Nursery rhymes are quirky things, what with their peculiar images (a girl named Muffet sitting on a tuffet) and mysterious chants (“ring around a-rosy”). Perhaps operating under the principle that any quirky thing can be made quirkier, Jon Scieszka and Julia Rothman use an illustrated 19th-century collection of ditties as the raw material for a … Read more
On the side of the highway, somewhere in Northern New Mexico, a simple white cross, affixed to a weathered wood post, marks the site of the crash where someone lost his life. The commemorative descanso, (a memorial erected at a crash site in honor of the person who died there) is for a young man … Read more
DEARBORN, Mich. – Books have been a hot topic in Dearborn for the past couple of weeks, resulting in the school district to create new criteria for evaluating books in school libraries. On Wednesday, Dearborn Public Schools announced how the district plans to review potential books that students will access in school. According to the … Read more
Taking place on Saturday, October 8, the annual campaign, organised by the Booksellers Association, encourages consumers to shop at their local bookshop to support their high street. Jeffers will be signing copies of his latest book Meanwhile Back on Earth in Muswell Hill’s The Children’s Bookshop. Meanwhile, in Essex, Wilson will be celebrating her new … Read more
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Before her death in 1991, Martha Graham gave a videotaped interview in which she laid out, in an almost deadpan tone, a philosophy of the art she revolutionized. “The body should be pliable to begin with, and it should be eager,” she opined. “It should realize what technique is . . . Every time the … Read more
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LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Campbell County’s Valley View Elementary School in LaFollette was selected to participate in Book Blast, a program that encouraged students to get monetary donations from friends and family for books. On Thursday morning every student got a brown paper bag filled with books. “I am stoked. I don’t know what other … Read more
Is there anything better than cozying up with a good book? We think not, but the next best thing might be dressing the part of your favorite heroes and heroines from the page. Book characters make ideal costumes because they’re a little unexpected, they start great conversations and they can be worn for many occasions … Read more
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TORONTO – A Canadian award for books on global affairs has more than tripled its purse to $50,000. Presented by University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Foreign Policy magazine, the prize previously awarded $15,000 annually to an English non-fiction book on international affairs. Organizers say they’re excited to increase … Read more
New volume invites children to delight in the science behind how the world works COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Highlights, the global media brand dedicated to nurturing and developing the whole child, today launched The Highlights Book of How. Following the best-selling Book of Things to Do, The Highlights Book of How is … Read more