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It’s Time to Share YOUR Story

by Erin Millar October 27, 2011 3 Comments

In less that a week, it will be time for one of my favorite events of the year–National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). At midnight on November 1, thousands of participants will sit down at their computers, typewriters, notebooks, or whatever their weapon of choice is and will try to write a fifty-thousand-word novel in just thirty days. If it sounds insane, that’s because it is. But it’s also incredibly freeing and it makes you sit down and write whatever story you happen to have in you.

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NBCS- It’s a Library!

by Pam August 29, 2011 5 Comments

Pam of the NYDA chapter takes you through the Imagine Better Library that the HP Alliance helped build during Accio Books! The library is finally set up and ready to be explored by students.

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The Sorting Continues…

by Pam June 2, 2011 2 Comments

My Chapter NYDA is helping the New Beginnings Charter School build their Imagine Better Library. We have been there once before to help sort the books generously donated by HPA members and Chapters, but there are so many that a second sorting session was in order. Since our last visit, even more books had arrived. We had our work cut out for us.

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The Sorting Begins!

by Pam 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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The Power of Story

by Kara O'Brien May 1, 2011 3 Comments

As we move on to a new Horcrux, take a moment to consider the power of fiction, and how it infuses everything we do at the Harry Potter Alliance.

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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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Visiting the New Beginnings Charter School

by Pam April 11, 2011 4 Comments

My chapter, NYDA, has been lucky enough to have been asked by HPA to work with the New Beginnings Charter School to help build their library. I had been in touch with the principal a bit to try to determine what exactly we’d be helping with and when our help would be needed. When my [...]

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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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