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Llama, Llama Red Pajama [2005, Viking, ISBN: 0-670-05983-8 Hardcover] by Anna Dewdney is a delightful and fun32-page children's rhyming book about a little llama who is going to bed.

Well, he's supposed...

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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing [1972, Simon and Schuster, SBN: 671-65201-X Reinforced Edition] by Martin Gardner is a 96-page children's non-fiction book with lots of details about communication techniques....

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Autumn [1998, Pebble Books, Capstone Press, ISBN: 1-56065-783-9] by Gail Saunders-Smith is a 24-page children's picture book about Autumn. It has nice photographs of Fall scenes in nature with some featuring...

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Quick View: This little trio of lip shines is easy to carry and can be swapped out with other lip shines, blushes, or eye shadows so you always have a compact of the shades you're wearing on hand. I have...

Lights, Camera, Interaction Melissa & Doug Shape Sorter Box holds four scenes that can be slid out and also stored within the box.

This one has four scenes:

• transportation
• house
• farm
• pets

It also contains...

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Quick View: This four ounce can of spritzer for the face does revitalize dry skin and smells great but I wouldn't pay $35.00 for it for any reason. I got mine in a thing called the "Test Tube" which comes...

Melissa & Doug Lights, Camera, Interaction Large Shapes Wooden Jumbo Knob Puzzle features eight brightly colored shapes:

• circle--with a picture of a clock behind it
• diamond--with a picture of a kite behind...

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Little Teddy Bear's Happy Face Sad Face: A First Book About Feelings [1998, The Millbrook Press] is a six page board book with four wooden bear faces with different feelings, including happy, sad, angry,...

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The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow [2004, Cartwheel Books by Scholastic, Inc., ISBN: 0-439-56990-7] by Joanna Cole with illustrations by Bruce Degen is a 32-page children's book about snow. It is a...

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I'm a big fan of organic and fair-trade products, but the main reason that I bought Trader Joe's Cafe Pajaro Whole Bean Coffee was because it was nicely priced and had a cute picture of a bird on the container. ...

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Every spring a large group of my family heads south for a spring break vacation at Cozumel, Mexico.  My birthday is usually a few weeks before the trip, so it wasn't surprising last year to receive a...

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Quick View: I love playing with eyeshadow but don't love spending tons of money for one or two shades unless I absolutely adore everything about the shadow. I bought a few one dollar e.l.f. Duo Cream Eyeshadows...

When I first read Confessions of a Shopaholic, I was completely charmed by Becky Bloomwood and her spendthrift ways. This first book in the Shopaholic series is one of the best examples of what is now...

Hand soap is just one of those things that you have to buy.  I usually stick to environmentally-friendly products like method or Mrs. Meyer's, but I sent my husband off to the store with the shopping...

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I've bought several LUSH massage bars over the years (Each Peach, Soft Coeur, Strawberry Feels Forever, Nutts, Mange Too) and, while I found some of them to work well as a basic skin moisturizer, none...