I sold a couple things on the MDC Trading Post so I could order two books. Here they are:
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I was originally going to go with the much-more-complex Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia Of World History, but decided that it was really too much information at this point, and we’d be better off with a more age-appropriate text. It sure looks nifty though! And The Natural World (The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia) also looked worth getting later.

So hopefully my history angst is silenced.

The First Encyclopedia is for Abby who is my little naturalist. She knows all the names for the young of animals, and she’s working on their collective nouns, to wit: “Mama a baby mouse is called a ‘pinky’ and the mouse family is called a ‘nest’ of mice,” etc. A new Maturin in the making! I’ll leave you to imagine her speech; she has a deep voice and tends to prononce all R sounds as Ys. Trust me, it’s pretty darn cute.