Potty Training in the Promised Land: Bathroom humor (Ha'aretz)

"In Israel, Alona Frankel turned potty training into a literary theme back in the 1970s with her book "Seer Haseerim" ("Once Upon a Potty"), which is still selling well today. Translated into many languages, among them English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Norwegian and Chinese, the book has enjoyed great success all over the world. With her straight-talking, matter-of-fact style and tension-relieving humor, Frankel has managed to charm toilet-training parents everywhere.

"Anyone who is interested in how the French "do it," are invited to check out "Il ya un monstre dans les toilettes" ("There's a Monster in the Toilet"), recently translated into Hebrew as Yesh Mifletzet Basherutim. This delightful book, which first came out about a year ago, is primarily a picture book, full of beautiful illustrations. Small children will love to turn the pages and pore over the story, again and again, while they do as the protagonist does: warily sit on the toilet."

    

Big beast extinction blamed on prehistoric fire starters (New Scientist)

"Prehistoric fire starters may have unwittingly killed off the big beasts that once roamed Australia. Analysis of ancient eggshells suggests that the animals suddenly became extinct about 50,000 years ago because people burned up their habitat.

"Australia's giant carnivorous kangaroos, seven-metre-long lizards, marsupial lions and enormous flightless birds all died off between 45,000 and 55,000 years ago. Most scientists agree that people arrived in Australia somewhere between 50,000 and 55,000 years ago."

    

Stereo Images - Time for Space

Nancy and Landon's Hearth"

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