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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

Loudoun County

Blue Ridge Bible Church's Adoption Fundraiser: Dinner & Live Auction

Big Apple Circus - a must for Loudoun families!

Loudoun County: Project Lifesaver for wanderers

Maddy singing at Leesburg Courthouse today at 4

Look for Maddy at Leesburg's First Friday March 5

VSA Cinderella at Franklin Park 3/5-3/14

Big Apple Circus at Dulles - discount tickets!

Maddy Curtis sings Hallelujah

Middleburg: Haiti Benefit concert tonight - Maddy too

Loudoun Symphony Family Concert Saturday!

Loudoun Favorite Tree photo contest

Lose the Training Wheels workshop - Fairfax 3/29-4/2

Catholic Conservative Women of Loudoun

Snowed in and how: 2 miles to a cleared road

Patty Schuchman - Loudoun photo contest

Loudoun 26th Citizen's Police Academy

DC Snow Apocalypse - gearing up for second blast

Loudoun County Schools closed through 2/12

Loudoun Performing Arts - new website

1/31 Maddy Curtis Sings for Haiti/American Idol round-up

Loudoun - post-snow safety advice

Loudoun County Public Schools closed 2/8 and 2/9

Snow Apocalypse - DC/Northern Virginia 2010

Leesburg First Friday - look for Maddy!

Maddy Sings for Haiti sells out- 2nd show added

Loudoun benefit: Maddy Sings for Haiti

Maddy Curtis benefit for Haiti - January 30 - Franklin Park

Loudoun weather: Red sunrise, snow in the afternoon

Loudoun: debate judges needed

Loudoun County Public Schools: teacher problems

Dispensation from Mass - St. Francis parking lot snowed in

Loudoun County Schools closed Dec 21 and 22

Leesburg's Tally Ho Theater $1 Christmas series

Leesburg Courthouse Nativity Scene - Loudoun children love it

Leesburg Christmas Parade - Maddy sings

Leesburg Nazarene Living Nativity 12/12 and 12/13

Leesburg Christmas Parade Tomorrow!

Loudoun Valley: Oliver! tomorrow night - with Maddy!

Loudoun still bans Leesburg Courthouse Christmas Tree, Nativity, Menorah

Loudoun Valley High - Oliver! - this weekend

Ken Reid on Leesburg Courthouse Holiday ban

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors: Information request re: Leesburg Courthouse Christmas ban

Leesburg Courthouse Christmas ban - citizen input needed 11/30 6:30 pm

Leesburg Councilman Reid rebukes Loudoun Courthouse Christmas/Chanukah ban

Leesburg Courthouse Christmas ban - on the radio this morning

Leesburg Courthouse Christmas ban not the first this year

Leesburg Courthouse Christmas ban: beware the backlash!

Leesburg Courthouse bans Nativity scene, Christmas tree

Conservative Women Luncheon: Winchester 12/15

November 11 Veterans Day program at Loudoun Valley High

Loudoun County occupational therapists - in home visits

HMS Pinafore at Franklin Arts Performing Center 10/30-11/8

Eric the 1/2 troll

Loudoun special needs: Athlete to Athlete November 15

Jonny Curtis sings the National Anthem

Purcellville pride: Spec. Stephan Lee Mace

Obama Afghanistan non policy - Stephan Mace remembered

Loudoun County Supervisors honor Stephan Lee Mace

Loudoun County - Pet Adoption Marathon 10/24

Round Hill School - Loudoun - H1N1 vaccine tomorrow - nasal mist

Loudoun Schools swine flu vaccine - my thoughts

Stephan Lee Mace - Purcellville says thank you and goodbye

Stephan Lee Mace - 10/11 Purcellville Motorcade Photos

Motorcade for Purcellville's Stephan Mace 10/11

Loudoun schools swine flu vaccinations

Purcellville: honoring Stephan Lee Mace October 12

Loudoun schools to administer swine flu vaccine during school hours

Loudoun schools push swine flu vaccine - parents ask why

Bob McDonnell for Governor of Virginia

VA Voter registration - last day 10/5

Maddy singing w/Jake & the Burtones 9/20

Loudoun Public Schools, Obama student address - a summary

Curious about Catholicism? Purcellville inquiry sessions start 9/14

Loudoun Valley High 9/11: is Obama's speech optional? Were parents told?

