DK Books For the budding paleontologist in your family, the ginormous board book “Dinosaurium” is worth more than an all-day pass to Jurassic Park. And far less dangerous.It’s literally 10 books in one. The more pages you turn, the more publications are revealed, hidden in die-cut nooks and crannies. For example, a “Dino Bio” comic-strip […]
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Kids build skills reading to dogs at library
Anyone who ever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks obviously hasn’t spent a Thursday night with his or her kids at the Edmond Public Library. For the past year, children have looked forward to that weeknight at the library to enjoy their favorite books with their four-legged, furry friends, as certified therapy […]
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Changing You!: A Guide to Body Changes and Sexuality – Dr. Gail Saltz and Lynne Avril Cravath
Dutton Children’s Books$16.99ISBN: 9780525478171 I’m all for leveling with kids when it comes to explaining the birds and the bees. But that doesn’t mean I want a book sitting on their shelf with a cutaway cartoon illustration of a penis ejaculating into a vagina. “?Rod Lott
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Eye of the Dolphin
piritual qualities of unsullied nature teaches the island locals a lesson about life; warm fuzzies are shared all around. Designed to be the kind of movie only a 13- or 14-year-old girl could love, the overriding message of “Dolphin” is that rational thought only messes up your head and “following your heart” is the only […]
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965/2007 Doing the monster mash in this fondly remembered Toho film are Frankenstein’s monster — or at least Japan’s idea of such — and Baragon, the giant horned creature later to appear alongside Godzilla in “Destroy All Monsters.” As with most films in this genre and of the swingin’ Sixties period, radiation figures heavily into […]
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I, California – Stacey Grenrock Woods
Scribner Every month, the best part of reading Esquire magazine is Stacey Grenrock Woods. Why, then, is her memoir, “I, California,” so disappointing? It’s simply all over the place, as its subtitle attests: “The Occasional History of a Child Actress/Tap Dancer/Record Store Clerk/Thai Waitress/Playboy Reject/Nightclub Booker/’Daily Show’ Correspondent/Recurring Character and Whatever Else.” It begins with […]
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Chalk art contest to aid metro’s hungry
It’s estimated around the world, one child dies from hunger every five seconds. With some of those hungry people in the metro’s own back yard, a chalk art contest 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday in Norman will give kids the tools to raise awareness. Organizers envision downtown’s Legacy Trail covered in pavement masterpieces, themed “Helping the Hungry […]
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Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels – J. Randolph Cox, editor
Hey, remember in the late 19th century when we’d all go spend a few pennies each week to buy a novel? Wasn’t that e’er so keen? No? Then, barring a time machine, your best bet at replicating those early days of pulp literature is this welcome anthology, collecting five short novels from way back when. […]
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Library’s ‘wizard rock’ concert for Harry Potter fans
The Remus Lupins and The Whomping Willows pay tribute to Harry Potter through the magic of song. Both will take the stage 5-8 p.m. Sunday for a free, all-ages, outdoor concert at Southern Oaks Library, 6900 S. Walker. “I think it will be a lot of fun,” said Cheryll Smith, children’s services librarian at Southern […]
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Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love
Patrice HannonPlume Suck the lightheartedness out of “The Jane Austen Handbook,” and you get something like Patrice Hannon’s “Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love,” in which a fictional Jane answers a slew of Dear Abby-ish questions posed by modern women. Jane weighs in “? heavily “? on family, finances, sex and […]