The Other Ducks
In this tale from author Yeomans (Jubilee) and illustrator Sheban (I Met a Dinosaur), This Duck and That Duck are best friends trying to figure out the whole duck thing, which is tough without other ducks around to show them the ropes. But This Duckâsmall and brown compared to the bigger,
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Wamariya, a human rights advocate, and Weil, a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, tell the powerful story of Wamariya's experience fleeing Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group began in 1994. While visiting her grandmother at age six, Wamariya and her older
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Higher education briefs
Rushdie will also meet with creative writing students during his time on campus. The talk and honorary degree ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. Both are open to the public, with tickets available through IU Auditorium. Ivy Tech to host Express Enrollment Week. Ivy Tech Community College is hosting an
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Jenkins: '99 HCHS grads bring artistic passion projects to life
As it happens, In Becky's high school creative writing class, which I was fortunate enough to experience from behind the teacher's desk, there was another student who would go on to pursue his own talents and passions, in this case for the written word. And, as luck would have it, he has a project of his
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Sheikh Sultan, Macron, visit Sharjah pavilion at Paris Book Fair
Sheikh Sultan had earlier visited the Paris Book Fair along with his wife Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, SCFA, in the presence of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Emirates Publishers Association and
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'The internet can be a bit strange but I think that writing is even weirder'
âThere was no tradition of writing in the family, but a strong tradition of reading â my father was a big reader,â she said. âI always wrote stories as a child. In class they had to pry my pen away from me. I would make little books with stories. I got serious at St Andrews and did my first creative writing
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VIEWPOINT: Thoughts on gun violence, gender and arts schools
Creative thinkers have more options for problem solving, conflict resolution and managing stress and anger. Our society, children and boys in particular, need art and music, theater, movement and creative writing in their lives, from pre-school and elementary grades through middle and high school.
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