Month: May 2018
Summary When was the last time you paid attention to the activities in your town? What did you notice? What did you appreciate? Jane Jacobs, an author and an activist, was fascinated by the intricacies of city life. As a child, she wondered how… Continue Reading “Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs by Susan Hughes”
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Category: IncludeTags: activism, activist, biographies, biography, city and town life, city planning, community, journalism, letters, neighborhood, persuade, social reformers
Summary It’s eerie to think that Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson was published two months before the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. The stories are the same; courageous children taking monumental risks to draw attention to atrocities. This powerful story,… Continue Reading “Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson”
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Summary Rodney can’t sit still in class. His curiosity about the natural world draws his focus to the window to see birds, bugs and dogs. The outside world fascinates him. Being in school does not. His classmates laugh at Rodney when he fools around.… Continue Reading “Where’s Rodney? by Carmen Bogan”
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Summary What does a pick-up game of soccer look like in your neighborhood? Where do the children play? What sounds do you hear? In The Field, by Baptiste Paul, the reader has a front row seat to watch an exciting game that takes place on… Continue Reading “The Field by Baptiste Paul”
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Summary Do you believe everything you read in newspapers? What if you read a news report about a monster living in the sea? Would you believe the story? In 1937, The Inquirer and Mirror published sea monster sightings in Nantucket. After large webbed footprints… Continue Reading “The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story by Darcy Pattison”
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