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The Sorting Begins!

by Pam Harris May 21, 2011 5 Comments

The NYDA makes its second trip to the New Beginnings Charter School to help sort books! Watch the library grow!

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Imagining Worse to Imagine Better

by Erin Millar April 28, 2011 Leave a comment

When you read a book, you can simply imagine the happy ending. You follow the characters along and learn from them. You cheer them on. In the case of imagining better, though, it’s a little different for writers. As a writer creating the story from scratch, there’s a second step in the process. For writers, we have the difficult task of imagining worse before we can imagine better.

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The Importance of a School Library

by Shrima Pandey April 26, 2011 1 Comment

School libraries are often over-looked, yet have a greater influence on the life of a student (particularly younger ones) than most people believe.

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Hope and Bravery in Number the Stars

by Erin Millar March 25, 2011 2 Comments

Everyone needs a little hope, a reminder of bravery in its purest form, and a bit of history. This is why I plan to donate a copy of Number the Stars to the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School for this year’s Accio Books!

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What To Do When You Shout “Accio Books!” and Nothing Happens.

by Hallie Torrey March 23, 2011 5 Comments

Borders day is over and you can’t part with any more of your own books…Now what?

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Stories that Changed the World

by Kara O'Brien March 22, 2011 3 Comments

Can a fictional story really change the world? Read more to find out!

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The Hilarity of the Wimpy Kid

by Macky March 18, 2011 1 Comment

Hi. I’m Macky and I’m nine years old and I think Diary of a Wimpy Kid is hilarious. It’s also the first book I stayed up all night reading to myself. I just couldn’t wait until school was over the next day to read it.

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Finding a Book for Sam

by Jessica Pratas March 18, 2011 1 Comment

You’ll never know how your book will impact a child – but I guarantee that a library full of books will positively impact every child who ever walks through those doors. A thriving library can mean a thriving and vibrant school, and there is nothing more important than that!

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The Other Jo

by Eileen Smith March 17, 2011 5 Comments

When I started thinking about my favorite books from my childhood, so many come to mind, but there was always one book I kept going back to. One book that was so worn out that it split in two and I had to duct tape it back together – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And that got me thinking about the first hero of my reading and writing life: Jo March

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Talk about Imagining Better, try: “Die Hard with Fairies”

by Kaci Ferrell March 12, 2011 5 Comments

Artemis Fowl explores themes like environmentalism and personal redemption. Find out why one staff member is making sure that children at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School get a chance to read Eoin Colfer’s wild saga.

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