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Dear Children, You’re Fired…Or I’m Fired?
For weeks now, I have been trying to get my kids to read my official revised draft of Children of Planes… The youngest started to read it. To make it official, she even asked that I draft up a contract of what my expectations were of her to be a professional reader: Note the deadline Read more
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Will Travel for Good Food and Free Books
Despite my state’s super high taxes and lousy roads, we have the golden opportunity to live a book lover’s dream. Some genius decided to combine the love of being a fat kid and the love of reading FREE books. To be fair, most big chain book stores have cafes in their book stores, so Read more
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Family Reading Time
In the Allaire Family Constitution, it specifically states that 7-8 p.m. is reading time. Any use of electronics at this time results in the guilty party having to cluck like a chicken… Suffice to say, we take our reading time seriously. I found a lot of information on why you should read to Read more