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November 20th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
While I submit that no one in their right mind gives a kid a harmonica–even with a how-to book–I got the chance to poke around the Klutz site recently and there are definitely some cool new…
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November 18th, 2008 — Causes and General Do-Gooding, Reads, better world books, books, carbonfund, literacy, national center for family literacy, onine bookstore, worldfund from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I suppose they could’ve come up with a different name for Better World Books, but when you’re really making a better world for everyone through a love of books, well, the name fits. Perfectly.
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Related StoresNovember 13th, 2008 — Reads, children's books, personalized books from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
As I read my own childhood picture books to my daughter, I also read the handwritten dedication penned on the first page of most of them. To Rita, on her third birthday, from Mommy and Daddy. To…
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Related StoresNovember 2nd, 2008 — Helpful Services, Reads, Websites from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I used to collect books the way other people collect whatever it is the collect, but since having kids, my book-buying budget has been re-allocated to board books, and a trip to the library means…
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Related StoresOctober 18th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Like it’s not cool enough that she’s married to Christopher Guest and has started in A Fish Called Wanda, and exemplifies the phrase “hot mama”–now Jamie Lee Curtis has an entire children’s book…
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October 11th, 2008 — Kids Clothing, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
It’s really nice to see a different kind of illustrator lend her talents to childrens clothes–one that seems more suited to a Caldecott winning book than a local flea market with the table between…
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Related StoresOctober 10th, 2008 — Helpful Services, Reads, book club kids, books, books for kids, children's books, giftlit from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Giving the gift of bibliophilia just became effortless–certainly more effortless than spelling bibliophilia. GiftLit knows that good books make great gifts, and their gift series just keep on…
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Related StoresOctober 6th, 2008 — How to traumatize your children, Reads, books, funny book for parents, gag gift, self-hurt series from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
If How to Traumatize Your Children had been available when I remarried, I totally would’ve bought it as a wedding present for my husband. I think it would’ve been a fitting welcome to…
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Related StoresOctober 4th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
You can’t imagine the debates that went on in our household when it came to naming the grandparents for the first time. If you start factoring in inlaws and the inlaws’ inlaws, and everyone’s…
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October 2nd, 2008 — Causes and General Do-Gooding, Helpful Services, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is upon us, and with it, an influx of pitches, press releases and pleas to feature any number of pink ribbon-adorned cr…um, stuff. We’re all for supporting one of the…
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Related StoresSeptember 21st, 2008 — Big Brands Doing Cool Things, Causes and General Do-Gooding, Reads, corduroy, jumpstart, literacy, read for the record from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Do you really need an excuse to read a great book to your kid? Probably not, but here’s a fabulous one, anyway: On October 2nd, in association with Jumpstart’s Read for the Record program, the…
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Related StoresSeptember 17th, 2008 — Helpful Services, Reads, books, bookworm baskets, gift baskets, gift baskets kids from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Like tons of practical moms like me, my favorite gift to give or to get is a book. And if you want to get fancy about it, check out Bookworm Baskets, where the great book is just the beginning of a…
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September 14th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
If you’re having trouble keeping up with the Joneses then you’ll want to snatch up a copy of White Trash Mom, a veritable guilt-free school mom’s tome from authors Michelle Lamar and Molly Wendland. …
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Related StoresSeptember 13th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
At a recent book festival in metro Atlanta, I had the pleasure of discovering Miss Rhonda’s Readers, a local company that creates phonetically-correct books for little bookworms.
