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Carol Walsh published her book Jolly Boats on the River inspired by her grandfather's life in Scotland. A local author has published his first book in memory of his grandfather and hopes the story will help keep his family history…

A vice principal at an elementary school in Mississippi says he was fired after choosing to read a book about butts to a group of second graders.Gary Road Primary School in Byram chose to fire Toby Price without warning after reading Dawn…

In a rare appearance in Santa Fe, NM, in 2015, Cormac McCarthy offered a tantalizing glimpse of his work in progress: "The Passenger," a novel that explored esoteric ideas about math, physics, and nature. of consciousness.Since then,…

There are a lot of things that Americans can't agree on - politics, religion, food, the pronunciation of the…

A few weeks ago, the co-owner of Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, organized a collective reading of Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Karamazov brothers.Its aim was to give readers a better understanding of the tensions between Russia and Ukraine.…

"Inventing Anna" on Netflix is ​​everyone's delicious obsession this winter. Starring Julia Garner as Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, the 9-episode series tells the story of fake German (really Russian) heiress named Anna,…

In downtown Lemon Grove, down an alley off Broadway, a new mural is nearing completion.Painted on the side of a building, it tells the story of “The Lemon Grove Incident,” a 1931 court battle over school desegregation.One of the drawings…

AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUK, by Mari Lowe. (Levine Querido, ages 8-12, $17.99.) Lowe's mystical debut novel about the psychic struggle between a grieving 11-year-old girl and a mischievous ghost boy who awakens repressed memories of the…

Renowned for its vast open world, Skyrim is full of countless treasures. From swords, to shields, to ingots, to dragon bones, Skyrim is jam-packed with amazing loot. This does mean, however, that a good number of players tend to…

18 books were nominated in three categories ranging from younger and older readers to picture books. Each category winner will take home a staggering £2,000 prize. While one of the three will also be…

Kate Middleton to read Jill Tomlinson's book The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on CBeebies Bedtime Stories (PA)Kate Middleton read a children's book on the popular CBeebies show Bedtime Stories.The show, airing on Sunday February 13, will…

The Vox Book Club is linked to Librairie.org to support local and independent booksellers. We're now far enough into the pandemic that the first wave of pandemic novels have come out, and if we're being completely honest, most of them…

SWEET JUSTICEGeorgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus BoycottBy Mara RockliffIllustrated by R. Gregory ChristieALICE WATERS IS MAKING A FOOD REVOLUTIONBy Diane StanleyIllustrated by Jessie HartlandBORN HUNGERJulia Child becomes "the French…

This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you read an article about children's books that encourage critical thinking, I guess you see the value in nurturing…

Donna Barba Higuera won America's Best Children's Book Award, the Newbery Medal, for her story of an Earth destroyed by a comet, and the girl who is the only one who remembers it.The Last Cuentista de Higuera, which mixes Mexican folklore…

(JTA) — Jane Yolen, the acclaimed and prolific children's book author whose over 400-book oeuvre includes the bestselling Holocaust time-travel novel "The Devil's Arithmetic," has been honored for his writing career by the!-->…

There is still a lot of winter left. It is the fact that is staring you in the face. Once the holiday decorations are down, the toys put away, and you've rediscovered your gift certificates, what do you do with them? You buy books, of…

Michele Rech is uncomfortable with success. The shy 38-year-old cartoonist, who works in a modest apartment on the outskirts of Rome, doesn't use the word 'fame' but rather refers to his rise to national prominence as a 'thing' he…

A young girl walks into the Green Gables home in Cavendish, PEI.Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian PressA Nova Scotia publishing house published a Gaelic translation of Anne of the Green Gables, the beloved novel written by Lucy Maud…

Ruth Grobler, South African author and founder of Sinakekele Children, recently launched the e-book version of her book Who Will Love Children? Sinakekele Children is a Durban-based non-profit organization that has been helping abandoned…

Rebel Wilson celebrates reading his children's book to a class of children in Tanzania - after donating $ 250,000 to St Jude's school following Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to earnBy Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia…

Providing children's books can be more than just giving them something to read. Books are portals to adventure, imagination and new experiences. Most importantly, books can help children understand and appreciate themselves and…

FORT WALTON BEACH - Rightly so, the new children's book "Fort Walton Beach, A Journey Through Time" was officially unveiled on Wednesday inside the 115-year-old Gulfview Hotel building.It is the oldest standing structure in the city. And…

“The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars” tells the story of astronomer Edwin Hubble as he imagines his childhood wonder of the night sky.The picture book follows Hubble from his youth and paints his biography in a way that both teaches…

The Manhattan Project National Historical Park and the American Museum of Science and Energy team up in December to present Ann Hagedorn's "Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away" for their monthly online book club.Read and…

SOUTH BEND - As Lisa Wills promotes her children's book "A Teacher's Love", she can't help but think of the teachers who encouraged her and ultimately inspired her to teach. Wills, a graduate of Riley High School and Ball State University,…

DR CHLOE Devlin's first children's book, "Bruscar," details the adventures of the Town of Wicklow's most famous seal,…

