Monday, May 16, 2011

Byrd Baylor

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Byrd Baylor is 87 years old. She has written 30 or so books, four of which have received Caldecott Honor Awards. Her books are her love lett...
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Monday, May 9, 2011

Our Visit to Rwanda

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For our discussion on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind  by William Kamkwamba, Girl Wonder welcomed us with African bookmarks that she had made...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Help Movie

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Watch the first trailer for The Help, which arrives in theaters in August 2011, { here } . And if you're interested in some behind-the...
Monday, April 18, 2011

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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Amazing what a boy, a library book, and some ingenuity can achieve. At nineteen, William's English was limited. Four years later,...
Monday, April 4, 2011

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When Crickets Cry  is a book with heart about hearts. We all enjoyed it. For some of us, it was in spite of the contrived plot and excess...
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Charles Martin/When Crickets Cry

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In preparation for our discussion tomorrow night, here are some interesting things about Charles Martin: Favorite book: Robinson Crusoe T...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Book-Movie Tie-In

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All these current movies were adapted from books. Have you seen (or read) any of these? Gnomeo and Juliet Unknown I Am Number Four The ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Cybil Awards

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The Cybils Awards were created in 2006 to bridge the gap between awards that are too elitist or not discriminative enough. Anyone can nomin...