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<description><![CDATA[Carma Dutra is the owner of Carma's Word, a creative writing and editing service, a freelance writer and children's writer. Carma was encouraged to develop her writing when she wrote a play in the sixth grade. Many years later, after raising five kids, she went back to school, earned a degree and began her long awaited writing career. Her passion for writing is inspired by her grandchildren and her desire to teach children to love reading which she hopes evolves into a love for learning. Carma is a student at the Institute of Children's Literature, a member of the Society ... ]]></description>
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<title>Ten Steps to Organize a Writing Critique Group</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Have you been wondering what your writing needs? Are you talking to yourself... out loud? Do you wonder what it would be like to talk to someone else about your writing? Do you yearn for the passion of other writers? If you answered Yes, you're ready to join or create a writers' critique group. Critique members are supportive, critical, and attuned to the work and not the personality of an individual member. Also, they intend to publish their work. You can find critique groups online or you can form a person-to-person group where you live. If there is no writing group in your local area, check with bookstores and libraries. Create flyers; post them in coffee shops and bookstores. Network with local organizations.]]></description>
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<title>Interview With Simon Rose, Author of Science Fiction Fantasy For Children</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Simon Rose is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels for young adults and is based in Calgary, Alberta, Western Canada. Also Simon is an instructor for The National Writing for Children Center and presents seminars on topics like character development, story structure, editing and revision. Simon, thank you so much for participating in this interview.]]></description>
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<title>American Diaries - Janey G Blue, Pearl Harbor 1941 - Book Review</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Janey loves the trees, fresh fruit and all the people on Oahu but she misses Kansas and her best friend Tilly even more. Besides, all the talk of impending war makes Janey nervous and scared. The evening before December 7, 1941 Janey writes in her diary "Last night after the Christmas concert the grown-ups got going about the war again. Holy Golly, I am sick of hearing it. Its bad enough we have to listen to the planes from Hickam Field drill all the time. Some pilots pretend to be invading and the others practice defending the harbor and the airfields and they all pretend to fight. It's so noisy that Pokey (dog) hides under the bed."]]></description>
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<title>Skellig - A Book Review</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael, his baby sister and his parents move into what the real estate agent calls a fixer upper but Michael sees it for what it is. A horrible dump where the floor is full of cracks and holes. The old rickety abandoned shed out in the yard is another eyesore and Michael is warned to stay out. Of course as soon as you tell a teenager don't go in there, what do you think he or she will do? Michael never imagines he will see anything other than junk and a mouse or two.]]></description>
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<title>The Magic Kerchief - Book Review</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kirby Larson has written a captivating original folktale with a message everyone can relate to. The story may be set in the past but is all too timely for today. The protagonist, Griselda, the town "grouch", reluctantly offers a stranger a place to stay after she mysteriously appears at Griselda's door. In fact, Griselda was quite snappy with the visitor and was ready to have her sleep on the floor by the fire but the visitor fell asleep in Griselda's bed. The next morning, the kind visitor insisted on repaying for Griselda's kindness with a magical scarf, promising it held great riches.]]></description>
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<title>Book Review - Strawberry Girl</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lois Lenski was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1946 for Strawberry Girl. This is one of many books Lenski wrote with an emphasis on regional stories allowing young readers to get a taste of how American children lived during the early part of the twentieth century. Strawberry Girl is an interesting read. At first glance the title and the cover picture of a young girl carrying a fruit basket can mislead the reader to expect a cute little story of a young girl who loves strawberries. Conversely, the story is more about clashes and tribulations between farmers and cattlemen along with how they resolved violent conflict than it is picking strawberries.]]></description>
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<title>Author Interview - Suzanne Lieurance - Children's Author, Writing Coach and Radio Host</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure to interview Suzanne Lieurance of The Working Writer's Coach. Suzanne is a multi-talented and multi-faceted writer. In addition she is an extremely motivating writing coach. Through her weekly teleseminars, students are inspired to be the best they can be. Take a class from Suzanne Lieurance and you too will feel the charge of energy careening over cyber space.]]></description>
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<title>Author Interview - Shayn Cutino</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Shayn Cutino, of Anja Wellness, is a hypnotherapist, author and speaker and works in a therapeutic capacity with clients of all ages. She is a widely requested speaker for schools, community groups and hospitals. Continuing her education, Shayn became certified through CIHAS as a clinical hypnotherapist and graduated with honors from the Global College of Natural Medicine, where she received her certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner.]]></description>
