New Feature! Get Yer Shiny New Feature, Here!

See that? Up there on the top of the right hand column!
That’s right — I’ve decided to keep a small compendium of my favorite snippets of info gleaned from the kidlitosphere from the past few days. Doesn’t it look all lovely, streamlined, and alphabetized?  (Just like those numerical binders!)
Alas, figuring out how to [...]

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Set Coveting Sensors on “Stun”

Ooooooh. It’s only February, and I already know what I want for Christmas:

“Yeah,” you may say. “I’ve seen tabletop theaters before.” Take a closer gander:

Those are tiny little marionettes! With spiffy little 3D pop-up scenery! You can do your own rendition of the “Lonely Herdsman” from The Sound of Music! [...]

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Baker’s “Dozen”: IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY!

As a Pittsburgher, Groundhog Day is something of a Big Deal — admittedly, not a tremendously big deal — something on a scale between President’s Day and a Steelers Super Bowl win. We’re the closest major city to Punxutawney, the home of Groundhog Phil, who is the designated rodent for predicting the weather via [...]

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The Potter Project: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, or, Stay Away From the Man Who Ate Your Father

Peter gave himself up for lost, and shed big tears; but his sobs were overheard by some friendly sparrows, who flew to him in great excitement, and implored him to exert himself.
Here’s why I love this book: it uses the word “implored.” Also “dreadfully,” “fortnight,” and “chamomile.” There are a lot of abominable [...]

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Hansel & Gretel: Live on Stage!!

A few days ago, Fuse #8 posted a bit of news saying that Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed was going to be shown at a theater in Brooklyn.  It made me so happy — as some of you may know from this previous post, I’m something of a shadow puppet enthusiast and a [...]

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Just for the record . . .

This was how the holiday bake-o-rama turned out:

Not bad, if I do say so myself.  It wasn’t as complicated as it looks — all of these cookies came from the same batch of dough, believe it or not.  The orange cookies with the chocolate drizzle are what the spritz cookies turned into.  Delicious to the [...]

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Why I Haven’t Been Posting

Wanna know why?  It’s because of these, the Cookies of Doom:

I think that spritz cookies were invented by a particularly diabolical alien race to keep us busy and frustrated while they secretly take over the government.  Because I don’t think real, actual human beings can make these.  They defy the laws of physics.  And yet [...]

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Kitlit Holiday Shopping: Part Two of a (hey, whaddya know!) Series

I must say that I’m impressed with myself for making this series of shopping posts and actual series. A series of, um, two so far, but still.
The latest goodie I’ve found comes from, of all places the Hanna Andersson website (or as I call it, “the Land’s End/IKEA crossbreed!”). But she’s soooo cute:

Note [...]

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Back at Long Last!

I’m back from the improbably exhausting road trip! I will briefly summarize the trip by listing the Foods of New England which we sampled:

Deep fried whole clams: it’s like taking delicious and covering it in awesome
Clam pizza: Not what you think; it’s full of cheesy garlicky goodness
White Birch Beer: it tastes like liquid Necco [...]

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Off Like a Herd of Turtles

 The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
–St. Augustine
We are on our way to New York City, Boston, and New Haven, with possibly some unexpected detours to Philedelphia and Rhode Island. I originally had these brilliant plans of writing a whole bunch of reviews and such ahead [...]

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