Classic Thanksgiving Stuffing

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Book Pick of the Week: A Little Spark - Holidays

A great new book and more for the entire family.

“A Little Spark ” is driving its overarching 'be and do good' message home with an immersive multi-sensory / multimedia approach that combines a compelling narrative and cast of identifiable characters with full color illustrations; a custom-scored  musical soundtrack of original songs like this accessible through QR Codes while reading the book; an audiobook featuring delightful performances; fun on-and-offline activities; and invaluable life lessons that are highlighted throughout each chapter. It’s a heartening activity to enjoy with young children, grandchildren and students amid the new scholastic 'Be That Spark' elementary education lesson plan starting to roll out in classrooms.

Of special note:

Enhancing the read-along story and the various audio components, A Little Spark also comes complete with a free companion online Resource Library available at BeThatSpark.com, which boasts over 50 book-related family activities like coloring pages, character puppets, word searches, mazes, dance videos, character drawing video tutorials and more. A “Parent’s Guide” is also available to help plan and optimize the overall experience.

“Parents, grandparents, caregivers and educators are indelibly seeking great content to engage with kids, and A Little Spark is written with purpose and intention toward that end,” said Parsons. “The storyline, and the various lessons embedded throughout, underscore that even the smallest creature can make the biggest difference. This takeaway message is especially important for young, impressionable children to hear because they so badly want to be seen and heard...in today’s culture more than ever.”

Makes a great gift!

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Is Halloween's Popularity Fading?

According to the study, while the majority will be participating in some type of Halloween activities, only 7% of Americans say Halloween is their favorite holiday and only about four in 10 say they will dress up this year. (And of those, 21% will be dressing up as a character from a TV show or movie while 20% will create their own costume.) Also, the study breaks down vaccinated vs. unvaccinated approaches to the holiday and highlights just how much COVID is haunting some individuals’ celebrations.

Additional key findings from the study include:

A third (30%) of Americans will not be participating in any Halloween activities
16% plan to attend a Halloween party; 30% are going to watch a Halloween movie
3 in 4 parents (72%) feel comfortable with their children going trick-or-treating
Unvaccinated parents and those with unvaccinated children will be taking far less precautions than their counterparts with vaccinated children, with a third (34%) planning to take no precautions

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