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You might not want to let your little one put their peanut butter and jam hands on the pages of the children’s book shown here because Amazon.com shows it listed for $987.65. It’s Just a Plant follows little Jackie as she learns about marijuana from a farmer, a doctor, and others. The illustrated book is out of print (hence, the
Read moreThe best writing on gardening comes not from Vita Sackville-West or even from well-known Humboldt dirt digger, Amy Stewart ( though I enjoy them both.) What inspires me to weed, what wafts through my head like the savory scent of bread baking–enticing me onward towards an idealized version of my own yard comes from some writing by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Read more“Reading is a form of entertainment and should be presented that way, not like sour medicine that’s going to make you better,” says children’s author, PJ Haarsma. His online site blasts like colorful fireworks through the bland shadows of most book promotions. He offers everything from a trailer with a sibilant alien on video to an online game with enough
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