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Mr. Collins has taught math at an urban middle school in Cleveland, Ohio for the past twenty years. Frustrated with his students’ lack of interest in the subject matter, he offers them a challenge: build the biggest tetrahedron structure in the world and make it into the record books. For those who don’t know what a…
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If you’re looking for a book to make you cry, this is it. Eleven year old Sam has leukemia, so he stays home everyday with his teacher Ms. Willis and his friend Felix, who also has cancer. Sam likes to list facts about himself, such as he has always wanted to go up a down elevator or take…
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Beginning with those famous words “it was a dark and stormy night,” A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle remains as readable as when it was first published in 1962. A Newberry Medal winner, it mixes science fiction, fantasy, philosophy and religion in an interstellar adventure that will appeal to both children and adults. Plot: Meg Murry’s…
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As a children’s librarian, it is part of my job to read as much children’s literature as I can. This blog will be a place where I post my thoughts and reviews of what I read. I will be focusing on juvenile fiction chapter books, but I will also throw in some picture books that catch my attention…
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