Mother Tongue

By Kristen Taylor

The Mother Tongue is a parenting column that Kristen (Juvie's owner) writes. It was published monthly in the Ventura County Star from 2004-2006, and now appears in the Los Feliz Ledger. Kristen's other publishing credits include the Christian Science Monitor, Because I Said So, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and elsewhere.

March 18, 2010

Oh No! Not the Libraries!

I feel lucky to live in such a library-rich neighborhood. My family uses all four (four!) of our neighborhood branches. Usually we make one library run a week to switch out multiple bags of books. Sure, we often have a small tab for late books, or more rarely a larger one for a book that [...]

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