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First, I want to apologize if this photo from Flickr.com makes you hungry for cookies and milk today if you are on a “healthy eating plan.” (That’s what I like to call a diet. ) But I won’t apologize for this great information I have to [...]

Yesterday, I shared with you a really cool book called On the Edge with Coolhead Luke. I also shared with you two of the silly poems and illustrations in the book and compared it to Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky’s work. To see this post and read about the book by the mother/son duo, [...]

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While doing research for another article I was writing and thinking about yesterday’s Tuesday Tales book, Fussy Freya, I found this really interesting website: Fast Food Facts. There are a lot of websites out there that will compare fast food meals for you. They will put the menu items [...]

The subject of getting our kids to eat healthy, especially in the United States, has been on parents’ and educators’ minds for several decades. There are several teachers’ books that talk about nutrition and give lesson plan ideas. But what about books that talk directly to kids? These two above can be used with [...]

You must watch this clip below from food writer John T. Edge’s (author of Hamburger and Fries: An American Story, Apple Pie: An American Story) website. He has also made several television appearances, and he has this clever clip video from his website. I saw this on his website because I am writing an article [...]

In honor of the way I feel today (which is not so great), I thought I would write about one of my very favorite wacky poems–”Sick” by Shel Silverstein. I remember this poem from my first grade teacher, Ms. Bauer, when she shared Where the Sidewalk Ends with us. As soon as I became a [...]