more about Irish culture this year with the kids, and one great way to do that is by ...
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We're headed up to Whistler soon for a ski vacation. It's a great excuse for me to dig out books about snow. My very favorite is Snow, by Uri Shulevitz.
For me, this book, in which grumpy adults assure an enthusiastic child that there will be "NO SNOW ...
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Great Race
was given to me by the publisher, Barefoot Books to review. Because the total value of the books given to me for review exceeded $40 I have donated them to my childrens' school library. If you buy the book using the Amazon link at the end of the ...
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Mama Panya's Pancakes
was given to me by the publisher, Barefoot Books to review. Because the total value of the books given to me for review exceeded $40 I have donated them to my childrens' school library. If you buy the book using the Amazon link at the end ...
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I write about my favorite travel-related kids books every other week. Most books are from my personal collection, or checked out from the library, but whenever I do accept a book for review from a publisher, I will always let you know. If you buy the book using the Amazon ...
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II'll write about my favorite travel-related kids books every other week. Most books are from my personal collection, or checked out from the library, but whenever I do accept a book for review from a publisher, I will always let you know. If you buy the book using the ...
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I'll write about my favorite travel-related kids books every other week. Most books are from my personal collection, or checked out from the library, but whenever I do accept a book for review from a publisher, I will always let you know. If you buy the book using the ...
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I write about my favorite travel-related kids books every other week. Most books are from my personal collection, or checked out from the library, but whenever I do accept a book for review from a publisher, I will always let you know. If you buy the book using the Amazon ...
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Finding great children's books to help set the stage for this trip to Turkey was tricky business. Most of the books I found were research books, geared towards older kids. E and D are willing to look at a few pictures but they lost interest quickly when I tried ...
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I'm going to start sharing my favorite travel-related (or destination related) children's books. I'll write about a new one every other week. Most books are from my personal collection, or checked out from the library, but whenever I do accept a book for review from a publisher ...
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This is a review of a the book Wanderlust and Lipstick: Traveling with Kids
by Leslie Forsberg and Michelle Duffy. This book was generously given to me by fellow blogger Michelle Duffy, also known as Wandermom over on Wanderlust and Lipstick. Both Michelle, and her publisher Beth Whitman are good ...
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This book is from my personal collection and I do not accept paid reviews. From time to time, I might choose to review a book that a publisher has offered me, but I will always let you know when that happens.
One of the reasons I love traveling is that ...
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Pickles to Pittsburg, the sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs takes place almost
entirely in a dream sequence. Kate, a young girl, falls asleep looking at a postcard
her Grandpa has sent from his vacation. She dreams about her own
adventure, piloting a plane to Chewandswallow, a town ...
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I love reading to my kids, and part of what keeps it fun for me (especially after the 200th reading) is finding books that I think are interesting and engaging too. I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite travel related books here.
This book is ...
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I love reading to my kids, and part of what keeps it fun for me (especially after the 200th reading) is finding books that I think are interesting and engaging too. I often buy children's books that are either about travel itself or about a different place or lifestyle ...
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