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Month: March, 2010

Indonesian Rip Van Winkle

21 March, 2010 (22:16) | Old Books | No comments

In 1953, the Garrard Publishing Company released a book entitled Far East Stories For Pleasure Reading, written by Edward Dolch, Marguerite Dolch and Beulah Jackson. In this book, a chapter called The Maker of Puppets features a tale that is remarkably like Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.
The main character of the story, Ali ben [...]

The Earth Is Good Is Good

4 March, 2010 (08:46) | Children, environment, reviews | No comments

The Earth Is Good is simple, and needed, providing children with a reassuring natural respite that is probably missing from their everyday lives.

Being A Bad Birdwatcher

3 March, 2010 (21:26) | environment, reviews | No comments

How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher isn’t really about birdwatching particularly, but about the practice of watching in general, as considered through the specific case of people who enjoy watching birds.