I’ve been an owner of the Kindle Keyboard 3G for years now. There are so many things I love about the Kindle. Perhaps most of all, I love the e-ink technology and how it reads like smooth type on real paper (and how you can read it under direct sunlight). Even though I have an [...]
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Book Lover Gifts – Covers of classic paperback books as notecards
December 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Literacy
Now that people are snatching up Amazon’s New Kindle, we keep hearing about the demise of the “real” book at the expense of e-books. Which makes me a bit sad. While I love my Kindle, there’s something to be said about the memories of going to the bookstore, getting a brand new crisp paperback book [...]
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Gifts for Book Lovers at GoneReading.com
November 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Developing Areas, Literacy, Uncategorized
When talking with my sister at dinner a few weeks ago, the subject turned to reading. As kids, we were voracious readers. When the Scholastic Book Club newsletter came to us in our grade schools, we’d circle all the books we could, great books like Encyclopedia Brown, The Cricket in Times Square, The Phantom Tollbooth [...]
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
January 19th, 2011 · No Comments · First Book, Literacy
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has become one of the children’s book classics of our time. It’s a beautifully illustrated children’s book that recounts the amusing story of what happens when a little boy gives a mouse a cookie. It’s sort of like a modern-day “I know an old lady who swallowed a [...]
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Soap that helps promote literacy
December 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Literacy
This gift is this beautiful glycerin soap cube from The Literary Site. It’s a soothing, aromatic, Vitamin-E enriched soap available in citrus scent, herbal scent, and cinnamon scent. This is one of those great gifts that “give three times”–you can give one to your recipient; for every soap cube sold, The Literary Site will donate [...]
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New children’s book from Laura Bush and Jenna Bush
April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Amazon, Literacy
Read All About It is a book that was released today, from first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Bush. Most people know that Laura Bush is a former teacher in Dallas, Houston and Austin, and has always been passionate about reading. She was an Honorary Ambassador for the UN Literary Decade, and at the White [...]
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Children’s Picture Book that Helps a Great Cause
September 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, First Book, Literacy
Do you remember reading Harold and the Purple Crayon or Goodnight Moon? If so, this book is for you. HarperCollins has assembled twelve of the best picture books ever written into one book, the HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Books Classics: A Child’s First Collection. Even though the book is a large volume, the original feel [...]
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