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What can you not do with an old sheet? It's a tent (if draped over two chairs), it's a boat (if artfully arranged on the floor), it's a picnic blanket (even in the dead of winter, if you set up in the living room); it's a king's or queen's mantel or a magician's cape; it a slide or a hammock for dolls and stuffed animals. And you can always curl up under it and take a nap.
Carl Hiaasen has written many stories ("Hoot", "Scat", "Flush", etc.) about children who help wildlife in his native Florida, using their pluck and ingenuity. These books are laugh-aloud funny, and great for reading aloud and laughing together.
For older children, there are the graphic novels by Shannon and Dean Hale, with fantastic illustrations by Nathan Hale: "Rapunzel's Revenge", and "Calamity Jack". These are re-tellings of the familiar fairy tales with a serious twist, both with a strong eco-message.
Trail mix seems to be a perennial favourite in our house. I buy the ingredients in bulk and mix them together to suit the taste of the week: usually it's raw almonds and walnuts or cashews with dried fruits like cranberries, raisins or oat-floured dates, all organic. Sometimes I put in SunDrops (they look like M&Ms but have natural colouring in the shells).
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