Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning novel The Giver is coming to the big screen, and the first official trailer is out. Take a peek!
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Looking for a good read to begin 2014 right? We have some recommendations for you! Here's a list of eNotes' staff members favorite picks from a year of reading. We hope it inspires you when creating your list for 2014. Clearly the editors, interns, marketing staff and others behind eNotes are a mixed bunch, with high-brow,…
Is your Kindle finger itching? Do you have a yearning to go to the bookstore or library but don't know what sounds good? Well, maybe this will help. Last night, this year's National Book Awards were announced. Here is the complete list of winners and finalists. James McBride took the fiction prize for his novel…
Last night I attended Parent-Teacher night with my eighth grade son. It was depressing. For two hours, I, my son, and several hundred other parents were herded from classroom to classroom where we were introduced to the variety of TEKS tests our children would endure this year. TEKS, the acronym for the assessment "Texas Essential…
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Remember, just a few months ago, when the summer seemed endless and our Loyal Blog Readers were asked what books were going into beach bags and which were being chucked in the backseats of cars? Some were novels recommended by a friend; others were purchased because of the rave reviews of trusted literary critics; still…
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Red Balloon is a private school in Brazil designed to help Portuguese and Spanish-speaking children become fluent in English. The faculty came up with an innovative idea to engage kids AND help them learn. They encouraged the children to follow their favorite celebrities on Twitter and then tweet them back, correcting their often egregious spelling…
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Last night, I found my sixteen-year-old daughter in bed a full hour early. In her hands was Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. "I want to see what is happening with Scout. I'm worried about her," she explained. My daughter, like millions of other readers, has become enthralled by the coming-of-age story of Scout…
If you are at all a fan of comics, or have a child who is, you have likely heard of Ryan North, writer of the hilarious comic book series, Adventure Time , the wildly popular Dinosaur Comics and perhaps even the #1 best-selling Amazon short story anthology Machine of Death . North had an idea for a new project, a take-off…