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<title>Interview With Children's Author Claudia Mills</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Claudia Mills received her B.A. degree from Wellesley College, her M.A. degree from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. She also received an M.L.S. degree from the University of Maryland, with a concentration in children's literature. She worked as an editorial assistant at Four Winds Press (Scholastic) and as an editor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland. Since 1991 she has taught philosophy, first as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, then as an assistant professor and now as an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. ]]></description>
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<title>To Conform Or Not to Conform - Un-Schedule Your Writing Time</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:52:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The next time you have a writing deadline, try using a non-schedule to outline a realistic writing plan. A non-schedule is another name for a weekly calendar that accounts for all your non-writing time. When you make a writing non-schedule, you consider not only your timed commitments at work and home, but also your un-timed activities such as meals, exercise, errands, laundry, family time and the like. Un like a list or a marketing plan you make on a weekly basis, non-scheduling is an outline of the time you spend doing other things besides writing.]]></description>
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<title>Who Wrote This? Do Writers Need a Byline?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:17:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was hired to write five articles for the launch of a new and improved publication. Launch day arrived and so did my copy of the publication. My mouth dropped. The editor switched my words again. This wasn't the worst of it. As I read the article, I was somewhat seething. Whoever wrote this did a darn good job. I was one ticked off writer. I forced myself to remember that I am paid well for this work. What does it matter who writes the copy; who reads this stuff anyway? I ranted on and on and berated myself expertly. Although this critical self talk did not last too long my artistic ego was thoroughly bruised.]]></description>
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<title>Crispin the Cross of Lead - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:08:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Newbery Medal winner of 2003, Crispin The Cross of Lead is an action packed historical novel set in the 1380's of England's peasant revolt. The protagonist is a thirteen year old peasant boy known only as "Asta's Son" (Asta being the boys mother) because he has never been called by his own name. In fact he doesn't know he has a name until his mother dies. The village priest discloses he baptized him and gave him the Christian name of Crispin.]]></description>
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<title>Maybe We Are Flamingos - A Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:37:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe is a safe word. It does not mean yes and it does not mean no. It gives a person time to think about a problem and prevents impulsive decisions. Maybe We Are Flamingos is a delightful story of two baby Flamingos, Flora and Fernando in the first year of their life.]]></description>
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<title>Trading Places - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:22:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Amy and Todd Davidson learn that things in life rarely turn out perfectly and that labels don't always fit. Amy and Todd are fraternal twins who get along as well as any other brother or sister except they share the same birthday and the same classroom. This is where the similarity stops. Amy is the poet, sentimental and a bookworm while Todd is the engineer, super organized and an over achiever.]]></description>
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<title>Out of the Dust - A Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:56:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Out of the Dust is a riveting, evocative and mournful story of the Great Depression. Karen Hesse's YA novel narrows the focus of the catastrophic Dust Bowl in the Southwest during the 1930's to a single family living in Oklahoma. Through a series of free verse poems the forlorn voice of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby takes the reader through grim domestic realities and constant dust storms. However Billie Jo still has dreams of a future.]]></description>
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<title>Holes - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:45:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Holes is the 1999 Newbery Medal winner and joins the ranks of classic children's literature. The story begins on a negative note because Stanley is arrested. Soon Holes becomes a story of friendship, family loyalty and yes, love. The Yelnats family has always had bad luck or at least Stanley has been told to believe it until he unknowingly conquers a family curse. I caught myself laughing out loud a few times as well. The reader can also learn a thing or too about onions.]]></description>
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<title>Loser - A Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Spinelli's Loser is a special book. The first sentence "You grow up with a kid but you never really notice him" hints that this story may be about a kid with low self esteem. The book is about a kid who really likes himself and accepts himself as he is despite the cruelty of his classmates.]]></description>
