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October 1, 2008 2:22 pm 10 comments

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By Alana Stroud

Hurley Backpack

Stay cool and in style this year with a Hurley backpack. With plenty of pockets and other options to load up all your favorite stuff and schoolwork, you can even haul your skateboard with the front-placed deck straps. Assorted styles and colors. $31.99 and up. tillys.com

Franklin Kid-1240 Children’s Talking Dictionary

Give your kids the gifts of an expansive vocabulary and good spelling. This talking dictionary has 44,000 words, has five games to help build word skills with varying levels, works with headphones, and does much more. Speaks letters, words, and definitions out loud! $40.95 at amazon.com

Apple MacBook

This sleek-and-sexy 5.2-pound notebook sports a glossy 13.3-inch widescreen that creates richer blacks and whiter whites. A speedy 2-GHz T2500 Intel Core Duo processor makes multitasking a breeze, which is a must-have when you’re chatting using the built-in iSight camera in one window, as you jam with iTunes in the background. $1,599. (800) MY-APPLE or store.apple.com

*If you’re a student, faculty, or staff member and you buy a Mac before September 15, you can get a free iPod touch or iPod nano.

Lunch Boxes

It may not be the most expensive back-to-school item on your list, but the receptacle your kid totes his or her lunch in on the first day of school certainly makes a statement. And these days, lunch boxes have come a long way from the simple metal pail circa 1900. Starting at $9.95. (866) 823-4224 or lunchboxes.com

Locker Organizer

Finally, a place to put extra index cards, markers, crayons, and whatever else might otherwise be loose inside a school locker. These organizers come in nearly every shape, size, and design, and attach in many convenient ways. Find the one that suits your child’s needs best! Starting from $8.99. stacksandstacks.com

Calculator

There are many inexpensive scientific calculators on the market, but few boast the two-line display and other advanced features users get with the Texas Instruments TI-30x IIS. Comes in handy for science, math, algebra, trigonometry, and statistics. Starting at $17.98. (800) 842-2737 or ti.com

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