Book Excerpt
from Walter Mosley’s newest young adult novel Fortunate Son
Month: June 2006
Book Review: The Heaven Shop
The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis published by Firzhenry and Whiteside This book begins as a simple story of Binti Phiri and her family in Malawi where she lives with her father, brother and sister. In fact, the story feels as if its written for younger children, perhaps middle school. However, the AIDS crisis quickly… Read More Book Review: The Heaven Shop
Causes
A great cause: libraries in need of books. http://www.dewedonationsystem.org If you’re looking for money to finance something at your own library try http://www.youthfilmproject.org/film/sprojects.htm#grants I found this site through an organization called F.I.L.M. “Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies”.
HOWEVER
I do my best to ignore the Pitt/Jolie story. I don’t particularly follow the lives of the rich and famous. HOWEVER. . . I’d have to say that these two have done more for Africa than we realize. To know that these two, who could afford to deliver their child anywhere in the world chose… Read More HOWEVER
PLEASE!! Get those babies reading!!
About First Book First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. In neighborhoods across the country, First Book Advisory Boards unite leaders from all sectors of the community to provide books to children in literacy programs,… Read More PLEASE!! Get those babies reading!!
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