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<title>Walk Two Moons - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:04:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Through humor, wit and poignancy Walk Two Moons addresses dying, loving and grieving. I loved this story. The plot twists, satire and charming characters come alive on every page. Another great facet about Walk Two Moons is how the main character, narrates a parallel story of grief and love while she sorts out her own heartaches.]]></description>
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<title>The Higher Power of Lucky - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:18:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a complex story with a lot of back story but Patron makes her characters charming. The young characters seem to be older but they are all dealing with unusual conditions forcing them to accept the harshness of life earlier than most. Lucky's best friend Lincoln Clinton Carter Kennedy has a knot tying fetish and five year old Miles who lives down the street is an orphan addicted to cookies and Lucky has not yet come to terms with the death of her mother or abandonment by her father. This unlikely trio form a bond that will amaze the reader and prove the value of friendship.]]></description>
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<title>A Single Shard - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you can get a hint of a story by the title. At first glance the title threw me off because it did not sound like the type of book a ten or twelve-year old would read. Linda Sue Park gives readers insight to an unfamiliar period of twelfth-century Korea which chronicles the life of an orphan, a homeless man and a talented potter.]]></description>
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<title>A Walk in the Rain With a Brain - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:16:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Children do not receive enough encouragement to develop their own unique talents, skills and attitudes. Dr. Hallowell's book, A Walk in the Rain With a Brain reinforces the important message that no brain is smarter than the other.]]></description>
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<title>Mrs Marlowe's Mice</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:57:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Eleanor Marlowe leads a double life. During the day she works at the Purrington Street Library as a respected feline librarian. By night she harbors a family of mice. Every day she has to sneak by her nosy neighbor Mrs. Godfrey who suspects Mrs. Marlowe of hiding something.]]></description>
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<title>Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! is the Newbery Medal winner for 2008. One thing strikes me in this medieval historical fiction of individual monologues and that is the characters do not speak of their poverty with any resentment. Like many children they are cheerful and show moments of daring acts. Each character attribute is written in a matter-of-fact-that-is-just-the-way-it-is manner. Kids are just trying to figure out what their position is within the Lord's Manor.]]></description>
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<title>Confessions of a Closet Smoker - How I Quit Smoking After 42 Years</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:18:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks to good advertising and lobbying efforts from tobacco companies, smoking soon became a common occurrence at every party, ball game and workplace. A smoker never had to make excuses or be embarrassed or ashamed of this hazardous unhealthy habit. Why would a smoker consider quitting when they shared this habit with their very own doctor?]]></description>
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<title>The Candy Shop War - A Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The old saying "Too much candy can be bad for your health" rings true in this fast paced, action packed story. Nate and his family are new in town which means a new school and new friends. Nate is not too happy about this but the three young friends he makes will soon become the type that last forever.]]></description>
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<title>Formula For Success - Five Rules to Achieve Your Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:48:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The course of action to achieve any goal is the same for every goal. This may sound confusing but there is a formula to achieve goals and reach objectives. The following formula can take the form of an outline or be a list of highlighted or bulleted topics like the ones below.]]></description>
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<title>A Beginning Writer's Outlook</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you want to be a full time writer. You have loved writing your entire life from elementary school to college and beyond. However, you never thought of it as a career until now. You could be a full time mom raising children with great insights on children's behavior. What if you are that grandma who is full of information from the experience of successfully raising a family? Or, you are a teacher thinking of retirement or in retirement and with a wealth of inside information on what children really like to read.]]></description>
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<title>To Do Or Not to Do - Tips For Children's Writers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:14:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You want to be a children's author and you have discovered there is more to writing than writing a story. Embarking on a writing career is like enrolling in the school of hard knocks. You will learn many skills by experience only. As you write in your genre you will need to study various aspects of the publishing industry before you seek publication.]]></description>
