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Pretty Omens (what are you reading on National Read A Book Day?)

September 6, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

It is National Read a Book Day and I just finished reading Pretty Omens written by A. LaFaye Published by Anchor and Plume Press   Under a full moon on Crowley Ridge, Cass Anne Marie was born to Mama Sela who had already lost three children. She and her husband loved that baby but when […]

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Filed Under: Books, Celebrate Tagged With: A. LaFaye, children's novels in verse, Pretty Omens

Field Trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

September 6, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

This past week PBS and the BBC joined together to present Big Blue Live at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We watched the first two nights of the show and then realized it had been awhile since we had been to the aquarium. Time for a Field Trip to celebrate a beautiful summer day! Our family […]

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Filed Under: Books, Citizen Science, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: Author Laura Marsh, Big Blue Live, Celebrate this week, Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip, National Geographic Kids Sea Otters

Faithful Friends

August 29, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

we’re celebrating our dogs this week. Life would be dull without them. Here’s to the dogs we love – those that live with us now Koda, Easton, Tuesday, and Bosco #2 and those who live on in our memories – Daisy, Yaja, Sheba, Bosco #1, Lulu, Jojo the angel dog, Gina, Sammy, Lady Ginger, Katie, […]

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Filed Under: Celebrate Tagged With: dogs

Dog Days part 2

August 28, 2015 Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

  We have more dogs to read about! Let’s start with an alphabet book: Arf! Beg! Catch! Dogs from A to Z is a photographic essay on the things dogs do by Henry Horenstein. (Scholastic) Each page features a big and beautiful photo of a do (or more) in action. I’m amazed at how the […]

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National Dog Day!

August 26, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

  It’s National Dog Day – time to pamper our pooches! Tuesday, Bosco, and Easton are ready for a party.   Here at A Field Trip Life, books are always a part of every activity.  It also happens to be Mee Mee’s birthday so we all went out to celebrate. (Koda wasn’t happy because she wasn’t […]

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Filed Under: Books, Celebrate Tagged With: Behave!, dog books, Go Dog Go, Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day, Harry the Dirty Dog, McDuff Moves In, National Dog Day, Pinkerton, Steven Kellogg

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