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Jun 1, 20225 min read

Hospital Sleepovers

I am writing from my son’s hospital room. This is our fourth night in the hospital since Brave’s X-ray showed he had pneumonia. ...

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Apr 28, 20223 min read

Thank You Letter to Neslihan and Çekirdek Family

We want to publicly thank you for hosting the “Traditional Banner Davut Watson Children’s Festival” last weekend. We can’t think of a...

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Apr 23, 20222 min read

The Most Important Lessons

“I learned all the most important lessons in life as a preschooler.” I read a quote like this taped up in the entryway of Cekirdek...

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Feb 27, 20224 min read

Banner's Red Sled

This is the story of a red sled whose significance we realized only after its owner was gone. When Banner was a toddler we bought him a...

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Feb 16, 20223 min read

Ideas to Hook Your Kids on Books

We are proud to carry on Banner’s reading legacy with a series of “Little Free Libraries” at the three branches of the preschool that...

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Feb 7, 20222 min read

A Book A Day...

Was Banner Davut's love for books a result of nature or nurture? It seemed he had a natural inclination to books, but it was also...

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Jan 11, 20223 min read

A Different Kind of Journal

How do you remember the special moments with your kids? One of our most treasured records of memories with Banner Davut is a journal of...

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Dec 29, 20212 min read

Banner’s Bid for Books

As sojourners in a foreign land, we’ve joined some of the Turkish baby traditions. One of them was the “first tooth party.” We invited...

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