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Category: Resources
Resources to Encourage & Inspire
In this category, Resources for Inspiration & Encouragement, you will find memes to make you laugh, words to rescue & use, quotes to share, and links to look-up additional information — maybe a few of our favorite bookish finds.
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Quote: Mem Fox on Reading
Quote: Oscar Wilde on Reading
Quote: If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. — Oscar Wilde “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde For more on Irish author Oscar Wilde see https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Wilde
Resource: While Waiting for the Next Doctor Who Season…
Quote: On Books by Louis L’Amour
Quote: Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you. – Louis L’Amour Quote: Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you. – Louis L’Amour For more on Louis L’Amour, American author see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour Books set […]
Quote: Maurice Sendak on Books
Book Review: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thunberg
Book Review: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thunberg Nonfiction: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thunberg Unless you have been completely hiding under a rock recently, the name Greta Thunberg is one you have heard. This teenaged Swedish activist was named Time Magazine’s Person of the […]
Recipe and Review: Coffee Chip Cookies for An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Author Spotlight: Andrew Clements
Author Spotlight: Andrew Clements, Master of the American School Story Children’s Author: Andrew Clements, May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019 With nine books with a Christmas theme, December is a great time to read an Andrew Clements book. Start with The Last Holiday Concert, a novel of Winterhope, the last sixth grade choral […]
Booklist: October Boo-oo-ks!
Booklist: October Boo-oo-ks! This October we intend to feature some chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night. Before we get there, though, we wanted to remind you of some of the Halloweenish books we have previously reviewed on our site. J.D. Barker writes both horror and thrillers that have a […]