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18 hours ago ago from Bookstore People
Here is the list my daughter has been clapping her hands in anticipation for: a YA list from Jessica, the pied piper of young literature from Latitude 33 in Laguna Beach, CA. Last summer, Kelsey and I visited Latitude 33 and Jessica spent a long time talking books with Kelsey they were reading soul mates. Luckily for the rest of us, she just started her own blog about children's and young adult books, Read Schmead: Tales from the Book . ...
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18 hours ago ago from WBUR's Here and Now with host Robin Young
Kids 9-to-12 years-old are now the “tween” demographic. They have their own music, movies and TV shows. But what about books? Here are some of our favorites. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney. Kinney introduces readers to Greg Heffley, the scrawny kid, with the concave chest, a few strands of hair and an older brother who torments him. C.S. Lewis' Narnia books and “The Great Brain” series by author John Dennis Fitzgerald are the ...
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14 hours ago ago from Oregon Faith Report
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14 hours ago ago from Sparkle in my life
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13 hours ago ago from OUT OF SHADOWS
As a child I loved Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books and read all of those held by my local library. When I recently found the first book in a nearby second hand bookshop I couldn’t resist it. Reading it again more than 40 years later I can understand the appeal the books had, but I wondered whether such a book could remain in print today considering some of its very politically incorrect portrayals of black Africans. However, a quick ...
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