We live in northern California, and spring this year is spectacular, drought years with brown hills are gone, replaced with emerald green wherever we look. A trip to various favorite bookstores, we returned with a bag full of new children’s books for spring.
Read more…Florence Palazzo Davanzati: Step into the Middle Ages
In Florence, visit the Palazzo Davanzati, a mansion from the Middle Ages. Kids will step into the life of a noble family – a multi-story residence, with great halls for entertaining, beautifully decorated bedrooms, a private well, indoor bathrooms and kitchen.
Read more…New York City mystery books
New York City is a dynamic setting for mysteries – the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central Station, Yankee stadium, the subway, Central Park. Here’s new and favorite mysteries, all set in New York, from Harlem to Staten Island, East Side, West Side, Ellis Island, and Fifth Ave.
Read more…Where is the Last Spike?
Where is the original (Last Spike (Golden Spike), used to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit Utah on May 10, 1869?
Read more…New at the Exploratorium
The Exploratorium in San Francisco is always changing. Curious Contraptions (push the button for flying horses, Anubis riding a camel and exercising), undersea computer, lights and video koi pond, colorful Space Palette.
Read more…Books are great gifts
Books are great gifts for kids, and also fun for parents and grandparents. Open the pages to discover wonders of nature, celebrate Christmas around the world, follow wild and wacky trails through New York or Paris, read a story of courage and endurance in frozen Antarctica, explore a beach and find barnacle glasses, try to spot a tortoise on an island or tapir in the jungle, color the landmarks of London.
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