Lowe's Island School, Obama's speech, one family's response

Loudoun Valley High: Friday pep rally out, Obama in

Loudoun County Public Schools - Hatrick on Obama's September 8 speech

Loudoun County and Obama 9/8 speech

Loudoun Schools: no Obamacast September 8

Obama September 8 - email your local school

Loudoun County Schools - 9/8 Obama address - Updated

Smoky Joe's Cafe at Franklin Park 8/28-30

Catholic Heritage Festival August 22 Centreville VA

Pirates of Penzance - Franklin Park - free 7/30 and 7/31

Midsummer Night's Dream - Leesburg 7/25 and 7/26

Loudoun County: art workshop for children

National Gallery of Art - free film program for kids

Right at Home Homeschool Resource - July Links

Leesburg: Midsummer Night's Dream 7/11-7/26

Free clothing and household - bring some, take some 7/2 Purcellville

Youth Orchestra event for kids today at Ida Lee 3:00

Free clothing swap - bring clothes, take clothes - Purcellville 7/2

Coach Dan Dillon - Special Olympics hero

Scholastic Book Fair - Dulles Expo through 6/18

Loudoun teen summer theater workshop - starts Monday!

Ashburn VA used book sale - children, teens 6/27

100 Things to do with kids in Washington DC

Maddy in the Valley yearbook

Door-to-door fraud - alarm companies

Loudoun: 2009 Summer kids theater camp - Tommy

Vacation Bible School VBS in Loudoun 2009

Jake and the Burtones

Loudoun Schools - Hatrick high on pay and perks #2

Loudoun County LCPS Hatrick high on pay and perks

Loudoun County - swine flu information - updated 10/5

Sheriff offers Loudoun Public Safety Meetings

Memo to Loudoun County Public Schools

Loudoun County Republican Committee meeting - registration due 3/14

Loudoun school bus driver charged

Montessori at home workshops Ashburn 3/10, 3/24

Loudoun County Public Schools Closed March 2

Bluemont VA weather forecast - no global warming here

Loudoun Tree Photo Contest

Lououn Arbor Day celebration March 12

Raising politically aware and confident teens

Welcome Father Escalante!

Loudoun - Free concert for Kids! 2/21

Loudoun Special Olympics Free Throw 2/14

Purcellville Christian Mothers Network begins 2/27

Loudoun Symphony - Free Family Concert 2/21

Loudoun County Public Schools: 2 hour delay 1/29/09

Loudoun County Public Schools closed?

Franklin Park - Loudoun youth art show - call for entries

Father Michael Kelly - remembered

Moms In Touch - Blue Ridge Middle School

Where, oh where is OUR snow???

Father Michael Kelly - viewing and funeral

Father Michael Kelly, RIP

Loudoun Veterans Day Celebration - November 11

Purcellville Gazette: my latest column

Tripp update - Loudoun Hospital not rating five stars with me

I'm speaking to moms in Potomac Falls tomorrow

Leesburg Buddy Walk October 20

Jonny - Loudoun Valley Viking mascot

DC Metro/ VA Down syndrome - pumpkin patch invitation!

Loudoun Ballet - Peter and the Wolf this weekend at Franklin Park

Father dies saving son with Down syndrome

Loudoun County Animal Shelter - Special Event 9/20

Loudoun County Public Schools victory!

McCain Palin rally - Fairfax VA 9/10 tickets

Loudoun emergency information

Loudoun County Public Schools inclusion: token or authentic?

PHC hosts film premiere 9/6 at Franklin Park

Loudoun gun owners - free safety locks

R is the new n-word - time to bury it too.

Once upon a time there was a retard

Help for Loudoun commuters

Loudoun County Parks and Rec - save money + time

Maddy and Jonny in Godspell

Godspell - free performances in Loudoun

Blue Ridge Leader / Patrick Henry College - yet another baseless attack

Rescue Squad Special needs registry - Purcellville

Sophia graduated today!

Heat, hail, hello summer in metro DC

Alex Barton and public school inclusion

Loudoun: Athlete 2 Athlete kickball clinic

Purcellville Gazette - home of my new column Family Matters

Loudoun Schools: Hats off to Harmony Intermediate!

Real Life in Loudoun - tangling with tornados

Special Ed, IEPs, Wright's Law, and empowered parenting

More than I wanted to know about ticks - but I guess we need to - *sigh*

Freedom vs Protection - thinking it over

What about "draft" IEPs?

Loudoun: Good news from the Sheriff's Dapartment

Loudoun County Public Schools - school nurse problems

The IEP process: Wrightslaw equips parents

Loudoun County foreclosures make national news

Loudoun County - Huge clothing giveaway 4/5

Loudoun County taxes climb despite financial woes/foreclosures

Loudoun County: The Isaacs - free bluegrass concert April 26

Loudoun County Public Schools and beyond: hyper-vigilant school nurses?

Loudoun County Women's Self-Defense Workshop

Easter snow!!!

