Children’s Book

pen4hire on December 7th, 2011

Destination: Arizona Book: Arizona, Way Out West and Wacky, by Conrad J. Storad and Lynda Exley (2011) You’ll be hearing more at A Traveler’s Library in the coming year about the Centennial of my home state, Arizona, the Grand Canyon State. And New Mexico turns 100 in 2012, also, so I’ll talk about them a bit. [...]

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pen4hire on October 7th, 2011

Family Travel Friday Destination: Aquarium Book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni (1963) By Jennifer Close The mystery of the ocean never ceases to amaze children and adults alike.  There is lots of information about the ocean, but there is still so much exploring to be done.  I have been fascinated with the ocean, its inhabitants and [...]

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pen4hire on January 23rd, 2011

(Photos in this post were taken by Vera Marie or Ken Badertscher on a 1990 raft trip through the Grand Canyon, scanned from prints.) Destination: Grand Canyon, USA Book: The Grand Adventure: A True Story of Survival and Determination on an Amazing River Journey into the Grand Canyon and Other Canyons of the West, by [...]

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pen4hire on September 14th, 2010

TRAVEL TUESDAY Destination: Maine Books: by Robert McClosky A GUEST POST BY BRETTE SEMBER When I was a child, each summer my family rented a beautiful old cottage on Smith Cove on the Penobscot Bay, near Blue Hill, Maine.

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pen4hire on September 1st, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Michigan, with Kids Books: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco and Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey A GUEST POST By Kristen J. Gough My youngest insists on nightly story time. My older two girls somehow outgrew this ritual about the time they entered 1st grade—they wanted to [...]

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pen4hire on March 10th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Book: We’re There Rhode Island (2005)by Elizabeth S. Grumbach The subtitle says it all: Games, Puzzles and Fun Facts for Children as they Explore the Ocean State. [amazonify]0975487531::text::::We’re There Rhode Island[/amazonify] invites filling in the blanks, map reading, coloring, puzzle solving and (shhhh!) learning.

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pen4hire on September 30th, 2009

Mara Gorman’s family reads a children’s book that introduces Monet when they visit Giverny.

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pen4hire on September 11th, 2009

Celebrate Grandparent’s Day with Heidi, a book about a little Swiss girl and her Grandfather.

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pen4hire on August 19th, 2009

A travel book for children about Costa Rica

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