Cooking with Kids, Sweet Treats

SWEET TREATS WILLIAMS-SONOMA
I love to bake with children. The math alone is worth the experience.
Measuring, stirring, getting flour everywhere and laughing, because they are having so much fun. This book will give it all to you. Kid classics, baked
delights, cookie jar, frozen wonders, and favorite beverages. They even
show the children how to clean up their mess! So this summer
when you don't have anything to do with your children, pull out
this wonderful book and roll up you sleeves.
$19.95 Free Press

Crafts, Kids

ROSIE O'DONNELL'S CRAFTY U
Summer is coming and I plan on spending as much time with my grandchildren. This is a great book that has so many projects you can do with your children. It has crafts for all the seasons and holidays. Rainy day activities and just plain fun.
We have made exploding soap bombs, friends forever bracelets, party pinwheels, ocean in a jar, and we can't wait to make more. The book is loaded with ideas that will make any day special with your child.
$21.95 Simon and Schuster

Cooking with Kids, Fun Food,

FUN FOOD WILLIAMS-SONOMA
There is nothing more wonderful than a great cookbook for children.
This summer I have chosen a few books to spend some time with my grandchildren. I plan on teaching them to cook. My children were always in the kitchen with me and today they are great cooks. What a wonderful thing to pass on to the next generation. Ian my ten year old grandson has chosen a few recipes from this wonderful book. He wants to start off with the GLAZED BABY BACK RIBS. It has all the ingredients listed and the tools one will need in the kitchen. The photo's of what you should do, chopping the garlic, boiling the glaze, coat and cook the ribs, remove the ribs and then brown them. I can hardly wait to make them with him. The recipes in this book will add wonderful time with your children, but also help you serve balanced meals.
$19.95 Free Press

Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars, Author Appearance, Sharon Lovejoy

SHARON LOVEJOY

AUTHOR OF: TOAD COTTAGES AND SHOOTING STARS

WILL BE AUTOGRAPHING HER BOOKS AT CHANDLER CAFE, IN SYLVANIA, OHIO

JUNE 12TH AT 1:30

BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. GREAT IDEAS FOR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS TO DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

SHARON WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION.

PLEASE COME, CALL MARCIA 419-461-2665 FOR MORE INFORMATION IF NEEDED, OR TO RESERVE YOUR COPY.

I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore, Aliens, Young Adult Literature

I AM NUMBER FOUR By: Pittacus Lore
What would you do if your planet was destroyed by an alien force, and you were taken as a youngster to live on earth. Your name is Number 4, but you don't go by that name, you go with a name that will fit into Earth's society. Your guardian Henri makes sure you are safe, moving all the time so the alien force won't kill you too. They can only kill in numerical order, so far you are safe, but quickly you are the next target. The possibilities that other civilizations exist is within our grasp, and you are glued to the pages to see what happens next. Ages 14 up
$17.99 Release date August 2010 Harper

Storyteller, Patricia Reilly Giff, Revolutionary War

STORYTELLER By: Patricia Reilly Giff
This book isn't even out on the market until September, 2010. But I had to let you know how inspiring it was to read. Elizabeth is a young girl being raised by her father. Dad is an artist and is going away to Australia to show his carvings. Elizabeth is going to have to stay with an Aunt she doesn't know and go to another school. Dad says it is time for her to learn about her mother's family. Little does Elizabeth know that it will change her forever. In the hallway of Libby's home is a sketch of a young girl, undeniably her relative. Only the drawing is two hundred years old. Thus begins the story of both girls, going back to the time of the war and the present. It is fascinating how their lives are parallel even in this day and age. A must read, with history intertwined so you feel like you are in the time period. Ages 8-14
$15.99 Wendy Lamb Books

On another note, I met Pat when my youngest daughter Beth was in elementary school. It was at the Young Author's Conference at the University of Toledo. Herb Sandberg was the professor that brought literature to life for the teachers in our community and also the children. Well Herb had a party at his home and my reluctant Beth was going to the conference. Pat told her she would be her Grandmother and take her out with her at the conference. I can still hear Beth say "Your too young to be my Grandmother!" So Pat said she would be her aunt. That is a treasured memory. I still have the picture of the two of them together. Beth loved her Polk Street Series and had a reading disability. She worked hard to read her books and actually asked Herb to bring her here. Thus made a wonderful memory for all of us. Beth loved to share books with other children. Though she died in a car crash at the age of seventeen, the memories with Pat will live on just like Pat's stories. Beth became a tutor for Interact at her high school. She knew the value of reading and wanted to pass it on. What a wonderful legacy for a beautiful young lady. Marcia