Hunt for treasures, take advantage of 25% discount at book sale | The Honolulu Advertiser

Comment, blog & share photos

Hunt for treasures, take advantage of 25% discount at book sale | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper

Posted on: Thursday, July 14, 2005

Hunt for treasures, take advantage of 25% discount at book sale

Going to the sixth day of the annual Friends of the Library of Hawai'i book sale today? If you find a first-edition copy of Peter McCarty's 2002 Caldecott Medal-winning children's book "Hondo & Fabian," give Advertiser entertainment writer Derek Paiva a call at 525-8005. (He'll be forever in your debt.) Otherwise, bring your Hawai'i library card along with you and get 25 percent off your own purchase, today only, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The book sale continues tomorrow and Saturday at McKinley High School cafeteria. Admission is free. Call 536-4174 for more information.

HELP YOUR CHILD DEAL WITH SPLIT-UPS

Chances are, your child will get dumped by a friend at some point. Tips to help through the crisis, from Parenting magazine:

Be sympathetic. Don't minimize or dismiss what he's feeling. Let him know you're there to listen. Share a story from your past.

Don't bad-mouth the other kid. It's tempting, but try to stay above the fray and let the kids work it out.

Go over what happened. Sometimes kids don't realize that they may have played a role in the demise of a friendship. Ask if they had a fight or if the friend seemed angry recently.

Talk up friendship. True friends don't abandon someone for the sake of being thought of as "cooler." Remind your child of this; encourage him or her to shift focus to more loyal pals.

FINAL WORD

"In Hollywood, true love means never having to say, 'What do you mean my picture is buried on Page 18 of the tabloids?' So yes, moi believes that Tom and Katie have something real."

— Show-biz icon Miss Piggy discussing the validity of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes engagement, in TV Guide Online

Sponsored by:

Comment, blog & share photos