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Archive for December 2008

++ The International Children’s Digital Library ++

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 13, 2008

The International Children’s Digital Library
I found this website today and am thinking of joining there as a volunteer translator.
This website has many good books from around the world for children ( and adults too! ) to read online. There are books from different languages for example, Japanese, German etc.
The foundation is non-profit one and their [...]

++ Round The Christmas Tree ++

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 13, 2008

Christmas is coming up! Actually, I don’t know why I really love Christmas since it’s not a big event here in Thailand but I just love it very much and it’s my most fav holidays I look forward to each year. We have some light decorations , choirs , big Christmas trees in Bangkok and [...]

Roundup: Children’s books about the presidency

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 11, 2008

Found an article on USA Today site by Bob Minzesheimer on four new children’s books about politics. I don’t live in USA and my country doesn’t have a president [ we have a Prime Minister ] but I think the books are good for any kids from anywhere to read.
I really believe there should be [...]

My all-time favorite book : Mary Poppins

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 11, 2008

It would be mean if I don’t write about my all-time fav book here.
I read this book for the first time when I was 7.
I was so young that I thought every word in the book was real lol.
I really thought Mary Poppins and the Banks family did exist ~~
oohh~~ what a cute lil [...]

Tales of Beedle the Bard becomes best seller in the UK

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 10, 2008

Tales of Beedle the Bard set tills ringing
JK Rowling’s pendant to the Harry Potter books is outselling its nearest book-chart rival five to one

JK Rowling’s new book The Tales of Beedle the Bard has followed in the footsteps of its seven predecessors to fly to the top of the UK’s book charts, selling more [...]

Author Chaun Archer’s first children’s book brings hope and boosts the self esteem of little girls undergoing cancer therapy. The first in a series of discussion books on rare, but difficult, real life issues has already proven to be a hit!
Dec 09, 2008 – Wonderful Wigs is the first in a series of children’s books [...]

Notable Children’s Books of 2008 on NYTimes

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 9, 2008

Holiday Books
Notable Children’s Books of 2008
WABI SABI
By Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young.
Little, Brown & Company Books for Young Readers. $16.99. (Ages 3 to 6)
In this book of ingeniously layered text — both narrative and haiku — and gorgeous collage art, a cat named Wabi Sabi sets out to discover the meaning of her name. [...]

My very first book

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 8, 2008

Today I’m going to blog about the very first book I read.
I have to thank my eldest sister who loves reading and always buy new books to read. That’s why I grew up reading many interesting books.
She believes reading is another way to learn about things in life and it makes a person clever.
I quite [...]

My very first blog

Posted by: misshappycat on: December 8, 2008

I’m starting this website to blog about children books I have read in my life, the books I’m reading and also my wish list. I have read hundreds of books when I was a child and I still read them now and then. My all time favorite is Mary Poppins hehe
One thing to [...]

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