“Hi, I’m Bob.” This was the opening to my short-lived, recurring segment on Ha! (the cable TV station that eventually merged with The Comedy Channel to form Comedy Central).That series of short sketches was called “Bob, the Video Guy” and in 30 seconds I would review an entire…
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Rover is a well-loved sheep dog who has a nice big doghouse all to himself.It is a beautiful day but instead of playing, he is chewing on a bone. He is bored and wants someone to play with.However, Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate because all of a sudden a storm blows in.Rover is…
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It’s been called a Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls, and to some extent that’s true. The Popularity Papers, by Amy Ignatow, has the humor, diary format, drawings, and recognizable school, family and social situations that make the “Wimpy Kid” franchise so popular. But The…
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The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak.I just loved this title; “The Day We *Found* the Universe?”I thought “It was hiding somewhere?”Well, Edwin Hubble found it under his bed, or more accurately, Hubble built a telescope strong enough to see beyond our Milky Way, and…
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I was perusing the paperback romance display (yes, I like romances and I don’t make excuses for it) when I bent a little lower to check the authors towards the end of the alphabet.Like magic I was drawn to a pinkish purple cover and what I picked up was The Wish List by Gabi…
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