December 2011
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Happy New Years From Pockettales
Everyone here at Pockettales would like to wish you and your loved ones a Happy and Safe New Years! We’re looking forward to big things in the New Year so keep coming back and tell your friends about us! Above all, keep reading and sharing great books!  We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. - B. F. Skinner
Dec 31st
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Weekend Fun: Cooking with Children's Literature
So, I was organizing my kitchen cupboard to make room for the three new Jamie Oliver books I received for Christmas (and boy, does he have a lot of cookbooks), when I came across this delightful book by Liz Franklin called Cooking Italian with Kids.  While it’s a little old for my children, it got me wondering if there was a way to combine favorite children’s literature books with...
Dec 30th
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From Classic Books to Screen (Or the new Hobbit...
Quick question … What’s even better than reading a classic book for the hundredth time; a book that you could probably recite from memory?  Seeing your favorite book come to life on the big screen. Now, I know what you are saying. So many times, you look forward to the movie adaptation only to be so disappointed that you come out of the theater weeping like the Mock Turtle in Alice...
Dec 29th