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Page 32: Brief Glimpses of Five Vermont Books | Books | Seven days

Click to enlarge Seven days writers can’t read, let alone review, all the books that come streaming in the mail, email and, in one memorable case, a sloth hug. So this monthly feature is our way of bringing you a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do …

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Leonard Kessler, author of colorful children’s books, dies at 101

Mr. Kessler often found inspiration in everyday life. A little boy’s feelings of hunger on a trip to the supermarket, for example, are amplified in “Crunch Crunch” (1955), the sequel to “Plink Plink”, a book about the feeling of thirst. He once told an interviewer that he crawled on the …

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Bloomington author publishes children’s books on managing emotions

BLOOMINGTON (Heart of Illinois ABC) – Described as a way to “find a middle ground,” a Bloomington author has published a series of children’s books to help families deal with their children’s emotions. JJ Shegog is co-owner of ‘Jair’s Collections’ – a publishing house that focuses its work on the …

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Colorado author inspires young people to read through his book series and canine companion

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Award-winning Colorado author Katy McQuaid hopes to inspire young people to read through her “Everybody Loves Grace” book series. Grace, 15, a Finnish Lapphund is the star of her new series of children’s books, spreading love and helping them overcome anxiety while learning to read. …

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8 of the Best New Women’s Haunted House Novels

This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The haunted house novel has a long and storied history. Many scholars date its creation in American literature to the late 1700s and early Gothic tradition. Names like Horace Walpole, Edgar Allan Poe …

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9 children’s books like THE SNOWY DAY for the coming winter days

This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. In case you find yourself cooped up to protect yourself from a very cold world, I thought it would be fun to suggest some books that might help you look out the window …

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Renowned Maine artist and author Ashley Bryan dies at 98

Maine artist, author and storyteller Ashley Bryan has died at the age of 98. Bryan, who lived for years on Little Cranberry Island, wrote and illustrated many children’s and other books and was a prolific painter, illustrator, puppet maker and stained glass artist. Artist Ashley Bryan poses for a portrait …

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author visits Ridgeview to celebrate reading | Life

Popular children’s book author Michael Shoulders visited Ridgeview School for a day of celebration of reading and literacy on December 14th. His visit was scheduled as part of Ridgeview’s Olympic Literacy Theme for 2021-2022. The purpose of this theme is to help students establish and set individual and group reading …

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Calls for children’s books to be affordable like generic drugs

Two decades after South African activists took on the global pharmaceutical industry and their own government to limit access to medicines, educators across the country are waging a similar battle to improve its learning standards. Just as patents on life-saving antiretroviral drugs restrict the treatment of the growing number of …

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Children’s Books: “Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels”

Children’s Books: “Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels”

When Virginia Hamilton was 9, she began filling out a notebook with what she would later describe as “an accumulation of mysteries” gleaned from the oblique, coded conversation of adults. “What a wealth of adult words adorned its pages,” she recalls. “What monstrous, wonderful, devious and vindictive secrets! Her plan …

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UP authors converge for the book fair | News, Sports, Jobs

MARQUETTE – The fourth edition of the Upper Peninsula Authors’ Book Fair will bring together over a dozen UP authors this year. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Campfire CoWorks in downtown Marquette, participating authors from Upper Michigan will meet to meet their current and future readers. Gretchen …

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Cobb Libraries Celebrate Forbidden Book Week

September 26 to October 2 is Forbidden Books Week, and the Cobb County Public Library is celebrating this week dedicated to supporting intellectual freedom! It’s Forbidden Books Week! Forbidden Book Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It emphasizes the value of free and open access to …

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Detective Novel Wins Top Prize at Annual San Diego Book Awards

Musician-turned-mystery writer Corey Lynn Fayman took top honors at the 2021 San Diego Book Awards for “Ballast Point Breakdown,” a sarcastic novel starring a guitarist, Navy SEALs, and trained dolphins. The book received the Geisel Award, a Best Performance Award named after Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, who wrote several of …

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Bolton family gives back by raising for books and bread

BOLTON – A Bolton family gives back to the community by helping low-income children have better access to books. Brothers Dante and Vince Snoonian, seventh and eighth graders respectively at Florence Sawyer School, are collecting books in English and Spanish to redistribute to those in need locally and elsewhere in …

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‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ illustrator Lois Ehlert dies at 86

Famous children’s author Eric Carle dies at 91 Carle, known for writing The Very Hungry Caterpillar, died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. MILWAUKEE – Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books like “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” make her one of the most popular preschool …

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Western writers to visit Lake County | Free content

The combined efforts of several Arkansas Valley groups will result in a visit by acclaimed Western author Chris Enss to mountain communities in Colorado from June 11-12. Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has written about women of the Old West for over 20 years. She has …

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The magic of books | Higher education school

Nilda Soto Ruiz, GSE professor and chair of the master’s program in school leadership, read Caps for Sale during the GSE Read Aloud marathon held in honor of World Book Day on April 23. Designated by UNESCO in 1995 as a global celebration of books and reading, World Book Day …

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24 bestselling author’s choices

During Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY shares community history, pain, joy and continuation for the AAPI movement. We’ll be posting personal essays, stories, videos, and specials throughout May. As Asian American communities grapple with rising anti-Asian hatred, this year’s AAPI Heritage Month looks more urgent than ever. For …

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