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Read, Learn, and be Happy: Time Flies!
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Image by Celestine Chua, Creative Commons License https:/ www.flickr.com/photos/celestinechua/14434197266/). I haven't been here for awhile! Yes, I missed you, and I'm sure you've been busy with this and that, just as I have been. Have you thought about how sometimes time zooms by and other times it crawls? And overall, our human time on earth is just a blip! And I felt the need to learn what's currently being published. By Isabel Minhos Martins. Still...
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: Book Launch Fun for Elise Parsley, Magnolia, and her Alligator
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Friday, August 7, 2015. Book Launch Fun for Elise Parsley, Magnolia, and her Alligator. Raise your hand if you're the kind of person who likes to go to restaurants on their opening nights or camp out on the sidewalk to buy concert tickets. Notice? My hand is not going up. I do not need to be the first for any of that stuff, until-. S first picture book, If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! Watch for more titles featuring Magnolia. What will she try next?
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: June 2014
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Http:/ upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/1805-Gillray-Harmony-before-Matrimony.jpg. James Gillray [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) See * for more information about this artwork. As spring turns into summer, the weather warms up and so do hearts, making June a traditional month for weddings. Happy Anniversary to everyone who got married in June! Happy Wedding Day to those getting married this month! Below left) and Mary Connealy. Role in ...
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: March 2015
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Saturday, March 21, 2015. What’s Your Superpower? Featured brown girl dreaming. By Jacqueline Woodson, a coming-of-age memoir in verse. In this book, we learn that Woodson discovers that her “brilliance” is telling stories. We encounter a similar theme in a different memoir for young people that, like Woodson’s book, has earned many awards. A 2015 Newbery Honor Book,. But she handles them by going into her own creative world where she helps others. El Deafo has its ups and ...
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: What’s Your Superpower? (Part 2)
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Saturday, March 21, 2015. What’s Your Superpower? Featured brown girl dreaming. By Jacqueline Woodson, a coming-of-age memoir in verse. In this book, we learn that Woodson discovers that her “brilliance” is telling stories. We encounter a similar theme in a different memoir for young people that, like Woodson’s book, has earned many awards. A 2015 Newbery Honor Book,. But she handles them by going into her own creative world where she helps others. El Deafo has its ups and ...
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: May 2014
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Monday, May 26, 2014. Vietnam Veterans Memorial far left, photo by Jane Heitman Healy 2012). On a trip to Washington, DC, colleagues and I toured the Mall one evening. School groups' boisterous enthusiasm overflowed in noise at the Lincoln Memorial in spite of signs requesting reverence. At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Though, they walked by quietly. What made the difference? Row upon row, making sacrifice real and personal. Photo by Jane Heitman Healy 2012). Fairy Tales help...
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: Poetry Found Him: Pablo Neruda: National Poetry Month
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Poetry Found Him: Pablo Neruda: National Poetry Month. 8220;It was at that age. That poetry came in search of me.”. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Poetry found Pablo Neruda. Not only was he wildly popular as a poet, he became a diplomat and ambassador for his native country, Chile. Here are some of his well-known lines:. 8220;Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name,. Suddenly your heart showed me my way”.
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: What’s Your Brilliance? (Part 1)
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Saturday, March 7, 2015. What’s Your Brilliance? The dust is settling on the book awards season, and winners’ covers proclaim their awards. I was fortunate to get my hands on two very popular titles for young people. While they are completely different, they have one theme in common—a young person’s discovering what’s special about themselves. Here are my reflections on the first book:. And what can I possibly add to the many more learned reviews that have already been written?
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Read, Learn, and be Happy: September 2014
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Read, Learn, and be Happy. Sunday, September 28, 2014. Dappled Things of Fall. These last couple of weeks have given us sunny, warm days and cool nights. The word "dappled" has come to mind as I see lawns dappled with dropped leaves. Day lily leaves dappled with yellow. Leaves themselves mottled with decay. Fruit dappled with ripeness and insect spots. And sky dappled with clouds and green and yellow leaves. All of that reminded me of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Poem, which you can hear here. Explores the man...