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Calendar whirl

By MARY JANE PARK

© St. Petersburg Times, published December 13, 2001


A new year means a clean slate, and these calendars have great features. You can find them at brick and click bookstores, mass retailers, discount stores, even kiosks at shopping malls.

A new year means a clean slate, and these calendars have great features. You can find them at brick and click bookstores, mass retailers, discount stores, even kiosks at shopping malls.

-- MARY JANE PARK, Times staff writer

BIG GRID WALL CALENDAR

This month-by-month schedule has room to record soccer practice, dentist appointments, birthdays, you name it. Big Grid Wall Calendar. $12.99. Calendars by Gridbox Graphix.

MARY ENGELBREIT CALENDAR

Family calendar unfurls vertically, giving plenty of room for each person's events. Plus, you get the artist's happy drawings. Mary Engelbreit's Life Is Just So Daily! 2002 Family Calendar. $12.99. Andrews McMeel Publishing.

CROWNS CALENDAR

Borrowing images from the book of the same title, this is a dazzling homage to black women in their church hats. Crowns Calendar. $16.95. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

SUSAN BRANCH ALL CHOCOLATE CALENDAR

From pots de creme to holiday fudge, every month of 2002 is dedicated to a chocolate treat, with recipes and charming drawings. Susan Branch All Chocolate Calendar. $12.99. Cedco Publishing Co.

MAGNETIC POETRY CALENDAR

Free your inner poet with this language lover's calendar, spiral-bound, with magnetic word tiles and mind exercises. Magnetic Poetry Calendar. $12.95. Magnetic Poetry Inc.

GEL PENS CALENDAR

A year from now, you can look back on memories written in the pages of this black-paper calendar. (Three gel pens included.) Gel Pens Activity Calendar. $14.99. The Time Factory.

FAMILY ORGANIZER CALENDAR

The mother of all calendars, this spiral-bound wonder has huge writing spaces and tons of stickers for practically all occasions. An inside back pocket holds loose papers. More Time Moms Family Organizer. $18.99. More Time Moms Publishing Inc.

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