Chocolate Duffins

Duffins are a cross between a doughnut and a muffin producing a cakey like doughnut coated with cinnamon sugar See this easy and delicious recipe to learn how to make them.

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Storytime Wasn’t Part of My Childhood, but Now It Is the Best Part of the Day

As a preschool age child, I felt a sense of frustration and loss that part of the world wasn’t available to me to understand, because I couldn’t read. I had a book called 365 Stories for Every Day of the Year. I didn’t know the exact title. I can, however, remember climbing up the side of my cupboard to reach for it on the highest shelf. I used to page through it mystified and wish that I could read it. I remember asking to be read to and always being given some reason or other why tonight wasn’t a good night.

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Eight Tips for Raising Bilingual Kids

Recently, PJ Library invited Alyona Makhova, parenting consultant for Russian-speaking families, to present a session on raising a bilingual child. Parents loved the seminar and so we are delighted to share her tips which we hope are helpful for any parent raising a bilingual child.

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