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Hiller’s Markets Union Lake store is first to try our new display

Hiller’s Markets offer premier products, gourmet delectables, healthy choices, and lifestyle shopping. This morning Carl and I set up our new children’s picture book, movie and plush display inside the Hiller’s Markets Union Lake Store in Union Lake, Michigan. 
We filled the display with our New York Times best-selling children’s picture books, award winning movies, plush fawn and [...]

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One more photo from Carl and Jean’s visit to the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

Here’s another photo from the grand opening of Sprout: Toys for Growing Minds at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum where Carl and Jean signed their children’s picture books.
Looks like a pretty fun place!

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Another photo from Carl and Jean’s visit at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

I love WordPress.org, our blog software, but it does not allow us to easily post more than one photo per blog post.
That said, here’s a great photo of Lester Milligan, our good friend and Michigan sales representative, at the grand opening of Sprout: Toys for Growing Minds at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum.
Lester looks like [...]

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Subscribe to our nature blog today

Want to keep updated on breaking news about our wildlife prints, children’s picture books, movies and plush? Subscribe to our “In the Woods” nature blog today! 
When you subscribe, you receive new blog posts directly in your e-mail inbox or RSS feed reader, whichever you prefer. There is no charge, the updates are free, and you can [...]

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Lyme Disease Prevention from the American Lyme Disease Foundation

Do you spend time outdoors in the woods? If so, the American Lyme Disease Foundation offers very helpful information about lyme disease prevention.
Lyme disease is a debilitating disease. As I mountain biked last week I was bitten by what I thought was a deer tick. I researched Lyme disease and want to share this information [...]

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How to improve reading skills in children

Have you wondered how to improve reading skills in children? Two out of every three fourth graders overall are not proficient in reading, according to ”Success Starts with Reading”, a press release from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The new report, “Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters“, from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, [...]

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See us at BookExpo America

Here is a photo of our staff at BookExpo America (BEA) this week. BookExpo America is the largest publishing event in North America.
Karen McDiarmid, art director, is on the left. Denise Caverly, trade show representative, is in the center. Author Jean Stoick is on the right.
We are showing our newest book, One Child, One Planet, along [...]

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For kids, video games top saving nature: survey

A new survey has me worried about the future of our environment. Ten times more children around the world rank watching television and playing video games as more important to them than saving the environment, according to the survey.
It’s now more important than ever that Carl and Jean continue to use their award-winning children’s books [...]

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New underwater footage of BP oil leak

The Deepwater Horizon Incident Response Center has released new video of the BP oil pipe leak at its source 5,000 feet down on the ocean floor. Thick black crude oil that looks like an underwater volcano can be seen pumping uncontrollably into the water…

I heard on Good Morning America this morning that it is leaking [...]

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Proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

I’m excited to learn about the proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois. I travel around this beautiful area when I visit one of my favorite places, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
The proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge will be located between Milwaukee and Chicago. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, if a refuge is [...]

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