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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Princess Pigs &amp; Leadfoot Hampsters (giveaway)</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/13/book-review-princess-pigs-leadfoot-hampsters-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed Karen Pantuso Swanson&#8217;s piece on buyer&#8217;s remorse and Barbie, check it out HERE. Now we have to fun pre-K reads and a double giveaway. Enjoy!
We do a whole lot of reading around here &#8211; nature stories, science stories, stories about different cultures, checking out stories about baby animals (that&#8217;s our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Break 2010 &#8211; Tween Must-Have Reads</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/09/spring-break-2010-tween-must-have-reads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed Robin&#8217;s Spring Break craft roundup this morning, you can catch it HERE. Now, here&#8217;s a look at some must have Spring Break reads for those tweens in your life. Here&#8217;s the list:
Good Afternoon. It may be time for some quiet time around your house, making a trip to the bookstore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Book Shelf &#8211; Emily Schultz&#8217;s Heaven Is Small</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/06/moms-book-shelf-emily-schultzs-heaven-is-small/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/06/moms-book-shelf-emily-schultzs-heaven-is-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed Gayle Bates this morning, you can read her post on proactive consumption HERE. Now, here&#8217;s Robin with the book of the month for March. Here she is:
Iam mildly dark. Ken would tend to disagree, and go with a much darker assessment. My favorite authors are Rosario Castellanos, Keri Hulme and Joan Didion. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Book Shelf &#8211; A Discussion on All That Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/27/moms-book-shelf-a-discussion-on-februarys-featured-novel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/27/moms-book-shelf-a-discussion-on-februarys-featured-novel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that I now have a whole new appreciation for Vancouver and its evolution as a city, as well as the unbelievable conditions under which people come to this country and endure with the hopes of a better life thanks to Wayson Choy.
His novel, All That Matters, was February&#8217;s book of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madeline McNamee Reviews The Sisters Grimm Series</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/20/madeline-mcnamee-reviews-the-sisters-grimm-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/20/madeline-mcnamee-reviews-the-sisters-grimm-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently read The Sisters Grimm series up until the seventh book &#8211; they are packed full of fairy tales, but are for kids like me.
The first book starts it all when Sabrina and Daphne`s parents are kidnapped. Then the sisters are put in an orphanage where the case worker sends them to live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; The Love List of Kids Valentines Faves (giveaway)</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/06/book-review-the-love-list-of-kids-valentines-faves-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/06/book-review-the-love-list-of-kids-valentines-faves-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed out on the morning post introducing February&#8217;s author of the month, Wayson Choy, you can read it HERE. Now here&#8217;s Robin with a list of kid-approved Valentine&#8217;s Day books:
Love is in the air, and there’s nothing like a silly, fun, sweet children’s story to make Valentine&#8217;s Day great fun for everybody.
Sifting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Book Shelf &#8211; Wayson Choy&#8217;s All That Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/06/moms-book-shelf-wayson-choys-all-that-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/06/moms-book-shelf-wayson-choys-all-that-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited to announce February’s featured author and book of the month – mostly because I can’t wait to get started on a new novel and sink my teeth into a book that’s been on my shelf for ages.
As Chinese New Year nears, I wanted to take the time to examine Chinese-Canadian culture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tween Reads from Maddy Erickson &#8211; Savvy by Ingrid Law</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/30/tween-reads-from-maddy-erickon-savvy-by-ingrid-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/30/tween-reads-from-maddy-erickon-savvy-by-ingrid-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good Afternoon. If you missed the discussion on Zoe Whittall&#8217;s novel Holding Still For As Long As Possible, you can catch it HERE.
Now, I&#8217;m excited to introduce Maddy Erickson as the newest addition to the crew of writers here at Our Big Earth. Maddy &#8211; as well as her reviewing co-hort Madeline McNamee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Book Shelf &#8211; A Discussion on January&#8217;s Featured Novel</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/30/moms-book-shelf-discussing-zoe-whittall%e2%80%99s-holding-still-for-as-long-as-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/30/moms-book-shelf-discussing-zoe-whittall%e2%80%99s-holding-still-for-as-long-as-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning. It’s been a month since we introduced our first Mom’s Book Shelf novel of the year – Zoe Whittall’s Holding Still for As Long As Possible.
Today&#8217;s space is all about getting in your thoughts and opinions about the book – if you had the chance to read it – or the issues that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books to Teach Kids About Chinese New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/23/books-to-teach-kids-about-chinese-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/01/23/books-to-teach-kids-about-chinese-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed out on Rebecca&#8217;s morning post giving us a look inside the Waldorf classroom, you can read it HERE. Now, here&#8217;s Robin reviewing a cool collection of children&#8217;s books that help kids learn about Chinese culture and Chinese New Year. Have a great afternoon. Here&#8217;s Robin:
I get sort of droopy after [...]]]></description>
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