ALL WEATHER OUTDOOR RUG

We Need to Go to School: Voices of the Rugmark Children

In these stories children vividly remember the day their lives changed for the better -- the day a Rugmark inspector came into the factory and asked them whether they wanted to go to school. The children describe their fear of the unknown, the loneliness of being taken to a school where they knew no one, and finally the joy of having what North American children take for granted: sufficient food, clean water, the opportunity to learn, the time to play, and the chance to fulfill dreams for the future.

An interesting bath tub. It was not uncomfortable but didnt work well for keeping one's upper torso warm, as it was out of the water, so I used the hand held shower. I pulled the plug and dried off in the tub. When I pulled the curtain back and stepped out, all the water had gone down the tub drain - but came up in the bathroom floor drain! So I couldn't use the hairdryer in the bathroom for fear of being electrocuted so I had to stand outside the bathroom door on the carpet and pull the dryer cord out to its full length to dry my hair. Certainly I was wide awake by the time I went down to breakfast from all the excitement.

Here we are sipping our various drinks and watching as carpet after carpet is rolled out on the floor before us for viewing. Quite a process and the men who do this have to be very fit as these carpets are not light.

(ages 8 - 10) Is high society ready for Total Tomboy Zibby, or will there be a Decorum Disaster?

In the fifth installment of the "Zibby Payne" series, we find Zibby's classmates showing off some bad behavior during a field trip. The teachers decide the unruly group needs some manners help fast! Amber, Zibby's sometimes friend (but more often rival), volunteers to lead etiquette lessons to whip the sixth graders into shape. But Amber quickly gets carried away with the minutiae of manners, and forces the girls to learn things such as how to use a fish fork and curtsy she's turning them all into mindless princesses! Zibby finds creative ways to ditch the classes and even forms the "Total Slobs But Loving It" group. It's not that she is a fan of bad manners it's just that she knows Amber's Etiquette Uprising is based on appearances and material things.

Amber's celebrity magazines inspire her to throw a gala ball complete with fancy gowns, a red carpet, and enough pomp to rival the Academy Awards! As more girls get on board, Zibby decides to fight back. Of course, in true Zibby style, she goes way over the top in trying to convince her friends to attend the "Come as You Are" anti-gala. In the middle of the red carpet face-off, she learns what good manners are really all about.