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Continue reading →: Summer Is for Cousins by Rajani LaRoccaMy five-year-old child’s rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (See my kids’ rating system here.) My thoughts: What a lovely story! I enjoyed the vivid illustrations. (The ice cream stand’s name…
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Continue reading →: Our Book Rating System
We have a lot of books–hundreds if not a thousand–in this household. I do buy increasing numbers of digital books and prefer those because I can access…
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Continue reading →: July 26, 1953: Castro Leads the Moncada Barracks Attack in Cuba
On this date 72 years ago, Fidel Castro led an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba, an attack that failed at the time but helped launch…
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Continue reading →: July 25, 1943: Mussolini Voted Out of Power
On this date 82 years ago, Il Duce Benito Mussolini was voted out of power by his own Grand Council of Fascism. He was then arrested upon…
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Continue reading →: July 24, 1911: Machu Picchu Rediscovered
On today’s date 114 years ago, American explorer, guided by a farmer, rediscovered Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. This video is an informative source…
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