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Ok so admittedly it isn’t going to be quite that big, but it does give me an opportunity to use the first WTK vocabulary term: brobdingnagian. This originates from the Jonathan Swift novel, Gulliver’s Travels. The term was coined as a reference to the city in which Gulliver visits where everything is just huge.

Cybils references are still popping up all over the web, with many mentions from the Kidlitosphere blogs (thank you all so much!!) and several that reach out into other communities. Here are a few posts (in addition to the ones that we listed the other day) that stood out for us: Amy from My Friend

Fans of Rudard Kipling’s Jungle Book and Harry Potter will find many similarities between these three titles. The Jungle Book, along with Neil Gaiman watching his son bike through a graveyard was the primary inspiration for this moody and dark children’s book about an orphaned boy being raised by a most peculiar crowd.

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland casting wit shines brightly with Anne Hathaway as Queen White and Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Red.  Hathaway’s Queen White is kind to Alice who helps her defeat a creature known as the Bandersnatch. Bonham Carter’s Queen Red yells, “Off with her head!!!” Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter while Michael Sheen is also casted.

Mr. Oliver Jeffers, the handsome man himself, told me last spring that his new book would be released in October.  So, being on the alert, I sent him an e-mail last week asking (ever so politely) when, oh WHEN, can I buy his new book??!!  He replied immediately and told me it’s available NOW!  Whoo hoo!

by Zacharias Allred Teaching children patience is not impossible. We first teach our children to be impatient inadvertently by supplying their every need when they are babies. When your baby cries it is for a reason. But the child grows older, now what? Here are 6 ideas to help you. 1.

More Spooky Reads! I think any holiday especially one as awesome as Halloween ( that's my sweet tooth talking) is a fantastic catalyst for reading. Use your child's excitement to get some learning in ! Here are three more fun Halloween Books. "Dem Bones" by Bob Barner is sort of two books in one.

I'm so proud of myself that I was able to control my reading a bit this month! I'm trying to think of what I accomplished with that extra time but my mind is a blank. I'm sure I did something productive . . . Of September's books, two were audio books, two were children's books, and one non-fiction.

yerp. senator mccain’s daughter wrote a children’s book, targeted at 5 to 10 year olds, about her dad’s life, or something like that. larry king grills her on his show. check it out. Embedded video from CNN Video three things: 1. is this book stuff a good idea? 2.

When you are expecting your second child (or third or fourth…) you wonder how the older sibling will adjust. I remember one of my friends telling me how much her daughter loved taking care of their new baby - her exact words were “little mommy.” Just last night a friend remarked how well Megan and Paul played together.