Tag: family
member name: MaryBeth W.
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March 28, 2008 06:31 AM EDT --
Summer Listening for Kids & Families
Updated 2008 Edition
by Sharon Grover & AudioFile Editors
Summer is almost here, and for many families that means time spent in the car. It's . . .
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January 01, 2008 04:12 PM EST --
How do I slip out of my
ordinary existence into the
electric
sensual-ness
of your hand
it's so warm and
mine fits so snuggly against
it
I close my eyes
to imagine
my heart feels swollen . . .
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March 08, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
I wished I was still in the Parc de St. Cloud, wandering around, alone - no one crowding me, just me, enjoying the quiet of the birds and the chatter of old ladies. I had no idea what they were saying, . . .
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June 06, 2009 09:40 PM EDT --
A WINTER MEMORY
I lay in the double bed - it was the one I'd had as a small child. If you looked carefully, two of my fingerprints could be found in the paint on the the old headboard. My . . .
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August 03, 2009 07:21 AM EDT --
"Where'd you get that pretty red hair?" Why did people have to ask that daft question - they asked it all the time!
My mother was quick to answer, "Oh, the Angles gave it to her!" and I'd smile sweetly . . .
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December 12, 2007 01:13 PM EST --
I long
For that sun-filled eagle-walled room
of a day
breathed briefly into my life
The sun laying quietly on the
Worn golden couch
I smell the outdoors-fresh pine trees
and hear the brook-water-trickle . . .
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December 09, 2007 08:18 PM EST --
Was the expression "queer as a 2 dollar bill"? or
Was it a 3 dollar bill?
My mind wandered in its confusion. Why was
This here?
Then the past
Rushed in
Flushing my face as I thought . . .
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March 01, 2008 10:39 AM EST --
AudioFile's editors recommend 45 must-hear audiobooks of the past year. From great literature to explorations of current events, these audio experiences represent the very . . .
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May 12, 2008 07:27 PM EDT --
I long
For that sun-filled eagle-walled room
of a day
breathed briefly into my life
The sun laying quietly on the
Worn golden couch
I smell the outdoors-fresh pine trees
and hear the brook-water-trickle . . .
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December 12, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
Aunt Norrine had told me many times how important it was to take a siesta.
?But I?m 10 and I don?t take naps anymore!? For goodness sakes, I?d thought at the beginning of the vacation; I may be the . . .
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December 12, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
So after our cool lunch at the big olive press table in the cool cellar, Aunt Norrine gave in. She put more sun lotion on me, made me wear a tee shirt, put a big sun hat on me and sent me on my way. . . .
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March 02, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
J.K. Rowling
Read by Jim Dale
There's only one word that can describe Jim Dale's work on HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS--"magical." Few audiobook narrators can stretch the . . .
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December 22, 2007 12:25 PM EST --
Citronella, bug-dope
child hood memories,
bug juice and
dark cold swimming holes,
water to numb the toes
stubbed on granite stepping
stones
bloody knees from bumpy, back roads
loose-dirt bike . . .
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January 23, 2008 06:16 AM EST --
Death sometimes
creeps around on little
delicate sneaky feet
but not this time
It comes crashing in,
a bull in a
china closet,
smashing ruthlessly
painfully
Death lingers and teases . . .
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March 01, 2008 10:07 AM EST --
KING FOR KIDS :
School & Family Edition
Martin Luther King, Jr., Clayborne Carson [Ed.]
Read by Martin Luther King, Jr.
KING FOR KIDS is a misleading title; this recording could well be . . .
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March 12, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
AudioFile features award-winning audiobook picks from the Audio Publishers Association, the American Library Association, the Recording Academy, and more. Visit often for updates and winners, and always . . .
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December 31, 2007 03:20 PM EST --
I walked
No, hopped from rock to rock
My attention only on the next
Spot
I would place my foot
This one jiggled
Throwing my life off balance
And I slipped into the
Darkness below
It was not . . .
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February 01, 2008 07:11 AM EST --
I wanted
to beat him
beat him to within an inch of his life
I wanted him to feel
this pain and suffering
we all stood here and felt now
But how could I demonstrate
the mental anguish
. . .
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March 10, 2008 07:10 PM EDT --
Jim Dale
When J.K. Rowling has Hagrid boom, Dumbledore hum, and Aunt Marge belch, listeners can hear exactly what that sounds like, thanks to Jim Dale's spellbinding . . .
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January 25, 2008 07:01 AM EST --
I watch as my dear father shuffles laboriously across the bumpy ice. I agitate with false starts towards him and then back away for I want to carry him to saftey but dare not touch him.
He winces with . . .
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