"It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear put his arm around a Bengal tiger and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear..."

This is photo I saw on Sympotien, a blog I read almost every day. There are other gorgeous photos + good music + neato books + fishing + other awesome things on the blog. Also, this is the blog run by my brother-in-law, Noah. He's awesome.

Laurel Snyder's book, Any Which Wall, reviewed on bookslut. Her book sounds great for kiddos and the people who read to them.

This story will make you a bit weepy, but in a good way. It's about animal friends. (Thanks, Seth Landman, for sending it along!)

That's my mac n' cheese she's talking about.