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“Lift Your Light” Named a Notable Social Studies Book

May 31, 2017 timmuky Leave a comment

Exciting news!

The Children’s Book Council has named Lift Your Light A Little Higher a 2017 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People in the K to Grade 2 category!

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Since the Playhouse is about to open, I’m always rushing rushing rushing but this moment reminded me to stop and listen to my daughter sometimes. ❤️

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Only 5 days to go! 😱 #clueonstage #pioneerplayhouse #kysoldestoutdoortheatre

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After hours. #pioneerplayhouse

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Some serious fun happening here @pioneerplayhouse !!! 9 days to go!! #clueonstage #pioneerplayhouse #kysoldestoutdoortheatre

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So here’s the rest of the story on the two pups who were dropped at the end of our old driveway. We ended up being loving and responsible foster parents and found the right forever homes for each of them. Because we still live with my 90 year old mom, and had brought 3 cats and a large dog with us, and because the Buster house is taking longer than expected, we knew Pluto and Daisy, as we named them, needed more than we could give at this point in our lives. They were older than we initially thought—six months—so we had them both fixed pretty quickly. They also continued to have sudden highly aggressive behavior toward each other, despite being cuddly much of the time, especially over food or toys. They had obviously spent a lot of time competing with each other in their former life. It was a hard choice, but after much research and discussion with experts we knew separating them was best. Pluto went to a vet who lives on a large farm and fell for him...so he hit the jackpot, right?? Daisy went to live with my son Daniel and his girlfriend Sara, so she’s basically still in the family. She’s now known as Iris, and she’s getting along really well with their other dog, Bailey. It was hard to let these two go, especially since it was as if Gracie and Elbee were returned to us from the fire. But ultimately we know this was the right thing to do. ❤️❤️

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