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2009

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2008

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2007

December 33
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January

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Sticking with the Jan Brett theme for today (and being brief because I’m about to serve a...
Dec 31st
On the left you see Goldilocks, who’s actually part of...
Dec 31st
“And what happened to Goldilocks afterwards, no one can tell....”
— Jan Brett’s Goldilocks
Dec 31st

The Hat

By Jan Brett If you’re my age, you may not have known Jan Brett as a kid - the wonderful...
Dec 29th
Poor hedgehog!
Dec 29th
“I’ll be dry and cozy when it snows.”
— Hedgie
Dec 29th

A Time to Keep

“Granny, what was it like when Mummy was like me?” is how this book begins.  It goes...
Dec 27th
“December was the best of all times to keep.”
—  Tasha Tudor, A Time to Keep
Dec 27th
Tasha Tudor’s watercolor illustrations are beyond...
Dec 27th

Rapunzel

Paul O. Zelinsky’s Rapunzel, that is. The oil paintings that illustrate this book are...
Dec 26th
No wonder it’s 1998’s Caldecott Medal winner.
Dec 26th
“I thought I had kept you safe, away from the whole world,...”
— The Sorceress from Paul...
Dec 26th

Snow White

If you’re going to do a fairy tale, it had better be gorgeous. Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert...
Dec 23rd
This is a small part of a forest scene. In it you’ll see...
Dec 23rd
“But they had already put iron slippers over a fire of coals,...”
— Randall Jarrell’s text...
Dec 23rd

End Content.

 For anyone reading backwards, this post marks the end of content and the beginning of random...
Dec 17th
Did you know there was bunny agility? (via Thowra_uk)
Dec 17th
Snow collapsed a roof in Boston (AP Photo).  This is the...
Dec 17th
Clever. 
Dec 16th
Grownup Puppy of the Day, Regrettable Hookup Edition, Part...
Dec 15th
For you, glow cat!
Dec 14th
Glow cat!  Isn’t science wonderful?   (via...
Dec 14th

Caboo would like it to be known that...

Dec 12th
My friend’s floor is strewn with German Shepherds. ...
Dec 12th
Awesome, found on Digg National Geographic.
Dec 12th
“I can’t figure out if the fact that the roads are...”
— Friend Paul, on winter in...
Dec 9th
Broken reins? No problem.
Dec 9th
Nine years old & still kicking ass.
Dec 8th
This is a tremendous book of essays.
Dec 8th
I am so small and the Golden Gate bridge is so tall!  (Daily...
Dec 5th
Delaware 'Sponging' Incident Probed |...
Dec 4th
 The Daily Coyote: If The Cat Can Climb It, So Can I
Dec 3rd
The Daily Coyote
Dec 1st