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Related StoresSeptember 13th, 2008 — Reads, children's books, hyun young lee, kindergarten from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
The first day of kindergarten is tough enough, but imagine little Yoon’s horror when a bunch of kids try to get her to stand in line with the boys because of her short hair. So starts the tale of…
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September 8th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I have been smitten with the beautiful cut-paper illustrations from Brooklyn artis tIda Pearle since I first discovered her custom artwork in a local boutique and nabbed a print for the new baby of…
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Related StoresAugust 27th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
If you’re shopping baby names (or just browsing), you have to check out Lorilee Craker’s A is for Atticus: Baby Names from Great Books which give you far more erudite options than naming your child…
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August 23rd, 2008 — Food and Drink, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
For those of you who have seen the word vegan in the headline and are about to click away, don’t. Yes,
the meals in the newly reissued Vegan Lunch Box recipe book all skip the animal products, but…
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August 19th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
While I may not always feel smartre enough for Sartre, The Woollyhoodwinks vs. the Dark Patch is one for this existentialist. A mix of cute sock-puppet-looking things (the Woolyhoodwinks) with…
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August 18th, 2008 — Misc Paper Goods, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
If you’ve been pining for the kind of baby book you might still pull off your mom or grandmother’s shelves when you go for a visit, why I think we’ve actually found it.
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August 14th, 2008 — Reads, Tunes from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I have yet to figure out why for most lullaby books, the illustrations seem to be an afterthought. I suppose the justification is that if the words are effective enough, the kids eyes will be shut?…
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July 29th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Not all of us can afford to hang real pieces of art in our
toddlers’ rooms, or spend hours strolling with them through museums
gazing at the works of masters. Fortunately, for less than $15, we…
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July 26th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Having grown up in Iowa on a farm, I’m probably at a slight advantage
for identifying poisonous plants and snakes. But for the rest of us, or just kids who love all things creepy and crawly and…
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July 19th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
When I see a beautiful, handmade creation, my first thought is: “Oh,
how beautiful and creative!” The second thought that crosses my mind is
“how can I make that myself?” Occasionally the item…
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July 15th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
The Baby Gizmo Buiying Guide is founded around one very simple premise: Registry shopping makes ordinarily sane women absolutely out-of-their-heads crazy bonkers. I myself can recall spending at…
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July 13th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Now that we’re on baby #3, my husband and I don’t
bat an eye at the 2 AM. wake-up calls, and spit up is funny, even when it hits the oriental rug. But we weren’t always so laid back. The first…
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Related StoresJuly 13th, 2008 — Media, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I feel so lucky to have grown up a dad with a passion for old movies. He took me to Audrey Hepburn double features at the Film Forum, entertained me on rainy days with Danny Kaye, and taught me it…
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Related StoresJune 26th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
I’ve recorded tiny details in baby books for my two girls,
but for kiddo #3 I hope to
present him with a book of love letters that I’ve written
especially for him, inspired by the words and…
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June 21st, 2008 — Food and Drink, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Although she’s an NPR contributor and food columnist, Betsy Block is also a typical wife and mother. Which is to say that her family of four, she realizes, is mired in unhealthy dining habits at the…
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June 18th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
It’s challenging enough trying to figure out what to do with a screaming baby who requires your undivided attention 24-hours a day, but add a job (and blog reading and spousal attention and Project…
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June 16th, 2008 — Food and Drink, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Today both my kids’ daddy and my own daddy are going to open up their brand new copies of Top Chef: The Cookbook. Which is why I held this review until today.
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June 14th, 2008 — Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Brothers and sisters? They fight. Sometimes a lot. Sometimes even when they’re grown-ups. (ahem) So when you find a book that makes you want to not fight, you better cuddle up and read it out loud to…
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June 12th, 2008 — Food and Drink, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Open Matthew Mead’s new Cakes for Kids cookbook and you’ll experience a combination of awe and complete intimidation. It’s as if my inner competimommy is saying Yes! We can make this! while my inner…
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Related StoresJune 11th, 2008 — Food and Drink, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
Despite my usual aversion to cutesy names, I have to concede that Domenica Catelli’s Mom-a-licious cookbook delivers deliciously on what its subtitle claims: Fresh, fast, family food.
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Related StoresJune 9th, 2008 — For the Menfolk, Reads from Cool Mom Picks @ Cool Mom Picks
We’re a book family for sure - if I’m ever short on a gift idea, a book is always a home run provided it’s suited to the recipient. With Father’s Day fast approaching (T minus 6 and counting mamas,…
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