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Monday, January 28, 2013

Classic Books to Share with Your Children for Valentine's Day

From 'Charlotte's Web' to 'Where the Wild Things Are,' share these classic books with your children and encourage their love for reading.

“Where’s Pa Going with that Axe?” The Enduring Quality of Children’s Classics By Anita Silvey Courtesy of James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read Foundation The opening line of E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web— “Where’s Pa going with that axe?”—has now been read by adults to eager young listeners for more than 60 years. Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day have been picked up with enthusiasm for more than 50 years. For 75 years, parents have shared The Hobbit, and this year Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are turns 50. These books and others like them (Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Virginia Lee Burton’s Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables) bring …

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Get Out: Our Top Five Picks For Fun This Weekend

Here are our top picks for fun this weekend.

1. Detecting Women Where/When: Frank Sarris Public Library, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday Why Go?: This mystery book club will meet once a month to discuss a different book. This month's book is Lee Child's "Without Fail." Pricing: Free 2. RML Jazz Concert Where/When: David's Music House, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday Why Go?: RML Jazz will perform at David’s Music House this Saturday. Click here to read more about the band. Pricing: $10 to $20 donations at the door. 3. “Charlotte’s Web” Where?/When?: Upper St. Clair High School, 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. on Saturday Why Go?: Missed your chance to see the show last week? Don’t worry because the show is coming to Upper St. Clair High School. TheatreworksUSA's live stage performance of “Charlotte’s …

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