Female teachers as predators - a growing problem

Loudoun Favorite Tree Photo Contest

Loudoun County - WaPo on Very Special Arts' new play

Loudoun County: Very Special Arts - "The Old Homeplace"

The Loudoun Times-Mirror has dropped my column

Loudoun County Public Schools - one parent's report card

And Tango makes activism

LCPS Board meeting tonight - penguins on parade?

Propaganda in children's literature

Loudoun County Schools: the Tango tangle continues

Loudoun County Schools: what's the real story behind gay censorship charges?

Special Ed in Loudoun County: overcoming the bigotry of low expectations

Patrick Henry College - above all, a good neighbor

Prayers for Daniel still needed - and for a teacher MIA

Loudoun County Public Schools: an open letter

Loudoun ice storm

Loudoun County Public Schools closed

Daniel needs your prayers

Affluence and big families

Avoid foreclosure

Waterford Elementary gets A+ on inclusion

Memo to Loudoun Schools: Retarded is an "N" word

Loudoun County Public Schools: a question

Special ed in Loudoun - who hired this guy?

Special ed in Loudoun County - one parent's perspective

Deadlines, news, and what's ahead

Loudoun School Board Member John Stevens weighs in on Christmas

My life - quick and random thoughts

Loudoun Valley High School has no power today

Public schools and religious freedom: Can one person make a difference?

Christmas shut out at Waterford Elementary School?

Inclusive Schools Week

Godspell at Loudoun Valley High this weekend

An open letter to Loudoun County Parks and Rec

Volunteers needed Monday - Loudoun County Salvation Army

freak dancing at Loudoun Valley High School and elsewhere

Virginia Special Ed regulations - proposed changes

Special education in Loudoun - one battle won

Loudoun County Public Schools - calling all Special Ed families

Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?

Life planning for kids with special needs - northern Virginia workshop

Special Education - law and advocacy

Gleaning: a way to help others in Loudoun County

Ashburn MOPS 10/12 - see you there!

Waterford Fair 2007 slideshow

Waterford Fair - misty maidens

On prejudice, disabilities, and hypocrisy

Disabilities and prejudice - working through it

Sacred music in public schools - yes, you can!

What's going on with me this week

Project Cuddle in Loudoun County

Rachel's Legacy at Loudoun Valley High School - part 2

Rachel's Legacy at Loudoun Valley High School 9/13

Abandoned baby's body found in Loudoun County

For Jonny, Down syndrome rocks!

Dishwasher Magic

Loudoun Youth Symphony Orchestra - free concert tonight!

Loudoun County - kids' orchestra petting zoo today!

Mainstream Loudoun and censorship

Mainstream Loudoun supporter/ACLU attorney pleads guilty to child porn charges

Mailing my books in Waterford today

Loudoun County moms of kindergartners with DS meeting tomorrow

Sophia at Victorian Ball

Meet the Robinsons

Soulforce and Patrick Henry College

A rant that maybe only moms of kids with special needs will understand

Keith Deltano answers Mainstream Loudoun on abstinence

Should sexual orientation be taught in the classroom?

Loudoun County Very Special Arts - Japanese Fairy Tales

Starbucks and wretched excess - coming to Purcellville too?

Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?

Apron Talk!

Loudoun County News and why everyone just might be more than a little interested in what's going on where I live

Mainstream Loudoun - now your teen has *real* help!

Leesburg Today and news bias in Loudoun County - Part 2

Mainstream Loudoun - are they mainstream?

Who is Mainstream Loudoun?

Leesburg Today and news bias in Loudoun County

Loudoun County - OnStage this weekend

From a disgruntled Loudoun reader

Leesburg Today: News bias in Loudoun County

Loudoun Valley High School: Dirty Dancing continues

Loudoun County Schools closed?

Loudoun County or northern Virginia readers?

Teaching kids to think for themselves: bringing abstinence education to Loudoun County and a school near you as well

My column in this week's Loudoun Times Mirror - Why I March for Life

Crime in the boonies

Les Miz

Les Miz premiers in Loudoun!

Something to cheer about: Athlete-to-Athlete

Bustin' my buttons!

My Loudoun Times-Mirror column 10/18 - on abstinence

Les Miz in Loudoun!

Time to move

No lions or tigers, but bears - oh my!

Another reason I love Virginia - or How Sophia got her License

This weather is distracting, to say the least

This weather is distracting, to say the least

Entertaining Angels

More on Jonny

Jonny - for the benefit of my neighbors who do not want to know him

Local news: Pippin

Kids, Culture, and Self-Control

My favorite doctor!

Free concert tonight

Who owns our kids?

Loudoun celebrates Veterans Day