Hope and Bravery in Number the Stars

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.

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

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

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The Hilarity of the Wimpy Kid

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

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

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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Accio Books Begins

If there is one building in a school students tend to take for granted, it’s the library. Every school has one, right? Wrong–but we get to help fix that! Our focus area for Accio Books! this year is the New Beginnings Charter school in Brooklyn, NY. New Beginnings is a school currently without a library, but we are going to give them one.

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Ning Weekly Wrap-Up Blog (May 1-7)!

Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Wrap-Up Blog from Ning! This week’s blog is written by our very own Allison Cardona! Ning Blog of Awesome We had another amazing Ning Blog of Awesome written by the Slytherin Prefect Tita about the controversial new immigration Arizona law. It’s filled with HP parallels and passion about [...]

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Visiting the Delta Center for Culture and Learning–See where your book donations went!

By Heather M On Saturday, I drove from my parents’ house in Jackson, MS to Delta State University to deliver my Accio Books! donations. I took lots of pictures so that you all could see the Mississippi Delta and know exactly where your books went. The Delta is primarily agricultural. The most common crops are [...]

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Carpe Futurum wins the Chapter Cup!

written by Danielle Gillen. Congratulations to Carpe Futurum, our Accio Books 2010 Chapter Cup Winner! Carpe Futurum collected a total of 2,542 books, 48 of which were Harry Potter books. These books came from members’ private collections, thrift store and library sale purchases, as well as donations from family, friends, co-workers, and classmates.

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