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Frankenweenie (2012)

May 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Movies

Review By JESSICA ALMY For a recent family movie night, I settled down with my kiddo and husband (and a big bowl of popcorn) to watch the 2012 Tim Burton flick “Frankenweenie.” Spoofing on Frankenstein, the plot revolves around a boy’s loss of his dog, his quest to revive his faithful companion, and the mayhem […]

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Charlotte’s Web (2006)

December 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Movies

Review By JENNIFER KALI I have fond memories of watching the animated “Charlotte’s Web” movie as a kid. In particular I’ve always remembered Templeton at the fair gorging himself on everything in sight. I promised my four-year-old daughter that if we finished reading our first chapter book, Charlotte’s Web, we could watch the movie. I intended to […]

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Charlotte’s Web

November 29th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI We’ve decided to enter the world of chapter books with our four-year-old.  Since I have a fear of spiders, Charlotte’s Web came up in conversation one night, so we started with this one. I remember fondly this book being read to me in early elementary school. Because our daughter is sensitive to […]

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The Cart that Carried Martin

October 5th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Eve Bunting’s latest work has my passion for animals, culture, history, artifacts, and social justice all wrapped up into one children’s book that addresses a brief, albeit important moment in our nation’s collective memory: the funeral procession of Martin Luther King Jr. The Cart that Carried Martin doesn’t focus on Dr. […]

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