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Mindy Markowitz

Sherry Margolis

whenever possible because I
think it's never too early to
start reading to children.
"My favorite book is Love
You Forever. I truly cherish
this book, because when I
read it to my nieces and
nephews it reinforces the con-
cept that love is what created
the circle of life. We're never
too young or too old to learn
the fact that we all need to
take care of each other ... for-
ever."

Producer,' "The Tom Ryan
Show" on Oldies 104.3,
WOMC Radio

Love You Forever, by Robert
Munsch (Firefly Books Ltd.,
copyright 1986)

"I don't have any children of
my own, but I'm extremely
close to my 10 nieces and
nephews (ages 4 months to
11 1/2 years) and see them
quite often. I read to them

Newscaster; FOX TV (Channel
2)

Oh, The Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss (Random
House, copyright 1990)

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side down, in a muffin cup.
Press down a little to secure
slices.
Bake for 15 minutes until
golden. Remove tin from
oven, popping out rolls while
they're still hot. Turn each lit-
tle roll over onto a place so
that they're upside down,
sticky side up. Quickly spoon
out hot sugar/nut glaze and
spoon over each roll. If mix-
ture cools too much to spoon
out, put tin back into oven to
melt the mixture a little.

JAMES
AND THE
GIANT PEACH CRISP
A peachy idea for adventur-
ous readers.

4 cups sliced fresh or frozen
peaches, defrosted
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. margarine, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup low-fat milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Sugar for sprinkling atop cob-
bler

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Butter an eight-cup casserole.
Arrange peaches around the
casserole. Sprinkle 1/4 cup
sugar over peaches. Bake for
15 minutes. While the peach-
es are baking, combine flour,
baking powder and salt. Add
margarine and mix with your
fingers until the mixture is
crumbly. Add egg, milk and
vanilla. Combine to make a
soft dough.
Remove peaches from
oven and drop spoonfuls of
dough over the peaches.

"[My colleague] Huel
Perkins first introduced me
to this book, which was
originally written as a grad-
uation speech. It's a won-
derfully written piece
about life's open possibili-

Sprinkle with sugar and
bake 15 minutes, or until
golden. Serve with whipped
cream, if desired. Serves
six.

LITTLE
MISS' MUFFINS
Forget curds and whey;
these are yummier.

1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 large egg
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

ties. The only problem is,
every time I read it to my
three little girls I end up cry-
ing by the time I get to, 'Kid,
you'll move mountains!' They
hate it when I cry."

Don Shane

Sportscaster; WXYZ-T V (Chan-
nel 7)

The Giving Tree, by Shel Sil-
verstein (Evil Eye Music, Inc.,
copyright 1964)

1 cup (or more) fresh or frozen
blueberries
1 Tbsp. grated lemon zest (op-
tional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix together milk, oil, vanilla
and egg in a large bowl. Add
dry ingredients and stir until
just combined. DO NOT
OVER MIX. Fold in blueber-
ries and zest. Pour batter into
12 pre-greased muffin cups.
Bake for 20-30 minutes until
golden.

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