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Entries from September 29th, 2007

The Best October Poetry, Books and Music

September 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Book Lists, Music, Poetry, Reading Recommendations

October is the best month of the year.  October brings golden leaves, baseball playoffs, high school football, and Halloween.  It’s no wonder so many authors and musicians have written about this most evocative of months.  Consider this passage from Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes:

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More Bulletin Board Quotes about Learning

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Teaching

Two things I love are quotes and lists, so here’s another list of quotes, this time about learning in general:

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The Book Thief Review

September 26th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Literature, Reading Recommendations, Reviews

I had tears in my eyes, and I hadn’t even reached the end of the Prologue. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is one of the most moving books for teenagers (and adults) that I’ve read in a long, long time. It may be the best novel about the holocaust ever written. It moved me [...]

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