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Author Archives: Katy K.
Green Babies, Sage Moms
Here’s one for Earth Day, a day early. I’m happy to say that things have changed for the better since I had Mr. Froggie Pants. When I was pregnant and reading about how to have a green baby, everything seemed … Continue reading
New Graphic Novels
AGE OF BRONZE 2 vol. Alice in Sunderland Apollo’s Song by Osamu Tezuka Blue Pills by Federik Peeters CEREBUS 16 vols. DRIFTING CLASSROOM 2 vols. FABLES VOL 2 FRANK MILLER SIN CITY 2ND ED 3 vols House of Clay by … Continue reading
Rock Your Socks Off
Rock Your Socks Off by Charity and the Jam Band It’s time for dancing, mud, pickles and birthday cake in this rockin’ album for the under-ten set. Jump to “Happy Fluffy”, figure out your super power in “Super Hero”, and … Continue reading
Sneaky Chef
Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine Lapine starts the book with a rather lengthy argument for hiding veggies rather than forcing kids to eat them undisguised. She then gets down to business, explaining the theory of hiding unpopular nutrition inside … Continue reading
Protected: Seeds and Castles
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Persepolis
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi There are a lot of good comic books out there. And there’s a lot of good “contemporary women’s fiction,” aka book club books out there, with enough heft to carry over an hour or so discussion. … Continue reading
Pirate Freedom
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe A young but worldly-wise priest is writing his memoirs. It started when Chris was put in a monastery school in Cuba and decided he didn’t want to take orders. When he left the monastery, the … Continue reading
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows What’s not to love about a show whose opening song is titled “Cheer up, Hamlet!”? This a darkly comedic Canadian TV miniseries is about the New Burbage Theatre, smaller but very similar to Stratford, Ontario. At the … Continue reading
new manga
Donated from the teens (for which area it turned out to be too risque): Nana by Ai Yazawa – “The all-time best-selling shojo title in Japan!”
Journal Notes
I found a new template for my site. I’m not entirely happy with it, but it’s better than the old one. And it has a nifty tag cloud, so you can look for topics of interest – fantasy or parenting … Continue reading
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