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Dear Grandpa Pencil

February 2010

Published by Robin A Cartledge  ABN 19 924 273 138  PO  Box 991  Port Macquarie  NSW  Australia  2444

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Grandpa Pencil finds out about
St. Valentines Day

On the evening before St. Valentine was to be martyred for being a Christian, he passed a love note to his jailer's daughter which was signed, "From Your Valentine."
This section includes some beautiful excerpts from the Great Poets, some card ideas, Neat gifts to make, a brief history and links to some of the world's great poems.




Grandpa Pencil finds some wonderful stuff
For The Teacher


Dear Grandpa Pencil is designed to encourage kids and their adults to move away from computer games, watching television and web surfing to enjoy more traditional pastimes. The site has been designed to allow all readers easy access regardless of the quality of their connection or system. The site provides activities, projects, information on Australian history, colour pages, rhymes and stories, simple science and much more.


Grandpa Pencil finds some great
Simple Recipes

Unlike many modern cook books you will not have to keep buying exotic ingredients that you will only use once as these recipes are simple and, in the main, based on stuff in the pantry or easily found and usable.


Grandpa Pencil's
Australian Fairy Tales

Grandpa Pencil looks at today's democracy, through rather cynical eyes, in this series of twelve quirky Fairy Tales.
See how the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle, between the extremes.
The Fairy Tales are most suited to older kids and their adults.


Sustainable Insight

Here is an Australian online bookstore specialising in sustainability and environmental books, DVDs and educational resources. Their range covers topics including gardening, agriculture, environmental management, organics and sustainability and a range of children's books consisting of educational activity books and stories about Australian native and endangered animals for children aged 3 to 18 years, magazines and pre-loved and slightly marked books starting from $3.
Click here to see the full range

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Green-Up Australia

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Grandpa Pencil's
Amazing List Of Contents

For the
Teacher

Mystery
Selection

About This Site


Grandpa's
Activities


About
Australia

Colouring
In Pages


Easy
Recipes


Quiz
Shows

Puzzles
& Stuff


Little
Rhymes


Great
Poets

Nursery
Rhymes

Australian
Fairytales

Baby
Bits


Colonial
Verse


All About
Things

Joy of
Science


Map
Outlines


Great
Fetes

Earn
Money


Free
Calendars


Gifts
To Make

Tee Shirt
Prints


Free
Games


February
March
April
  • 14: St. Valentines Day
  • 14: Chinese New Year
  • 14: National serviceman's Day
  • 15: Fall of Singapore (1942)
  • 16: Pancake Day
  • 17: Ash Wednesday
  • 01: St. David's Day
  • 08: Commonwealth Day
  • 08: International Women's Day
  • 17: St Patrick's Day
  • 21: Harmony Day
  • 28: Palm Sunday
  • 01: April Fool's Day
  • 02: Good Friday
  • 04: Orthodox Easter
  • 05: Easter Monday
  • 07: World Health Day
  • 25: Anzac Day

My Feathered Friend Magoh Magee
ISBN 978-0-9807432-0-3

written and illustrated by
Geraldine Goretti Hallahan


Geraldine was so enchanted by the friendship between one of her many Jack Russell terriers, Suzee and a young Australian magpie, Magoh Magee, that she felt compelled to write, illustrate and publish her first book.
This 32 page, 245 x 180, paperback is fully illustrated and is now for sale at $A20 plus postage (to Australia $A5, Europe and USA $A15 and Asia Pacific $A10.
)

For orders or more information please contact Geraldine by emailing
geraldine.hallahan@gmail.com


Some of Grandpa Pencil's favourite sites
  • Polyhedra Pastimes
    Learn how to make incredible shapes from junk.
  • Culture.gov.au
    Government portal connecting you with Australian culture and recreation
  • mikids.com
    Loads of fairy tales and fables from around the world plus heaps more for the family
  • No Boundaries
    Great Value for your next vanning holiday
  • DIY Happy
    Instructions for making your own DIY projects from weird to wonderful
  • Poem Hunter
    This database contains over 168,000 poems and heaps more

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