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		<title>Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/12/03/massive-holiday-shopping-suggestions-for-science-and-technology-nerds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before going on to my regular suggestions (which will link to Amazon via my associates account, so I get a small bounty), note that at this time, and probably for only a few days, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk&#8217;s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We&#8217;re Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/12/03/massive-holiday-shopping-suggestions-for-science-and-technology-nerds/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dictionary Of Difficult Words: Great kids book for all ages</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/15/the-dictionary-of-difficult-words-great-kids-book-for-all-ages/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Dictionary of Difficult Words: With more than 400 perplexing words to test your wits! by Jane Solomon, illustrated by Louise Lockhart* is a grandiloquent lionization of lexicon, with a plethora of terms allowing you to emulate an egghead as you enunciate extemporaneously. No flapdoodle in this tome, a true juggernaut of of pithy cirumlocutious &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/15/the-dictionary-of-difficult-words-great-kids-book-for-all-ages/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Dictionary Of Difficult Words: Great kids book for all ages</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Animal Awards: This year there are 50 winners!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/06/the-animal-awards-this-year-there-are-50-winners/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Ice Lover Award goes to the Polar Bear, the Crafty Hunter Award goes to the Tiger, and the Terribly Tall Award goes to the Giraffe, as usual. This new coffee-table format kids book, The Animal Awards: Celebrate NATURE with 50 fabulous creatures from the animal kingdom, by Martin Jenkins with illustrations by Tor Freeman*, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/06/the-animal-awards-this-year-there-are-50-winners/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Animal Awards: This year there are 50 winners!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kitchen Item as Holiday Gift? Maybe, maybe not</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/05/kitchen-item-as-holiday-gift-maybe-maybe-not/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Historically, kitchen items have been iffy as holidy gifts, because the person that might like something kitchen related is probably a cooking geek, and therefore, either already has the thing or has a better idea of which one to get than you, the gift giver, does. On the other hand, Covid-19 has caused a surge &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/05/kitchen-item-as-holiday-gift-maybe-maybe-not/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kitchen Item as Holiday Gift? Maybe, maybe not</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Encyclopedia Of Animals: Time to upgrade the science shelf in your library</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/23/encyclopedia-of-animals-time-to-upgrade-the-science-shelf-in-your-library/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I had an encyclopedia of animals. I cherished it, read it several times. For a long time, until I was in middle school, I knew more about animals than anyone else I knew because I had read that book. I also used it as a jumping off point to learn &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/23/encyclopedia-of-animals-time-to-upgrade-the-science-shelf-in-your-library/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Encyclopedia Of Animals: Time to upgrade the science shelf in your library</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Excellent Science Oriented Book About Horses: The Horse, a  Natural History by Busby and Rutland</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How much do you know about the natural history of the horse? Not enough, I&#8217;ll wager, considering that the horse is a key, central element to much (but not all) of human history. The evolutionary story is classic, and central to much interesting conversation. The spread of the modern species across the globe, its domestication &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/23/an-excellent-science-oriented-book-about-horses-the-horse-a-natural-history-by-busby-and-rutland/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An Excellent Science Oriented Book About Horses: The Horse, a  Natural History by Busby and Rutland</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Excellent Book Series for Kids and their Adults</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/18/excellent-book-series-for-kids-and-their-adults/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An odd group of adults, including Mr. Benedict, his two live-in assistants, and his usually not at home spy, contrive to attract and collect an odd group of children, each with a unique and stunning set of abilities, in order to enlist them in a dangerous and critically important adventure. Then they do that again &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/18/excellent-book-series-for-kids-and-their-adults/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Excellent Book Series for Kids and their Adults</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Games in the Covid Era</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/18/games-in-the-covid-era/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about games (mainly two person or more board games) as a great idea for gifts in this era of Covid. So, I asked my Facebook friends to suggest some, and that resulted in about 90 comments so far. I&#8217;m put many of them here. I skipped a few games because they are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/11/18/games-in-the-covid-era/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Games in the Covid Era</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stem In A Box: Great new toy, er, tool for learning</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/29/stem-in-a-box-great-new-toy-er-tool-for-learning/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst is made for kids about 8-12, but a little younger with supervision and older by a few years is cool. I&#8217;ll put my unboxing shots off to the right so you can get an idea of what the kit contains. Below, there are a few videos provided by the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/29/stem-in-a-box-great-new-toy-er-tool-for-learning/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Stem In A Box: Great new toy, er, tool for learning</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Great new kids&#8217; science book</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/12/14/great-new-kids-science-book/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t Mess With Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures by Paul Erickson is part of a series that is currently small but hopefully growing by Tilbury House. I previously reviewed One Iguana Two Iguanas (about iguanas). Like the Iguana book, Erickson&#8217;s book for third through seventh graders (8-12 or so years of age) &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/12/14/great-new-kids-science-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Great new kids&#8217; science book</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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