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Light housekeeping

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Becky

Silvia at Po Moyemu is hosting the February edition of Living in the Great Outdoors carnival.

I’m late with news about the January edition of the Carnival of Children’s Literature, “The Book Awards Edition”, which was hosted by Wizards Wireless.  Stay tuned later this month, since Anastasia Suen is hosting “the leap into books” edition on Leap Day, Friday, February 29, at Picture Book of the Day. Submissions are due by Wednesday, February 27 — use the handy form in the sidebar here.

Kris at Paradise Found has discovered a new book to be published in the UK this coming summer, Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by author, knitter, and blogger Jane Brocket. Sounds deliciously delightful.

Children’s nonfiction is heating up. Author Anastasia Suen, mentioned above, has started a new feature, Nonfiction Monday, at her blog Picture Book of the Day. And there’s a new blog, I.N.K. – Interesting Nonfiction for Kids; contributors include children’s authors Jennifer Armstrong, Bob Raczka , Loreen Leedy, and Kelly Fineman.

Living in a country with only two flavo(u)rs of Girl Guide cookies, I was happy to find this recipe for homemade Girl Scout Samoas at Nicole’s Baking Bites. I was a Girl Scout once upon a a time, and still remember schlepping cases of cookies home in a taxi cab, and then selling them door-to-door in the apartment building. Baking them seems infinitely easier!

Oh, and we tried the Instructables recipe for kettle popcorn, which we last (and first) had the other month at the rodeo in Edmonton, and it works — without the dang kettle, which is a very good thing.

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3 Responses

  1. JoVE, on February 6, 2008 at 6:29 am said:

    Thanks. That I.N.K blog looks great.

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  2. Jane Walters, on February 7, 2008 at 7:20 am said:

    Thanks for the link to the Jane Brocket book; most of the blogs I read are North American, so it’s good to hear of people who are more local to me! The book looks lovely doesn’t it – ideal Summer holiday reading.

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  3. Becky, on February 9, 2008 at 2:11 pm said:

    Jane, if you read the book this summer, you might also be interested in some of titles from this old post as companion volumes, especially as you’re in visiting distance of some locales,

    There is no Frigate like a Book for summer holidays

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