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The Best Place for Me by Amy Misakonis and Giveaway!

May 14, 2013 by Pammy Pam Leave a Comment

If you’re a little behind on your Mother’s Day shopping, you better hightail it and get an extra box of flowers or candy or something. Meanwhile, buy your fave Mom this ebook NOW. It’s completely adorbs and I’m happy to be part of the tour! The book is called The Best Place for Me and very sweetly written by Amy Misakonis. Lots going on here so let’s just jump right in without our swimmies, ok? I conned asked Amy into {Read More}

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Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

Filed Under: books, Children, contests Tagged With: A Book and a Latte, Amy Misalonkis, book tour, Mother's Day, The Best Place for Me

Tales from Lovecraft Middle School: Teacher’s Pest

May 13, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

Just when you think Charles Gillman and Quirk Press can’t get any grosser, or is it more gross? Either way, just when you think you’ve had it with the disgusting factor, in crawls Teacher’s Pest! To be sure, I’ve said in the past that I wouldn’t mind being the librarian at Lovecraft Middle School, but after reading this THIRD book, and now that the librarian position has become mysteriously available? I retract my offer to work there. I’m super creeped {Read More}

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Filed Under: Children Tagged With: Charles Gillman, Professor Gargoyle, Quirk Press, Tales from Lovecraft Middle School, Teacher's Pest, The Slither Sisters

It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr Now an ITunes APP!!

May 9, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, let’s get right to it! I’m so excited to share with you these videos about my fave book, It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr. Check it out! Here’s part TwoSee why I love this story so much? You can change it to suit your child and your situation! I loved this story so so much that the Special Book Gods shone down on me and agreed to answer a few of my questions. And by Special {Read More}

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Filed Under: books, Children Tagged With: create your own story, Ipad apps, It's Okay to be Different, itunes, preschool, Ribbit, Rodrigo Folgueira, Storypanda, Todd Parr

Thea Stilton #1: The Secret of Whale Island

May 9, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

I’ve said it before and I’ll run the risk of repeating myself: I lurve me some Papercutz! They always have the best graphic novels that tap into what kids (and big grown up kids) want to read. Their latest is no different. I’m loving Thea Stilton #1: The Secret of Whale Island because it involves environmentally friendly activities: the mice are trying to save the world for polluters. Who doesn’t love that? Think Carl Hiassen’s Hoot meets Wonderwoman. Sorta. Anyway, {Read More}

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Filed Under: Children Tagged With: Carl Hiassen, Flush, Geronimo Stilton, Hoot, Papercutz, Thea Stilton

Downton Abbey spawns Preeclampsia Awareness

May 3, 2013 by Pammy Pam 7 Comments

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If you don’t know already, I love Downton Abbey. Or at least I DID until they killed off my beloved Sybil. Sybil, a loving wife, and the family suffragette, dies after childbirth after showing clear signs of preeclampsia. To be sure, preeclampsia is a dangerous condition, even to this day, but can be treated if caught early. I love to help my friends and when my friend Sarah asked me to help I jumped at the chance to bring some {Read More}

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Filed Under: Children, resources Tagged With: Downton Abbey, Finnegan and the Hughes, post partum, preeclampsia, Preeclampsia Foundation, pregnancy, promise walk, Shot@Life, toxemia

The Persnickety Princess by Falcon Storm

March 27, 2013 by Pammy Pam 9 Comments

Here’s a fun title for you called The Persnickety Princess and it’s by Falcon Storm. Dig that name, huh? It’s a story of a Princess who’s the pickiest person you’ve ever met (or not met). She wants to be rescued by a charming prince, but to be brutally honest, who’d want to rescue someone so persnickety? Not only is she the pickiest and rudest person you’ve met, she employs a witch who is not worth her weight in cauldrons. What’s {Read More}

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Filed Under: books, Children Tagged With: Emlyn Chand, Evolved Publishing, Falcon Storm, Novel Publicity, Persnickety Princess, Upon a Time

What Daddy Did Today by Walter Wally

March 27, 2013 by Pammy Pam Leave a Comment

I think there is nothing better in the world than cuddling up with a little one at bedtime and sharing a story. Thanks to Walter Wally, I’ve curled up with my little one and am sharing his story with you. It’s called What Daddy Did Today and is a sweet answer the the questions that I’m sure many fathers get asked a million times: what does Daddy do? Watch my video to find out what Daddy does. And now {Read More}

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Filed Under: books, Children Tagged With: bedtime story, daddies, Fathers, occupation, parent, Walter Wally, What Does Daddy Do, work

Lisa Scottoline and World Book Night

March 19, 2013 by Pammy Pam

You might have heard about World Book Night. It’s this great opportunity for book lovers to give away books for free! Really, there’s no catch! This year, I again applied and was chosen to be a World Book Night Giver. The even funner part of this is that now that I work at a bookstore, Towne Book Center & Cafe, I get to help provide some of the magic of giving! For example, we made a display of all the {Read More}

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Filed Under: Adult Fiction, Children, resources Tagged With: Lisa Scottoline, Look Again, World Book Night, World Book Night giver

It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr

February 18, 2013 by Pammy Pam

I love the book It’s Okay to be Different because it shows the lils just exactly what different is: having no hair, to having different moms and dads, to having a dog as a friend, there’s no end to what being different is. The point Parr makes is that it’s ok. And sometimes the lil ones need to hear that from a book with pictures that make sense to them. Here I am reading it. I hope you enjoy it {Read More}

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Filed Under: Children Tagged With: adoption, daddies, different, disabled, dog, mommies, multicultural, Todd Parr, wheelchair

Preview of I’m Rich by Zev Lewinson

February 14, 2013 by Pammy Pam

I’ve had the honor of being given the chance to review another work by the fabulous Zev Lewinson of SwordPen Publishing. We first met at Book Expo America (BEA) in June 2012 where I delighted in his ethnically diverse and funny titles. Here’s my post about the funny (and gross) When You gotta Go. Here’s a preview of SwordPen’s latest release: I’m Rich I’m Rich is the perfect tale for any time of the year. A man stumbles upon a {Read More}

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Filed Under: Children, Reviews Tagged With: BEA, book expo america, bottle, children, daughter, genie, love, parenting, SwordPen Publishing, wishes, Zev Lewinson

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Narnia! It’s all in the wardrobe just like I told you!

let the wild rumpus begin

It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good

If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.

I can’t do anything,” says Peeta, “unless you count baking bread.”

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another

It’s not that there’s anything so wrong with Keith—well, his eyes are sort of uneven.

It’s so much more friendly with two.

Not all those who wander are lost

I’ve never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them

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What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?

It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain

Oh well… I’d just been thinking, if you had died, you’d have been welcome to share my toilet

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.

All children, except one, grow up