Posts Tagged ‘books’
Before Somebody Lifted the Lorax Away
In: life
28 Sep 2009At the far end of town, where the Grickle-grass grows
and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows
and no birds ever sing excepting old crows… is the Street of the Lifted Lorax
Everyone has books they remember as “making a difference”.
Well, ok maybe not everyone, but I’d wish that fate on everyone, so I’ll leave it.
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- Tags: ala, banned books week, books, ignorance, memories, reading, responsibility, the lorax, trees, truffula
How many have you read?
In: Random
15 Aug 2008The Big Read is an NEA program designed to encourage community reading initiatives and of their top 100 books, they estimate the average adult has read only six. According to another blogger, they encourage us to:
*Look at the list and bold those we have read.
*Italicize those we intend to read.
*Underline the books we LOVE
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New Books!
In: fiber
6 May 2008Three books arrived in the mail today! Yay! Especially for a day that started out with cat barf at 5am.
Things I Learned from Knitting (whether I wanted to or not) – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (also known as The Yarn Harlot). I’ve finished reading this one (a quick read) and am just as thrilled [...]
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