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Donna Perugini Children's Author

So You Want Your Child to Read

So You Want Your Child to Read
October 15, 2010
  Open Mic @ the Giraffe Tribe   Interview to Get the Want-to-Read into Your Child   I'd like to introduce my Guest Blogger,  LaDonna who writes:   Serendipitously ME, iFROG.     I'm LaDonna, the leader of the SITS Giraffe Tribe and as part of a wr...
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Banned Books Week Sept.25-Oct.2

Banned Books Week Sept.25-Oct.2
September 28, 2010
photo by Horia Varlan     Banned Books Week: Banning is Happening in 2010?     Banned Books Week began in 1982 and is still occurring in 2010....because books are still being banned.    There is even a recent controversy with a book, Operation D...
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Meet Ben the Amazing Grandson!

Meet Ben the Amazing Grandson!
June 30, 2010
Meet My Amazing Grandson, Ben.    He's a typical, Lego loving, friend of Star Wars nine year old boy.  (Photo is of younger aged, Ben) Ben came over yesterday to help me move books, (my husband's idea) then move cassettes to the next holding place until I invest in a ma...
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Kids and Contracts..Offer, Acceptance, Execution

Kids and Contracts..Offer, Acceptance, Execution
June 24, 2010
  Contracts, Keeping your word, and Age limitations.... What do they all have in common?  I'll begin with my personal example as a twelve year old,  five years older than my little sister.  She wanted money to be able to afford something at J.J. Newberry for herself ...
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Most Important Skill Often Ignored in Reading

Most Important Skill Often Ignored in Reading
May 18, 2010
  Myth:  Reading to every child before entering school is enough to help them learn to read when they enter school. That may have worked for your first child, but not every child will learn the same.  What about your second or third child?  Michelle Breum is an elem...
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Children’s Book Week Ends: Let Literacy Begin

Children’s Book Week Ends: Let Literacy Begin
May 14, 2010
    Children's Book Week 2010 This is Children's Book Week and it's really not a new thing.  It began in the early 1900's to encourage adults to bring books into the home and read with their children.  I've been researching how many parents really believe that chi...
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