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AbeBooks will be hosting a Story Laboratory book-making session this weekend at its head office in Victoria, BC, Canada.

If you have a child, and live in the Victoria area feel free to sign them up and come on down. Story Laboratory is free for children of all ages (though aimed at 3-12 year olds). Even though it is free, space is limited so registration is required. To register, please email storylaboratory@gmail.com or call AbeBooks at 475-3200.

Date: Saturday February 23rd.
Location: AbeBooks office at 655 Tyee - 5th Floor
Time: 2pm-4pm

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a list of the best books for babies. I’m an expert on this and I haven’t heard of any of them. I recommend Peepo by Allan and Janet Ahlberg. There’s also an art to reading a book to a baby - if you know make things sound interesting you could read the telephone directory to a baby and still be entertaining.

If you are thinking in attending the Vancouver Writers Festival on Friday (19 Oct), look out for the AbeBooks.com Story Laboratory booth. We’ve been staging book-building workshops for children from local schools since Tuesday and Friday’s workshops are open to anyone. AbeBooks.com started the book-building program last year with a series of events at libraries in our home-town of Victoria. The Writers Festival is the Story Lab’s second appearance in Vancouver and we will also be appearing at Wordstock in Oregon next month - the time we’ve taken the Story Laboratory to the US.

Friday is also a ‘Pro D’ day in Vancouver so the Story Laboratory might be an ideal way to keep the kids busy.

The Story Laboratory, from 11am to 4pm, can be found behind the Kid’s Only Market beside the Cat’s Meow Restaurant and the Granville Island Water Park. AbeBooks.com supplies all required materials for the creation of a literary masterpiece.

Over the past couple of years, I have been told by various people that AbeBooks.com has become a useful tool for people researching their family tree. Apparently, as our database of books has grown to more than 100 million books, more and more genealogists have been discovering useful books and documents on the site. top 10 most expensive sales of old phone books. If you are just starting to research your ancestors, there are also tips for how AbeBooks.com can help.