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Jean-Marie is the chief read aloud officer of the South Florida household she shares with husband Ken and their 2 children.

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Book Review: Truckery Rhymes

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I have three reasons for my book selection this month.  One, April is National Poetry Month.  Two, Jon Scieszka is awesome.  And three, Truckery Rhymes is one of my 2-year-old son’s favorites books. We are big fans of Jon Scieszka’s other Trucktown picture books — Smash! Crash! and Melvin Might? — so when we found [...]

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What We’re Reading: Ivy + Bean and The Empty Pot

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Two lovely Early Elementary books are reviewed this week for your What We’re Reading Wednesday: Early Elementary from Jean-Marie Maier When Bean’s mother suggests to Bean that she play with Ivy, the new girl across the street, Bean answers with a big fat “no thanks.”  Ivy and Bean are both seven years old, but to [...]

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