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  • Story of the Orchestra
    Story of the Orchestra
    With CD!
  • My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
    My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
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  • The Little Red Hen
    The Little Red Hen
    Hooray for a good work ethic! The little red hen asks but receives no help in her efforts to put bread on the table. Yet all who wouldn't help would like to eat. In a refreshingly old-fashioned triumph of moral consequences, they don't get to!
  • Noisy Nora
    Noisy Nora
    Poor Nora! The loveable mousette experiences all the pangs of the child-in-the- middle, caught between the demands of baby brother and bossiness of big sister. Catchy meter, playful illustrations make for a wonderfully satisfying mouse's tale. Baby-Preschool
  • A Chair for My Mother
    A Chair for My Mother
    A remarkably beautiful story told by a young girl whose mother is a waitress. Since they lost all their furniture in a fire, they've been saving mother’s tips in a jar – so they can buy a big comfortable chair for their whole family to enjoy – daughter, mother and grandmother. Life has its ups and downs, but there’s always lots of love. Ages 4-7
  • Caps for Sale
    Caps for Sale
    Be dramatic! Shake your fists! Stomp your feet! You and your toddler will have so much fun with this wonderful story, in which common sense prevails over temper tantrums! 3-7

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  • Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Institue in Basic Youth Conflicts

Humor

Middle Earth health care

Southern women

Humor - A Cowboy Named Bud

Do you support Obama's health care reform?

Diary of a snow shoveler

Green Eggs and Bam - must-see video

Snow humor

Maxine on flag burning

Minnesotans for Global Warming - Frozen Wasteland

The ant and the grasshopper - old and new

Super Bowl: Audi Green Police ad

Dragnet's Jack Webb: Wake up, Obama!

Too much detergent? And all you ever wanted to know about laundry

Obama bows to Tampa mayor

5 year old Savannah's 911 call saves dad's life

Richmond prepares for snow

Church signs- drive-by truths

Groundhog Day February 2

State of the Union Bingo cards

Obama says "I" 132 times in 1/22 Ohio speech

20 great reasons to homeschool

Taylor Mali: Totally, like whatever, you know?

"Call me Senator': Colonel Jessep responds to Barbara Boxer

Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won MA Senate Seat

David After Dentist

Healthy lifestyle - humor

White House humor

Global warming humor

Starbucks a la M. C. Escher

Season's Greetings - whatever that means :)

Flight of the Conchords

Tiger Woods humor

Silent Monks sing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus

No treats from Barack Obama

Woman's work

You're as old as you feel. . .

Obama stars in classic movies

Ask Grandma - she knows

This weeks' media hilarity - from NewsBusters

Food and nutrition: why not relax?

Why God made moms - kids' answers

Obamas meet the new school lunch program - humor

Baucus Bill deadly at 1502 pages and ?? pounds

How not to do health care reform

Mary Poppins - scary trailer

Big government health care - just what we need!

Michelle Obama on Sesame Street - Conan O'Brien parody

Bamopoly - Obama Monopoly game

Obama criticism flow chart - Missourah.com on racism

Windows 7 Launch Parties?

Football players go existential

Dads: Rules for Dating My Daughter

Not getting older, just more delusional :)

the King's Singers: Deconstructing Johann Bach

Catholic joke

Jack Webb schools Barack Obama on health care - too funny!

Ode to forgetfulness - Mark Dryden - hilarious

Kids continue to say the darndest things

School answering machine - funny, ironic

Tim Hawkins - The Government Can

Christian one-liners - humor and inspiration

Obama's excellent adventure

Martha's Vineyard cashing in on Obama

Funny thought for today

Things mothers teach us

If you give a mom a muffin

Ordering pizza in 2010

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder :)

Web Site Story - great parody for theater junkies!

Obama health care abortion funding

Hey There Obama (Drink the Koolaid)

Obama health care rationing - humor

Evian Rollerbabies

Obama Health Care - rationing is patriotic!

Romancing the road

Sweet and funny story

Beatles "Hey, Jude!" by diaper baby

Brian Regan on Letterman - short but funny

LOL: Should the government stop dumping money in a giant hole?

Changing a Ligtbulb the Christian Way - humor

Are we really as smart as we think we are?

