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NAPPA PARENTING RESOURCES WINNERS 2008
Nappa Award WinnersThe National Parenting Publications Awards for Parenting Resources showcase the best in books, CDs, baby gear and innovative products that help make parenting easier and more fun.  Meet the Parenting Resources judges.

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Gadgetology: Kitchen Fun with Your Kids – Using 35 Cooking Gadgets For Simple Recipes, Crafts, Games and Experiments

By Pam Abrams; The Harvard Common Press, 2007; $14.95; www.harvardcommonpress.com.

Who doesn’t love kitchen gadgets? This delightful book of cooking, play and discovery activities is organized by gadgets, from whisks and tongs to apple-peeling machines and cherry pitters. Who knew that you could put biscuit dough through a garlic press and then bake it into a bird’s nest to fill with jellybean eggs? Or that you could make your own sidewalk chalk from eggshells ground in a mortar and pestle, then mixed with flour, water and paint?