Introducing The Path of Zaan Series

Father of Zaan About the Book: Title: Father of Zaan | Author: C. K. Rieke | Publisher: Crimson Cro Publishing | Pages: 32 | Recommended Age: 12 - 18 Book Description: Adventure. Wonder. Fear. Danger. The first of his family to leave their hometown in generations, Janos Talabard seeks the adventure of his life. Traveling out into the open lands of Essill, he finds himself truly vulnerable for the first time. Because of unforeseen circumstances on the road, he must find a way to continue on, or chose to return...

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Sports Day and a Linky

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #245! Amanda, who is in grade 3, had a sports day the other Saturday at her school for grades 1 - 3. She played 2 mini field hockey games and 2 mini netball games. The games are kept short for the younger kids, about 20 minutes a game. In the hockey games the kids played against each other, girls against girls and boys against boys in their respective age groups. In the netball games they played against other schools. The boys had rugby matches while the girls played netball. In the...

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Chicken Does Not Want to be a Chicken

Chicken Does Not Want to be a Chicken About the Book: Title: Chicken Does Not Want to be a Chicken | Author: Elsa Takaoka | Illustrator: Catherine Toennisson | Publisher: J-Tech Creations, Inc. | Pages: 27 | Genre: Beginner Reader | Ages: 3 - 7 Book Description: •Teach Your Child How to Read With our Fun and Laugh-Out-Loud Books •Funny Beginner Reader Book from J-Tech Creations Come and join in Chicken’s silly adventures. Funny and engaging stories that are perfect for beginning readers. J-Tech Creations’ Learn...

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Family Movie Night and a Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #223! Do you have a regular family movie night at your home? We are a family of six and two of our kids are both young adults, so it's not always easy to get us all together. One of my favorite ways to spend an evening together is with a movie. I remember when our son was younger, we watched the Star Wars movies with him and his sisters. That was before Amanda was born. Our latest movie night was on Mother's Day. We rented the animated movie Ballerina. My husband was...

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Picnic in Picturesque Wine Country and a Linky

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #244! We had a picnic on Mother's Day in the Slanghoek Valley. This blog is best viewed in Google Chrome. Click on the images to see them at their best. *************************** Here's a peek at my latest post on 1camera1mom: Slanghoek Valley Wine Country ********************* My Latest Book Reviews: The Verdo Apprentice The Black Mage Book 2 Dead Letter  Prelude to the Dragon Choir series Buzzy and Thomas...

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Apprentice - The Black Mage Book 2

Apprentice The Black Mage Book 2 About the Book: Title: Apprentice (The Black Mage Book 2) | Author: Rachel E. Carter | Pages: 392 | Genre: Fantasy - Sword and Sorcery | Recommended Age: Young Adult Book Description: She survived a trial year at the Academy of Magic, but that was the easy part... Now sixteen-year-old Ryiah is an apprentice of Combat, her school's most notorious faction. When she finishes, she will be a war mage, but in order to do so, she has to survive four years traveling across Jerar, training with...

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Buzzy and Thomas Move into the President's House

Buzzy and Thomas Move into the President's House About the Book: Title: Buzzy and Thomas Move into the President's House | Author: Vicki Tashman | Illustrator: Fatima Stamato | Publisher: Historical Tails | Pages: 42 | Ages: 4 - 8 Book Description: It’s 1801 and life is good for Buzzy the dog. She lives with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, but her life turns upside down when Thomas tells her that they’re moving to the President’s House. Buzzy doesn’t want to move. She's afraid to leave the comfort of...

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Wooden Picnic Table Made by the Blind and a Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #222! I'm a volunteer reader in a sound room at Pioneer Printers for the blind, visually impaired and dyslexic. Our department is a branch of Kaleidoscope (formerly known as the Blind Institute), which offers lots of programs and education for the blind and disabled. Their mission is to change people's perceptions by showing how the blind can become leaders in this world, integrating into the workforce, society and everything in-between. They have a store where they sell...

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