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Science Sunday on Saturday: Louisiana Crawdads

March 3, 2012 Ticia 5 Comments

  So do you say Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdaddy? We read one of the Johnette Downing books I referred to earlier, “Why the Crawfish Lives in the Mud?”  You like how Aunt Tara got suckered into reading to them when visiting? Afterwards we took some time to read through it again … [Read more...]

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Louisiana: Johnette Downing books

February 29, 2012 Ticia 4 Comments

For whatever reason my library has about 10 books by this author for Louisiana.  They all have great voice and flair to them.  They also have a very distinctive illustration style.  It’s a variation of collage artwork, a sort of cut work that is very appealing, and lends itself … [Read more...]

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Louisiana: Mardi Gras

February 21, 2012 Ticia 9 Comments

“Mardi Gras” is a great book about the holiday and how it is celebrate particularly in New Orleans.   It approaches this holiday at a kid level and gives a fair amount of background.  I loved how well it covered how New Orleans celebrates it and I learned all sorts of … [Read more...]

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And one last Louisiana post

April 16, 2011 Ticia 6 Comments

  We woke up this morning to a horrible rainstorm and hurriedly got ready to go amidst lots of tornado warnings and the kids asking “Will a tornado come and hit us?”   YES!  And it’s going to fly us far away!  Okay, I didn’t really say that, but there was times I was tempted … [Read more...]

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We’ve crossed another state border

April 12, 2011 Ticia 8 Comments

But of course we had to stop at the Monroe zoo, which is AWESOME.  If you’re ever in Monroe, LA and you have a few hours to spare stop in and wander around.  It’s the perfect size for little guys, and it has a super neat train and boat ride, which sadly weren’t working when we … [Read more...]

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