Who needs a GPS system when you have road signs?

Obama's World Apology Tour

Are women born this way?

Memorial Day - thank goodness for Dads!

Laundry - the woman's drug of choice

You're as old as your memories.

Mother's Day humor

Mother's Day humor

Obama's dream Supreme

What is Mom's Work Worth? Mom Salary Wizard tells us

Do you remember the 60s? Joe Cocker at Woodstock truth revealed

The Mom Song - William Tell Overture

Weather report for Bluemont, VA

When insults had class

Fertility is fun!

Something to make you smile!

Children's letters to God

Witty wordplay

Reasons not to mess with kids

Announcing: Obama's Teleprompter Blog

Signs of things to come?

Hilarious parenting cartoon

Where did the white man go wrong?

Abbott and Costello: Who's on first?

Tracing your family tree

Conservatives seeking divorce + settlement

Dirty Car Art

Babies laughing - you know you need this

U. S. currency - Presidential portraits

Is there anything Obama can't fix for us?

Four old ladies react to road rage guy

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head commercial

A boy's eye view of marriage

Reality check from Facebook

Taxes

Happy Groundhog Day

Your actions speak so loudly I can't hear what you're saying

Reliant K: Mood Rings

Why men are never depressed - further thoughts

Why men are never depressed

Blonde goes back to work after many years

It's what's inside that matters

What's in your refrigerator?

Why God Made Moms

The Mom Song - William Tell Overture - new version

Jon Williams - Star Wars - tribute

Ugly Couch Contest

Husbands in the doghouse - hysterical!!!

It's the small things

A woman's work is never done

The difference a century makes

Little Sarah Palin

Obama's take on free speech

Halloween Democrat style

TV going digital - well, at least we can laugh. . .

To brighten up your day

Everyday wisdom

New survivor series - men play mom - funny!

Palin cartoons

Hillary pantsuit rainbow

For Northerners moving South

The Mom Song - William Tell overture version

Paris Hilton responds to McCain ad

And you thought your public pool was crowded...

JibJab - Campaign 2008

Extreme Ironing

Man-Babies

Birth order and motherhood

One hilarious commercial: Hoveround

Wives - how would you rate in 1939?

A mother looks different as children grow

Intersection in India - driving nightmares

The Mom Song from Go Fish - fun and inspiration

Why women live longer than men

Disney's desperate housewives

Popping the question? Forget balloons -

Speaking of gender differences

Need work? Funny

Myers- Briggs Personality Types - a humorous take

Very funny - in an ironic way :)

Dog's diary vs. cat's diary

The modern church historical - funny!

For Those Born 1930-1979

Tooth fairy form

Husbands say the darndest things

How do you decide whom to marry - according to kids

Caring for your introvert

Humor: Evolution of a Mom

Kids at their most hilarious

Men's brains, women's brains - very funny

A modern day Proverbs 31

Bob Hope political funny

Got a minute? Need a laugh?

Santa's lap - who started this tradition, anyway?

Humor: men & women

Homeschool family video - funny!

It's Christmas - but here's a new holiday for you

1994 unaired pilot for "24" - very funny

Bill Gates vs. GM - too funny!

Don't judge me by my nails :)

The William Tell Overture for Moms

Why men should not take messages

Brian Regan - this guy will make you laugh

In case anyone wonders what really turns women on

Humor for grandmothers

Dishwasher Magic

Just for laughs

You know you're a mommy when. . . . - part 2

Because I'm the mom :)

My computer and I kiss and make up

If You Give a Homeschooling Mom a Cookie

You know you're a mommy when. . . .

Heaven for jihadists

This made me laugh

Political Science for Dummies

WWJD? Ask a liberal

Back to basics

Our family as cars

Gotta love this girl!

Groundhog Day

Don't worry, be happy!

Why I don't ask my husband to share my housework

The Cowboy's Ten Commandments

Start the day with a smile

Ironing like you've never seen it

If you laugh when it's this hot can anyone hear it?

How to capture a mother's heart

Ending the week with humor

The Ebay Song

Quit Complaining About Your Job

Let's lighten up!

Laundry Room Mom #1

How about we laugh a little?

Speaking of Christmas Nativities. . . .