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Read MoreIt's Not Just for Oprah Anymore: Starting a Book Club for Kids
Is your child an eager reader or a reluctant reader? It
doesn't matter when you start a book club, which turns reading
into a fun activity for all.
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Mark your page with a bookworm that's at home between the pages.
Read MoreBook Nook: Kindergarten Books for Spring Reading
Dr. Jan LaBonty, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Montana, recommends three outstanding children's books for spring reading.
Read MoreBook Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Growing up in a small Southern town, Jem and Scout Finch think they know their family and neighbors. There's Boo Radley, the neighborhood recluse, whom the children attempt to lure out of hiding. Cranky old Mrs. Dubose is secretly addicted to morphine. Their odd playmate, Dill Harris, comes to stay with his aunt next door each summer. And then there's Atticus, their father, and their hero.
At first barely penetrating their world of treehouses and elaborate reenactments of pulp novels are rumors of a black man accused of raping a white woman. In 1930s Alabama, her accusation all but proves his guilt. Yet lawyer Atticus questions the charge and defends the accused man in a town steeped in prejudice. Through the eyes of the children, as they try to understand the reactions of the townspeople and make sense of the crumbling world around them, the irrationality of racism is laid bare.
Read MoreReview: ABC T-Rex
Munch, munch, munch! This nonscientific tale depicts a tyrannosaurus eating a multitude of objects, including each letter of the alphabet. This clever theme for an ABC book will delight beginning readers as they identify the many objects on each page whose names begin with the featured letter.
Read MoreBook Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Book 6)
Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, are out in the open now, so much so that Rufus Scrimgeour, the new Minister of Magic, feels it necessary to inform the muggle Prime Minister. Snape is up to no good, Draco has been given an assignment by the Dark Lord, and and a net of security has dropped on Hogwarts. Deaths, disappearances, and destruction increase as Harry's penultimate year at Hogwarts begins.
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