Emu with a Clue Vox 2008-06-19T05:24:37Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e3989f7c4d0005/tags/children/ well, sort of ... Friday 13 on Friday 13th: 13 books I loved as a child tag:vox.com,2008-06-13:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa967ddf1d0002 2008-06-13T06:46:19Z 2008-06-19T05:24:37Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories (Young Puffin Books) The Magic Faraway Tree Mr. Galliano's Circus (Rewards) Snugglepot and Cuddlepie The Ramona Collection, Vol. 1: Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking The Lorax (Classic Seuss) The Early Bird -- Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? -- Are You My Mother?, 3 Vols. Set (I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books, Assorted Volumes) Anne of Green Gables Seven Little Australians A Little Bush Maid & Mates at Billabong : Omnibus Edition Little Town on the Prairie (Little House)

It is interesting to see how many of these books were old fashioned even then. A lot of the books that I had were actually my parents' books when they were children. I still have a lot of them now and Mum still has ...

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James and the Giant Peach Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

or, in my 5yo son's case, having read to him (as he can't yet read himself): I felt a bit sorry for him on the weekend as he was trailing around with his book in hand desparate to find out what happened next but needed to wait for people (either ...

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]]> My brother's face is nothing like the sun ... tag:vox.com,2008-04-07:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48d0acb720001 2008-04-07T04:40:11Z 2008-04-07T05:54:58Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

CD face

My daughter is learning about similes at school and had to write a poem about someone to demonstrate her similes prowess. She wrote her poems about her brother. My favourite line was "My brother's face is round like a CD". Not quite Shakespear...

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Wrinkles

Apparently, it is Seniors Week in Australia next week. In honour of this, my son's school are having a "bring your grandparent to school" day on Wednesday. Nice idea but what about the kids who don't have grandparents around to bring? My son c...

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]]> An urban angel in our midst tag:vox.com,2008-03-04:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500e398e29b1d0005 2008-03-04T09:48:59Z 2008-03-05T00:09:12Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Twits

Went kids clothes shopping at lunchtime and was surprised to find that V has graduated into the "urban angels" range at Pumpkin Patch. I thought that was just for teenagers! This is all happening way too fast! On a happier note, she actua...

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]]> Alone no more ... tag:vox.com,2008-01-19:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500e398d405090001 2008-01-19T23:52:44Z 2008-01-22T01:09:07Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

V in new hat and sunnies

Just about to head off to the airport to collect husband and daughter who have been away visiting family for nine whole days. Looking forward to seeing them but expecting V to be a bit tired and cranky after all the excitement and having to get...

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