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Giving the Gift of Taboo Books to Teenagers

This last Sunday, USA Weekend featured an article by Elizabeth Kaye McCall about giving books to teenagers for the holidays. She states: “A new generation of teen-friendly books is attracting readers 12 and older, so why not consider giving a good book this holiday season?” I’ve always loved getting books as gifts, so I read on with interest. “Teens find good books through word of mouth online, says Diane Roback, children’s book editor for Publisher’s Weekly. And author blogs and websites (like those by Sarah Dessen and Meg Cabot) attract younger readers.” I certainly agree with that. But further down … Continue reading →

A Little Black Marker — It’s Magic!

Every so often I’ll pick up a book that I think is just wonderful. It has fantastic characters, it’s funny, the mystery is well written, and then I turn the page, and somebody is doing something they really should not be doing, and I blush and feel guilty, even though I didn’t know it was there. Dang! (That’s how a Mormon swears.) Why did the author have to mess up a great story with that one paragraph? Well, what do you do in a case like that? We recently talked about building a library in your home. You want to … Continue reading →

Watching TV With Your Children

When my daughter was five, I made the crucial mistake of trusting a movie without watching it first. The show was “Madeline: Lost in Paris,” and my mom brought it over as a gift. I had things to do down the hall, so I put in the show and went on my merry way. Later I found my daughter in hysterics, scared that someone was going to chop off her hair. After I got her calmed down, she told me that in the show, Madeline had been told to make lace, and if she didn’t do it, all her hair … Continue reading →