My first memory of readingThe first pages of every book I remember reading in Pinner Wood Elementary School were from The Beacon Readers: Stories of Farmer Giles, Rover the Dog, Old Lob the Shepherd and Mrs. Cuddy the Cow. I liked Mrs.…

For me, Christmas has always been a story of history. The magic of Dickens, the annoying grumpy man - crawling to the sofa after dinner with a thin pie and a new book is a sacred tradition in our…

Courtesy Photos Dave Distler's color coffee table book, "The Lost Resorts and Cottages of Long Lake," is available locally at Parallel 45 Books & Gifts in Alpena, Long Lake Market and Long Lake Campground.ALPENA - Anyone with a…

The book presents the art of Jonathan GreenThe University of South Carolina Press will publish a large…

By Terri Schlichenmeyer You don't like it. It wasn't what you wanted. You did not ask for it and you are not happy. It shouldn't be that way. It's not good, and you don't like it. Someone needs to fix this, so why…

Musical Bones was released on October 25 by Mark Coates, 47, Grant Davidson, 44, and Lisa Willis, 50, who call themselves "The Three Teachers" because they all teach different subjects.The book tells the story of Sidney, a skeleton…

"Mystery of the Football Trophy" by Fred Bowen (Peachtree Publishing, 7 - 12 years old)This book by prolific writer Fred Bowen combines two things intermediate readers love: football and a warm mystery. And while the story is fictional,…

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Dr Patty Whitworth, Jean Mehochko and Barb Hewitt, all of Hillsboro, are excited to kick off the holiday season again with their new book, A light for Luna. The book, written by Dr. Whitworth, is a precursor…

On the first floor of the Hodges Library, the Miles Reading Room contains a three-shelf section filled with…

Tim White and his wife Ruth. (Joe Earle) Tim White's family knew he had a story to tell. They encouraged him to write it. This led him, at age 80, to his first novel. White, a resident of Buckhead, now jokes that his…

California Governor Gavin Newsom's Ben and Emma's Big Hit picture book for children, based on his ... his own experience with dyslexia, will be published by Philomel on December 7th. Getty Images On December…

For the month of September, Jenna Bush Hager has selected "Beautiful Country" by Qian Julie Wang like her pick from the Read With Jenna book club.Wang's early memoirs tell the story of her life as an undocumented immigrant in New York's…

If only the NHS weren't so busy, it would offer a tailor-made counseling service to celebrities suffering from the dangerous delusion that they can turn into children's authors. We have all lost count of the afflicted. Geri Halliwell,…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When I think of children's train books, I immediately think of The little engine that could. I don't know when was the last…

Hello and welcome to the LA Times Book Club newsletter.This fall, our book club is on fire.Tuesday we go to the frontlines of deadly California wildfires with the author Jaime Lowe, including "Breathing Fire" tells the story of women…

"Perplexity" by Richard Powers (WW Norton & Company) Here are two words so ingrained in Richard Powers' astonishing new novel that they are almost useless: Autism and Trump. The book tells the story…

Thirty dollars and cut eye by J Russell Peltz Championship Rounds Vol. I by Bernard Fernandez Roxanne the Green Nosed Reindeer by Jason R. Van Pelt Relax with a warm…

Read Contra Costa is an annual event that encourages all county residents and library users to share the experience of reading and discussing the same book. This year's Read Contra Costa, featuring the young adult novel "We Are Not Free"…

Marin families can get help explaining to their children what is going on with sick loved ones in a new book donated to the county library system. “Dancing with Grandpa: An Alzheimer's Story for Children and Their…

Sometimes the best way to get away from it all is to read a really good book. The best way to escape to another era? A very good book of historical fiction.Since Jenna picked two historical fiction reads for her February picks Read With…

Reigning Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida published a children's book which she creatively titled Shudu finds his magic. Musida officially launched the book on September 1 and partnered with the South African Depression and…

Zillow turned her heartwarming fantasy campaign, “The Journey,” which captures a child's perspective on moving to a new home, into a children's storybook.Created with the advertising agency FIG, The girl who…

NEW YORK (AP) - By the end of 2020, the pandemic had lasted long enough for author Jodi Picoult to try something that seemed unthinkable to early novelists - turning it into fiction. “At the start of the pandemic, I…

A University of Victoria student transformed his own experiences as a Nuu-chah-nulth child learning to sing and drum into a children's picture book that celebrates Indigenous culture and identity. Ren Wikinanish Louie, a member of the…

A book that teaches kids and parents the basics of investing? Yes please! Foord Asset Management has launched a second picture book for children in their Teach your child to invest financial literacy series aimed at teaching children…

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A world grappling with the dual threat of a pandemic and a climate emergency deserves an apocalyptic reading list.This year's long list for the Financial Times and the McKinsey Business Book of the Year award includes a number of…

Author, illustrator and screenwriter Supriya Kelkar won the Neev Book Award for her first children's book “Ahimsa”, which tells the stories of unsung heroes of India's struggle for independence. And now her new book 'Strong as Fire, Fierce…

By Lindsey PiercyUniversity of Kentucky Before you know it, summer is coming to an end. But there is still time to get lost in a good book. We asked the University of Kentucky community to recommend books they think would…