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<title>Harness Tween Energy and Get a Clean House in the Process</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:09:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The phrase used to be Pre-Teen and then there was Teeny Bopper. Even though categories change, one thing has not. Kids between the ages of eight and twelve need to develop good work habits. The eight to twelve year-old groups have just enough knowledge to be dangerous unless you harness their energy over the summer.]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways For Parents to Help Their Children to Overcome Shyness</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:14:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shyness does not have a standardized definition in the dictionary and cannot be defined by one or two words. Bashful, frightened, timid are just a few. Most definitions incorporate feeling uncomfortable in social situations. The simple act of recognizing and understanding a child's feelings can create an environment that feels safe or safer to a shy child.]]></description>
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<title>Proper Use of Questions Marks and Apostrophes, Or When to Write a Question</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:42:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The question mark is the easiest sign to use in writing yet many people don't know how to use it properly. The sole purpose of a question mark is to indicate when a sentence is a question. That is simple, right? Not always. Read further to learn how to know the difference between a question and a request.]]></description>
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<title>How to Remain Passionate About Your Writing - 5 Ways to Choose a Niche</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:31:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you sit down in front of your blank computer screen do you hope for inspiration to hit you out of the wild blue? Or is your predicament just the opposite? How many ideas for a niche are floating around in your head at one time? How many article niches are buzzing in your head with ideas for plot twists, characters, poems and novels? You can't decide which niche to go for.]]></description>
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<title>Parents Don't Be Sissies - Five Ways to Teach Your Kids to Manage Allowances</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many times do parents hear these words..."Mom, buy me a book." or "Mom, I need money for the movies." You give in and hand over extra money because they blew their allowance and it's the easy way out. What are you teaching them to do? You are teaching them to spend YOUR money and that it is OK for them to spend more than they have.]]></description>
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<title>Five Reasons Writers Need a Writing Coach</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:48:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although writing is not an athletic sport, unless you count the activity of pacing back and forth in your office while you tear your hair out trying to figure out what to write, it is a specialized profession. A coach is a specialized expert in their field. Consider Joe Blanton, pitcher for the Oakland A's. He tied an Oakland rookie record of twelve wins in 2005 and threw his first shutout against the Royals on May 31, 2006, all under the guidance of a coach. Success and coaching go hand in hand.]]></description>
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<title>The Locket, Surviving The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the early 1900's joining the union is a dangerous thing to do but Anya longs to improve working conditions for abused workers. Soon a horrible fire erupts and destroys the Triangle Shirt Factory and shatters a young girls dream.]]></description>
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<title>Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:46:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An amazing human like little mouse learns about conflict and listening to her teacher when she brings her purple plastic purse with music to school. Find out what happens when Lilly chooses to ignore her teacher's warnings.]]></description>
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<title>The Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:45:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are three good things about being a worm. 1. I don't have to go to the dentist, 2. I never get in trouble for tracking mud into the house and 3. I never have to take a bath. Adults and children can share a fun read as they follow the antics of this lovable worm through a typical day. ]]></description>
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<title>Four Legs and an Interview</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:58:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My husband and I adopted four month old Rocky from a rescue shelter. The shelter told us he was a cross between a Labrador retriever and an Akita. However, he had the head of a pit bull and the eyes of a Rottweiler. There must have been a third party around when he was conceived.]]></description>
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<title>Three Cats and a Dog</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:55:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My six year old granddaughter is always trying to catch our wild cats. One day, she came running into the house carrying a long drooping corrugated black plastic tube about five feet long and three inches in diameter. Learn how four kittens survived the worst trauma of their life.]]></description>
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<title>Forgiveness Is A Learned Behavior</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:59:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Resentment and bitterness will kill your creativity as quickly as a fire doused with water. Read more to find out the importance of forgiveness.]]></description>
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<title>You Too Can Be An Addict - Five Effects of Caffeine Addiction</title>
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