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Learning more about founding fathers
Washington's Birthday, more than just a day off to pursue great retail sales, was created to celebrate the father of our country, George Washington.
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Books do justice to subjects of civil rights, racism
Each year a federal holiday in January marks the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader.
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Holiday books for young readers
It's time for our annual holiday shopping list. Happy shopping … and reading.
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Books offer chills and chuckles for young and old alike
We love Halloween — the holiday where you are invited to come as you aren't. From choosing costumes to passing out candy to wide-eyed wanderers, we find every bit of Halloween's good-natured fun appealing. Plus, the books about Halloween deliver great spooky treats this year.
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Books offer creative learning from A to Z
The love of reading starts with the simplicity of the alphabet. This fall, the children's publishing industry is providing some wonderful selections related to the alphabet.
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Encouraging reading pays off for everyone
Monica: As a new school year starts, we cannot over-emphasize the importance of reading. The Graduate It Pays initiative (www.graduateitpays.org) through the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce is recruiting 500 adults to read one hour a week for this school year. The benefits are numerous, and readers will receive as much, if not more, than the students they assist.
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Summer forecast for children's books is bright
The reading options this summer are as wonderful as the weather. This year's crop has kept our household satiated with so many good books that there isn't enough space to list them all.
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Summer reading is blossoming
Pole beans, our newest gardening venture, are creeping steadily up the fence. We monitor their climb daily.
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Appealing books help hone reading skills
Spring: The weather beckons to play, play, play; yet the kids seem to be tested, tested, tested.
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Students write their own books, learn lessons of team effort
The students in Deanna Mabe's class at Piney Grove Elementary learned first-hand that publishing books takes work. Third-grader Chad Everett declared that writing is harder than it looks, and his classmates agreed.
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In honor of Kate Middleton, a nod to princesses
Monica: When I was a teenager, I got up early one summer morning to watch the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, half a world away from my ordinary Alabama life.
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Dark books have thought-provoking topics
In two weeks, it will be National Poetry Month. It's time to brush up your iambic pentameter, your rhyming couplets, your imagery and your figurative language so you can start waxing poetic.
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From slavery, jazz legend to alligator man
Hannah, who is studying U.S. history, finished studying the Civil War and slavery about a month ago: "I think black history is important to study so what led to slavery doesn't repeat itself. It's important to recognize the people who overcame racism."
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Local writer has his own ideas on marketing his children's books
Dallas Clayton has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season.
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Crossover Charm - Adults often enjoy these books written mainly for young adults
Once again, we bring you a few of our favorite books for children and young adults from 2010. Read, enjoy, give.
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THE ABCS: Great communities have great libraries
It confounds me that our literacy-rich community even hesitates when it comes to financing a new library. Naysayers point to a future without “real” books where technological advances do away with print and paper. I still say the library will remain a community’s bedrock of literary respite, a place of gathering information and a site of awakening.
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Young Reading - FIESTA! Celebrate event with Hispanic books
Downtown Winston-Salem has buzzed all month with fun, family-oriented events. On Saturday, the Hispanic League will hold Fiesta! from noon until 8 p.m. This is a good chance to prepare your young readers with books that feature the Latino culture, authors and stories.
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Young Reading - LIVELY: Authors, exhibitors, panels highlight festival
Fall brings some of our favorite pastimes, including Friday-night, high-school football games and the annual Bookmarks Festival.
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SCARY? Back-to-school books allay fears
MY: "Happy new year," East Forsyth High School Principal Patricia Gainey told her returning teachers this week. In a blink of an eye, our routines rev back into the overdrive of school schedules. It seems like yesterday when Hannah started kindergarten.
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Past-life images spur the future
Since the success of the Harry Potter series, followed by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight and the Pretty Little Liars phenomenon, publishers have banked on big thriller series that hook fans and keep them reading book after book. Each week new possibilities along with sequels of current books arrive at our doorstep. We won't deny that we've grown weary of the countless novels starring vampires trying to capitalize on Twilight's fame or of the Gossip Girl wannabes about mean girls, cliques and designer labels.
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Fun tales with numbers fill the remaining summer
Today marks the official countdown! One month remains before public-school kids return to the classroom. So, to celebrate counting (in honor of the math teachers) and summer (in honor of television-immersed, pool-weary children), here are books to help count what remains of summer.
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Teens find their hands full solving grown-up mysteries
Like a little mystery to rev up summer reading picks? So do we! A spine-tingling, page-turning whodunit pairs perfectly with sunscreen and lounge chairs.
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Sea Shanties Pirate reads reveal hidden treasures
Arrrgh! What's a summer in North Carolina without a pirate or two? If you are heading to visit our state's shores where Blackbeard once infamously roamed or staying inland saving your doubloons, these books mark the spot for bountiful, sea-worthy reads.
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Celebrating our independence
Enjoy a literary smorgasbord of history as we march into the hottest and most festive weekends of American culture. Happy Fourth of July! May your hot-dog buns runneth over, your fireworks be bright and your reading, as always, be plentiful. How blessed we are to live in the land of the free!
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Fantasy, imagination come to life in books and in Florida
Attention Harry Potter lovers: Universal Studios opened its Wizarding World of Harry Potter on Friday in Orlando, Fla. The seven Harry Potter novels are a true phenomenon in young-adult and fantasy literature. Since its debut in 1997, this series by J.K. Rowling, a British author, and its characters have been embraced in an unprecedented way.
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