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TOON Books Acquired by Astra Books for Young Readers
TOON Books, founded by Francoise Mouly in 2008, has found a new home: The publisher was acquired by Astra Books for Young Readers (ABFYR), and is now that ABFYR's seventh…
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District removes 8 books as inappropriate
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Students will no longer find several books in the libraries and media centers of Forsyth County Schools. The superintendent of schools says the district removed eight…
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Lent books 2022: courses and reflections
A PHOTO from 1950 features my young uniformed father, standing beside five other Church Army officers pushing a handcart, bowing their heads to be blessed by the Bishop of Worcester.…
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Edmonds Booktalk: Nonfiction books top Edmonds bestseller list
Welcome the New Year!! Such high hopes. 2022 has to be better… right?? Right…? In the December column we shared the bestsellers for the year through November at Edmonds Bookshop.…
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E-books give hard times to bookstores and libraries
Bookstores, libraries face hard times, poor patronage as students, others embrace e-books JANET OGUNDEPO, writes about the effects of e-books, internet on libraries and paper books Seated on a chair…
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Books, not electronic devices, better for children’s bedtime stories, study concludes
Going old school when reading your kids bedtime stories is better than using modern technology, according to a University of Michigan study. The study, which involved 72 parents with children…
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Pennsylvania students fight back against anti-racism books being banned from school libraries
The Pennsylvania Board of Education has overturned the decision to ban anti-racist books and resources. The Central York Board of Education unanimously approved the resurgence of anti-racist books and a…
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Books 2022: A pick of of what’s coming up
By Rebecca ThomasArts and entertainment reporter Image source, Getty Images Many of us have felt a more pressing need to find our own corner of heaven over the last two…
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These Were the DC Public Library’s Most Popular Books in 2021
Image by Chinnapong via iStock/Getty Images Plus. Hot vax summer never really took off, so what did people in DC do instead? They read books, apparently! The DC Public Library’s…
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Lauren Grabois Fischer and Baskal Korkis Launch Today’s Best Selling How-To-Guide Books
Written in partnership with Thomas Herd, founder of T1 Advertising. The prevailing zeitgeist in contemporary literature has gravitated more and more towards inspirational practical reads. Specifically, today’s new best sellers…