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Ellen Buikema

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Ellen L. Buikema is a parent, writer, speaker and educator.

She received a M.Ed. specializing in Early Childhood from the University of Illinois in Chicago and has extensive post-graduate work in special education from Northeastern Illinois University.

She writes adult nonfiction and fiction for children, sprinkling humor everywhere possible. Ellen is the author of The Adventures of Charlie Chameleon series Parenting . . . A Work in Progress, and is writing a YA historical fiction novel, The Hobo Code.

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Travelin’ Food, Then and Now

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Travel cookies, from theroastedroot.net

When I was very young, my parents gathered snacks for us to bring on trips—travelin’ food for the family.

These treats often consisted of sweet things to keep my brothers and me quiet in the backseat while my father drove along country roads and highways. My mother was tasked with navigating using a map or paper TripTik from the American Au

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