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On Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) participating stores give away a selection of comic books. This year’s Free Comic Book Day is extra special since it falls on May the 4th – aka Star Wars Day (as in May the Fourth Be With You). I’ll be on the lookout for Star Wars Day activities as […]
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Bookstock is Metro Detroit’s largest non-profit used book and media sale. It is held at Livonia’s Laurel Park Place which is a convenient drive from Ann Arbor. Proceeds from the sale benefit charitable literacy and education projects in metro Detroit.
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Local Mom Jenna Dawson published a new picture book – What is Kindness? – in November 2022. She is being featured at the Ypsilanti District Library’s Young Black Writers Workshop on January 16 at the Ypsilanti Library Michigan Avenue Branch.. Before the event, we wanted to share more about her and her book. About Jenna
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Does your family love to color? Nineteen female artists have coloaborated on a new coloring book, Color the Quarantine. The coloring book was the inspiration of three artists, Kat Furtado, Leah Nadeau, and Melissa Doty. Leah Nadeau is an Ann Arbor artist and asked me to share the project with Ann Arbor parents. Kat, Leah,
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The AADL Summer Game brings a whole new level to Ann Arbor Summer Reading Programs. We’ve got details on how it works (including like a traditional summer reading program) and other Ann Arbor summer reading programs. I’m also sharing links to the Summer Reading Recommendations that we have shared in the past. Over the years my
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Disclosure: I was provided a free copy of Science Comics Rockets by Ann Arbor authors Anne & Jerzy Drozd. The authors are founders of Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival and will be featured at the 2018 event. All opinions are our own. This weekend is the 10th annual Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF). It
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Michigan Author Shelley Johannes published her debut elementary school novel, Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker last week. This week she launched her book tour with school visits at Haisley and Pittsfield Elementary Schools. Thank you to Literati Bookstore for sponsoring these visits.
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Star Wars day, May the Fourth is quickly approaching. I thought I would share some of my daughter’s favorite Star Wars books and some upcoming releases that she is waiting for. Disclaimer: Ann Arbor with Kids is compensated for sales through Amazon links. Darth Vader & Son Series Jeffrey Brown’s Darth Vader & Son series is
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Is your child looking for new reading material? My daughter loves the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. She started reading them when she was in the second grade. The latest book was released today. Disclosure: Ann Arbor with Kids is compensated for sales through Amazon Links Double Down – Book 11 Double Down, the 11th
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I was planning to be finished with our Monday Summer Reading Recommendations since summer is over. Then, this evening I discovered that Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday is this week. You can’t go wrong with a Roald Dahl book. Disclosure: Ann Arbor with Kids is compensated for sales through Amazon links below. Thank you for supporting the
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