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Sure You Missed The Last 2 Book Clubs, But They’ll All Overlook Your Absences When You Show Up With One of These…

Been slacking with your book club? That’s okay, you’re about to come back with a bang.

The ladies in your club may have you on the naughty list for missing so many sessions, so when you finally emerge for the last book club of the year, show up with some goodies for the girls. We found five gifts that are sure to get you back in their good graces–just be sure to read that last chapter!

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Freebie Friday: Win A Spookley The Square Pumpkin Gift Set

In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month, we’ve partnered with Spookley the Square Pumpk to give away a prize package filled with Spookley books, DVDs, toys and more! “It’s the things that make us different that make us special.”

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5 Questions With Joe Troiano, The Author of the Spookley Books

1. How did you get involved with Spookley?
It all started on Halloween night 1999 when my son, Nicholas, asked me to tell him a bedtime story. He wanted a very special story— it couldn’t be scary, no ghosts, no goblins, no monsters. I asked him what he wanted it to be about and he said, “Pumpkins! Pumpkins are cute and not scary.” So that night I had one of those magical moments writers dream about their entire life— a muse moment. Without any forethought at all, I made up a Halloween story about an odd-shaped pumpkin named Spookley, who saves the day. I told it to Nick in verse (I think and write in verse) and when I finished, he was asleep and I was running to my office to write it all down.

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10 Things My Daughter Will Reveal in Her Tell-All…

Have you heard about Martha Stewart’s daughter’s new tell-all? I don’t think anyone believed Martha to be a saint, but from the leaked excerpts of Alexis’ book, Whateverland: Learning to Live Here, Martha may have been one crazy mom.

According to reports, Alexis alleges that on Halloween “There were no costumes. There was no anything.” She also says Martha went to the bathroom without closing the door and made her do everything perfectly.

Sounds scary, right? Actually, now that I think about it, that sounds a lot like me.When did I become Martha Stewart?

Okay, actually, I’m not at all like Martha. In the crafty, Susie homemaker sense anyway. But I can be a bit, umm, rigid when it comes to raising my daughter. So before she turns 21 and realizes I’ve scarred her for life, I’m preemptively airing my dirty laundry. Here are 10 of the things you’ll probably read in my daughter’s tell-all 20 years from now…

1. I’m paranoid. I sometimes suffer from debilitating fear that she will get hurt or kidnapped and as a result, I do crazy things. Like lock her in the bathroom while I shower…

2. I cancelled Halloween. I kind of hate Halloween, so when my daughter remarked she didn’t want a costume, I ran with it. Now, she’s totally okay telling everyone, “We’re not going to Halloween this year.” And I couldn’t be happier.

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5 Halloween Costumes That Will Make Any English Teacher Proud…

Sure, all the Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora the Explorer Halloween costumes may make your children swoon, but what if you’re not terribly keen about your little one dressing up as a pre-packaged cartoon character for Halloween?

Believe it or not, there is a happy medium between a shiny hit TV show and homemade sheet with holes cut out for the eyes–just look to children’s literature! Here are a few infant and toddler Halloween costumes–besides the overdone Harry Potter–that walk the line between commercial and classic.

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