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House & Home

11 Great Holiday Home Safety Tips

Today’s guest post containing important holiday home safety tips you should follow this season comes from Courtney Klosterman, Home Insights Expert at Hippo The holidays are a fun and festive time of rest and celebration. However, risks and hazards become even more pronounced in busy and eventful times. The National Fire Protection Association reveals that over a …

Books & Reading

Book Blitz: Listen, Share, and Be Nice by Ashley Chadwick

  the lost art of mannerisms   Children’s Book Date Published: ‎May 21, 2023 Publisher: MindStir Media Cori Elba (Illustrator)   These three words: Listen, Share and be Nice can be basic cornerstones for your child’s growth and development. Teaching your toddler is a daily routine. Using the same mannerisms towards them every day establishes …

Books & Reading

Book Blitz: What’s the Difference by Thomas J. Bacchle

  A Curious Collection of Information about the English Language   Nonfiction Date Published: June 11, 2023 Publisher: Mindstir Media David Helton (Illustrator) In What’s the Difference, the distinctions between similar words are explored. Words such as cemeteries and graveyards, cougars and pumas, oceans and seas are explained, as well as seltzer water and club …

Books & Reading

Book Blitz: It’s a Wonderful Dog

A Christmas Tail   Animal and Holiday Fiction Date Published: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing     It’s Christmas Eve in western Kansas and a snowstorm is gaining strength as Bear Bailey, a devoted Great Pyrenees, tries to comfort his beloved owner Mary. She’s in hot water with the local business villain, and Bear’s …

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Causes & Community

Wrap-Up Warmth, Not Waste for National Recycling Day

In honor of National Recycling Day, this guest post comes from Beth Amodio, President and CEO of One Warm Coat. According to National Geographic, Americans send 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime – that’s 246 million tons of waste each year. One Warm Coat is focused on being part of the solution to …

Books & Reading

Release Blitz and Giveaway: The Dragon and the Girl True Treasure by Laura Findley Evans

The Dragon and the Girl, Book 2   Middle School Grade Fantasy Date Published: November 14, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Dire news arrives from Cantington. Rumors of dragon sightings are stirring up fears based on old stories that depict dragons as blood-thirsty, fire-breathing monsters. To protect his people, the Overking decrees that all dragons must …

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Life

Caring for Aging Parents Without Compromising Your Mental Health

This Guest Post comes from By Sean Abraham, LCSW, Grow Therapy. As my husband and I find ourselves feeling the crunch of the Sandwich Generation, I felt that this was a great post to feature on the blog. In addition to these tips for self-care while caring for aging parents, you can make use of …

Books & Reading

Book Series Blitz: Oscar the Rabbit and Friends by Oscar Barby

  Children’s Book Series   A collection of laugh-out-loud, stand-alone stories following the adventures of Oscar the Rabbit and his forest friends. Fun to read aloud to children ages 3–5, but great for early readers, too! From riding bicycles for the first time to making friends with parrots who only speak in squawks, Oscar and …

Books & Reading

Release Blitz: Everything is Temporary by Jon Cohn

  Christmas Horror Date Published: November 2, 2023 Publisher: Deadbolt Books     How well do we really know the people sleeping next to us in bed at night? After a tragedy strikes the Barnes family, Sarah’s husband Tom begins acting strangely. It starts with wild mood-shifts and accusations at their thirteen-year-old daughter, but quickly …