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Old 02-09-2006, 05:26 PM   #2986
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You complete me.
You're so easy these days. First some little Faggeleh with the boobies, then the Russian Bubbe with the Tuchis, now ou're falling for some goyishe schnorrer.

I don't even know you anymore.
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Old 02-09-2006, 05:38 PM   #2987
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So, with the c-section, you still get stretched out (you know, hormones and all) without the corrective plastic surgery.
Bunk.
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:30 PM   #2988
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Bunk.
Agreed.

There's got to be some benefit to having major surgery for something you shouldn't need it for.

I mean, other than a healthy kid and all...
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Old 02-11-2006, 09:38 PM   #2989
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You're so easy these days. First some little Faggeleh with the boobies, then the Russian Bubbe with the Tuchis, now ou're falling for some goyishe schnorrer.

I don't even know you anymore.
Easy? Moi? Perhaps. I draw the line somewhere before incest, however.
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Old 02-12-2006, 05:54 PM   #2990
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Easy? Moi? Perhaps. I draw the line somewhere before incest, however.
Oh, come on. Surely you know that "love her like a sister" crap is just science/math/chess club nerdspeak for "I say this because I know if I aske her out she'll laugh in my face, but if she thinks I'm harmless, maybe I can get lucky and be there when she decides to get even with the captain of the football team for dumping her."

He wants you so bad even Spanky can taste it.
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Old 02-16-2006, 04:19 PM   #2991
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I am really an addict for all these colorful, cool books for my 3 year old -- we have The Giving Tree (my favorite), Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon (though I don't rave like others do about this one), Chicka Boom Boom, Guess How Much I love You, Counting Kisses, a few Dr. Seuss like the one about the bird's nest, Snowmen at Night...... What's great is there are not many words per page so we can read a bunch in one sitting (and the idea of reading those longwinded books right now is scary.).

So...I have a little time before a meeting tonight near Barnes & Noble. Any recommendations on some more?

As always - thanks!
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Old 02-16-2006, 04:51 PM   #2992
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I am really an addict for all these colorful, cool books for my 3 year old -- we have The Giving Tree (my favorite), Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon (though I don't rave like others do about this one), Chicka Boom Boom, Guess How Much I love You, Counting Kisses, a few Dr. Seuss like the one about the bird's nest, Snowmen at Night...... What's great is there are not many words per page so we can read a bunch in one sitting (and the idea of reading those longwinded books right now is scary.).

So...I have a little time before a meeting tonight near Barnes & Noble. Any recommendations on some more?

As always - thanks!
The baltspawn are currently enjoying One Afternoon:


However, I think we picked it up on clearance a few months ago, so it may be hard to find.

The Boynton books are all bright and short. As are the Eric Carle books. There's also the Carl the Dog books, which have no words.

Also, books by Mo Williams. Both Leonardo the Terrible Monster:


and Knuffle Bunny:



are in heavy, heavy rotation. His pigeon books are well regarded, too.

ETA: All of these are really short, and can take as little as two minutes to read, but much more if you stop to look at and talk about all the pictures.
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Old 02-16-2006, 04:58 PM   #2993
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I am really an addict for all these colorful, cool books for my 3 year old -- we have The Giving Tree (my favorite), Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon (though I don't rave like others do about this one), Chicka Boom Boom, Guess How Much I love You, Counting Kisses, a few Dr. Seuss like the one about the bird's nest, Snowmen at Night...... What's great is there are not many words per page so we can read a bunch in one sitting (and the idea of reading those longwinded books right now is scary.).

So...I have a little time before a meeting tonight near Barnes & Noble. Any recommendations on some more?

As always - thanks!
You need more books. In the Night Kitchen, Runaway Bunny, Starry Safari, Curious George galore.
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:19 PM   #2994
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The baltspawn are currently enjoying One Afternoon:


However, I think we picked it up on clearance a few months ago, so it may be hard to find.

The Boynton books are all bright and short. As are the Eric Carle books. There's also the Carl the Dog books, which have no words.

Also, books by Mo Williams. Both Leonardo the Terrible Monster:


and Knuffle Bunny:



are in heavy, heavy rotation. His pigeon books are well regarded, too.

ETA: All of these are really short, and can take as little as two minutes to read, but much more if you stop to look at and talk about all the pictures.
The pigeon books as in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus"?

My 3 y.o. LOVES that book. It's the first book he ever really loved, I think.
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:27 PM   #2995
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The pigeon books as in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus"?

My 3 y.o. LOVES that book. It's the first book he ever really loved, I think.
Yes. There's one about a hotdog too. The baltspawn don't have them, but they have a friend who loves them.
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:31 PM   #2996
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Yes. There's one about a hotdog too.
And a couple others--The Pigeon Loves Things That Go or some such. Very popular.

Also, highly recommend the Richard Scarry books, but really only the original ones--none of the recent ones compare with the older stuff.
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Old 02-16-2006, 06:04 PM   #2997
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And a couple others--The Pigeon Loves Things That Go or some such. Very popular.

Also, highly recommend the Richard Scarry books, but really only the original ones--none of the recent ones compare with the older stuff.
BTW, for the growing number of parents on this board for whom it is relevant:

This book is great for younger kids whose parents are going through a seperation. For kids who are young enough to not really get what a "divorce" means. It just normalizes the idea that some kids have two homes. The baltspawn understood it immediately.

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Old 02-16-2006, 09:23 PM   #2998
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Also, highly recommend the Richard Scarry books, but really only the original ones--none of the recent ones compare with the older stuff.
Maybe because he's dead?

I loved the Richard Scarry books we had growing up, even though they all had eat-holes in the binding from my baby brother. Sigh. Cars and Trucks and Things that Go was one of our favs.
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This was wonderful!!! Thanks!!! I hit Barnes & Noble on my way to a meeting and scored the following:

Knuffle Bunny
Leonardo The Terrible Monster
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus

The rest of all of the recs, I'm getting on Amazon. I also picked up the following tonight which looked cute:



I also got some Dora books because she really loves them - they're simple, have some easy Spanish, and she likes the predictable things like Swiper. Some others we have at home that I would recommend:

"The Mitten", by Jann Brett

"If You Give A Pig A Party", Laura Numeroff

"I Like Me", Nancy Carlson

My personal favorite (the illustrations are incredible - some look like they're partly photographs): "Africa Calling; nightime falling", Daniel Adlerman

So much fun! Thanks again!
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Also Bread and Jam for Frances is wonderful. Both my babies like the Brown Bear book and the companion Polar Bear book.
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