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Ivy & Bean: From Pages to Screens
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Keslee Blalock and Madison Skye Validum to star as Ivy and Bean. Image via Netflix.
By:Pam Martin
Ivy and Bean are coming to Netflix—the family-friendly, live-action series will begin airing
September 2nd. Fans of the book series by Annie Barrows (there are 12 in all) will find the two
besties with polar-opposite personalities up to their usual tragi-comic adventures.
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The Importance Of Imaginative Play
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By: Reily McGee
We all can understand just how much fun it is to play. But more and more, we are discovering there are serious lifetime benefits to imaginative play, especially for children throughout their development. What has also begun to emerge is the specific benefits of play. We can all understand how a kid who plays sports will benefit but with imaginative play, the question of how this helps has persisted. What is imaginative play? How can it help my kid?
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A Celebration of Colorado: Creative Colorado Focused Gifts
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By: Reily McGee
As we are the best state in the union, there is a lot to be excited about when it comes to Colorado. So why not share some of that love of Colorado with family and friends out of state? Or maybe even with some in state who need a reminder! Here are a few offerings we have about Colorado at Grandrabbits!
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What Is The Montessori Method? How Can It Help My Kid?
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By: Reily McGee
“So many parents have been saying I should try the Montessori Method for raising my kids but I have no clue what that is!” Boulder is no stranger to the Montessori Method. With the steady increase in child psychology along with continued efforts to improve early childhood education, the Montessori Method plugs a gap that had existed in that education, allowing for independence.
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How The Penguin Random House Antitrust Case Could Impact Your Book Reading Habits
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By: Reily McGee
A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the book publisher Penguin Random House for their attempts to buy out Simon & Schuster for $2.2 Billion dollars. If the acquisition went through, it would consolidate the big five book publishers down to four, extending Penguin Random House’s lead over the competition as the world’s largest book publisher.
The arguments being present by the Department of Justice currently are unusual for an antitrust case. In most antitrust cases, the argument presented is that the given product being monopolized, in this case books, would go up in price from lack of competition. But, because of the rise of Kindle and eReading, book prices are fairly locked in place in their current marketplace. The issue the DOJ is presenting is one of author compensation.
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