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Toolbox Twins by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Melissa Iwai
Photo from Amazon.com Review by Sandra Horning This week at the library a book with the title Toolbox Twins caught my eye. A new twin book? Yes and no. It is a book about twins, but not the same birth date kind of twins. Instead, Toolbox Twins refers to a small boy, Vincent, and his…
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Snow White and the Seven Whores, or, The Birth of My Bloggy Self
When I started BeTwinned, I wanted it to be an online magazine with feature articles. Once I got it up and running and my post-journalism school life turned out a lot different than I had imagined (and I had absolutely no time to feed this creation with feature articles), I realized that it would be…
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Mother’s Day, 2007
Here’s a thought-provoking article from Truthdig, a site that recently won a Webby for both the juried award and the People’s Choice award for “Best Political Blog.” The article contains an interesting update about the so-called “mommy wars” and how mothers still face discrimination in the workplace. Also, I’d like to link readers to my…
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TwinWatch News: Tractor-trekking twins trying to raise money; twins born two months apart near their first birthdays
Twin brothers Pat and Mike Iott are planning a cross-country tractor trek to raise money for the American Heart Association. They have already raised $12,000. The tractors are refurbished vintage tractors that I think were owned by their grandfathers. The article wasn’t 100 percent clear about that. I haven’t seen another article like this one,…
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TwinWatch News: Triplet mom-to-be counts the possibilities
“On the math of multiples:” A triplet mom-to-be and journalist writes about her experiences so far in Canada’s National Post.
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TwinWatch News: Separating twins in school bill receives hearing
According to an article in the Portsmouth Herald online, New Hampshire’s Senate Bill 78 received a hearing in the state’s legislature Wednesday. The bill gives parents a say in determining whether their multiples will be placed in the same classroom. Note that the original bill gave parents final say, but the bill, in its current…
