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Great Gift for iPad owners: The Thai-Pad iPad Stand

December 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Developing Areas, Literacy

This post and the next post are going to focus on some excellent gifts available at Levenger, a company that describes themselves as “Tools for Serious Readers”. Back in the 1980s, Levenger had a lot of products that focused around fine pens, notebooks, and stationery. They still do those things, but what’s cool is that […]

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More Great Gifts for Book Lovers from GoneReading (including the cutest bookmarks on the planet)

April 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Literacy

Since our last post about the great organization GoneReading International, they’ve added a whole new set of products for book lovers. When we last posted about them, they had mostly T-Shirts and mugs. But since then they’ve added a whole bunch of other great gifts that are perfect for the reader (or the person you’re […]

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Library Books on Your Kindle

January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Literacy

I’ve been an owner of the Kindle Keyboard 3G for years now. There are so many things I love about the Kindle. Perhaps most of all, I love the e-ink technology and how it reads like smooth type on real paper (and how you can read it under direct sunlight). Even though I have an […]

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Book Lover Gifts – Covers of classic paperback books as notecards

December 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Literacy

Now that people are snatching up Amazon’s New Kindle, we keep hearing about the demise of the “real” book at the expense of e-books. Which makes me a bit sad. While I love my Kindle, there’s something to be said about the memories of going to the bookstore, getting a brand new crisp paperback book […]

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Gifts for Book Lovers at GoneReading.com

November 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Developing Areas, Literacy, Uncategorized

When talking with my sister at dinner a few weeks ago, the subject turned to reading. As kids, we were voracious readers. When the Scholastic Book Club newsletter came to us in our grade schools, we’d circle all the books we could, great books like Encyclopedia Brown, The Cricket in Times Square, The Phantom Tollbooth […]

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

January 19th, 2011 · No Comments · First Book, Literacy

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has become one of the children’s book classics of our time. It’s a beautifully illustrated children’s book that recounts the amusing story of what happens when a little boy gives a mouse a cookie. It’s sort of like a modern-day “I know an old lady who swallowed a […]

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Soap that helps promote literacy

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Literacy

This gift is this beautiful glycerin soap cube from The Literary Site. It’s a soothing, aromatic, Vitamin-E enriched soap available in citrus scent, herbal scent, and cinnamon scent. This is one of those great gifts that “give three times”–you can give one to your recipient; for every soap cube sold, The Literary Site will donate […]

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New children's book from Laura Bush and Jenna Bush

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Amazon, Literacy

Read All About It is a book that was released today, from first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Bush.  Most people know that Laura Bush is a former teacher in Dallas, Houston and Austin, and has always been passionate about reading. She was an Honorary Ambassador for the UN Literary Decade, and at the White […]

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Children's Picture Book that Helps a Great Cause

September 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, First Book, Literacy

Do you remember reading Harold and the Purple Crayon or Goodnight Moon? If so, this book is for you. HarperCollins has assembled twelve of the best picture books ever written into one book, the HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Books Classics: A Child’s First Collection. Even though the book is a large volume, the original feel […]

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