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Black Friday, Cyber Monday . . . Giving Tuesday!

What’s #GivingTuesday?

It’s a campaign held on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving Day and at the start of the holiday shopping season. It is a day for giving back to the community.

Primarily driven by social media and online donations the campaign also encourages giving back by volunteering and giving in kind.

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Persephone Books is a small book publisher (and bookshop) located at 50 Lamb's Conduit Street on the outskirts of the  Bloomsbury area of London, England.  I first heard of Persephone Books when I read a journal post (October 2, 2011) by author Kate Morton.

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I love holiday music in November. And I love the first magical snow of the year.

It isn't really until at least mid-December that I've had enough. Here we are with snow in the forecast this weekend and Thanksgiving less than a week away.

Yes, the holiday season is upon us.

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Saturday the 7th was our annual In For A Penny Holiday Gift Make N Take. It was a lot of fun, and thanks so much to everyone who came in for it!

But if you didn’t get to come, good news—this is a very easy and inexpensive craft to do at home.

Here’s how we did it, and what we learned along the way.

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Audiobooks can be so theatrical! Part of it is your imagination and the other part has to do with the narrator.

Depending on the audiobook you listen to, the narrator puts on a performance, changing and adapting his or her voice for each character. A narrator can make or break an audiobook. So if you've tried an audiobook and not liked it, give them another chance. 

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