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Count Your Blessings with One Big Turkey - Children's Book Review!

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My kids love books. They love to read, look at the pictures and have us parents read. We are always getting them new books, especially around the holidays. Recently we got and read One Big Turkey by Anne Vittur Kennedy and published by Thomas Nelson . This is a really cute, "Country Your Blessings" book. Its a hard board book that has a fun turkey like shape that kids will love. Children can count along with the turkey and it's animal friends. The book is written in simple language with one line rhymes on each page, as well as a number for counting and fun, colorful illustrations. In the book are lots of cute animals, that my children love to point out and look at. It also talks about different foods for the animals and the pictures clearly illustrate the story well. The animals really are precious and realistic looking. They have relevant facial expressions and the kids love pointing them out. We really loved the bright, autumn colors. Really fitting for a ...

Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal - Book Review

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It's been a long time since the Ghostbusters were a trending topic in society, but they are back full force but with some changes! In stead of the original cast including Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and the others, this time the Ghostbusters are women! Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig are wonderful actresses and super funny and totally fit the personas in this book! I haven't seen the new movie yet but that doesn't matter. This book will give you insight into the characters, the science and history behind it as well as how to become your own Ghostbuster, with a side of humor! Right from the start, from reading the New Foreword and Introduction, which at first made me skeptical of what I was about to read, you can see that this book is serious about not being too serious. This is not your typical scientific textbook. It could be like a textbook with lots of information, and tips, but it is written differently and so that even the less scholared person could understan...