Des Moines Public Schools vending machines let kids plunk in coins and pull out ... a book?
That's the novel approach about a half-dozen Des Moines Public Schools are taking to get kids to read — using vending ...
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Reading Across the Curriculum: Three Educators Tie Reading into Multiple Subjects
PW spoke with three educators who are committed to integrating reading across the curriculum to elevate literacy and readers ...
L.J. Smith, Author of ‘Vampire Diaries’ Book Series, Dies at 66
She wrote seven books in a series that went on to be a hit TV show. After she was replaced by ghostwriters, she reclaimed her ...
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In Conversation: Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge
Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and PEN Award winner Ron Koertge discussed their new middle grade novel told in ...
Lewis County AAUW used book sale continues through Saturday
The Lewis County branch of the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) annual used book three-day extravaganza got underway on Thursday. The sale continued Friday and will be open from 9 a.m ...
He Wrote the Book on Scientology and the Origins of 9/11. His New One Might Be His Biggest Challenge Yet.
His new novel, The Human Scale, he says, is an attempt to tell the story of Israel and Palestine in a way that his reporting ...
Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November
Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall, his first published fiction since being stabbed ...
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Faces of Southeast Missouri: John Hendricks
Hendricks’ father opened The Book Rack, a franchise, in Cape Girardeau for Hendricks’ mother in 1977, as Hendricks and his ...
19 Books That Made Readers VERY Emotionally Attached To Fictional Characters
8.Never Let Me Go: "Kathy from Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is a character who I think about all the time. It’s like she ...
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B. Ware’s Bid to Keep Children Reading for Pleasure
Up-and-coming children’s author B. Ware is on a mission to reignite children’s passion for reading in a world filled with ...
Musician Neneh Cherry and medic Rachel Clarke are among finalists for a major nonfiction prize
A moving memoir by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and the gripping story of a heart transplant by British doctor Rachel Clarke ...