Articles Tagged with #kidstoday
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Naming Today
Rumors of Tribes
At one school, the popular girls were called the “chicken patties,” but the jocks were just the “jocks.” How teenage crowds get named.
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
Matilda
What was the book about? A little girl who had very bad parents and had the power of controlling things with her mind. She was very intelligent and was adopted...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
What was the book about? It’s about three children who are raised in the woods by wolves, and then they’re found and brought back to a...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
狼王梦 (Lang Wang Meng)
What was the book about? It is an animal story. It is about a mother wolf and her son. What was your favorite part? She hopes her son can become...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
Barbapapa: La Robe
What was the book about? This book is about Barbabelle, who wants a dress and who decides to make it herself. What was your favorite part? My favorite part is...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
The Gruffalo’s Child
What was the book about? It was about the Gruffalo’s child trying to find the Big Bad Mouse. What was your favorite part? When the little mouse was...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
La Mammouth Académie
What was the book about? This book is about a mammoth named Oscar who is going to school and finds funny footprints, with two feet instead of four. One day,...
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
Relato de un Náufrago
What was the book about? The story was about a sailor from Colombia who was in a navy ship. A big wave crashes the ship and the sailor falls out...
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Portraits by Other Means
Pity the Progeny
Alina Fernandez Both [Fidel] Castro and Fernandez’ mother, a socialite, were married to other people when they fell in love through their exchange of letters while Castro was in...
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The Heartland Never Lies
Cape Fear
A small portion of the Massachusetts coastline is home to America’s biggest witch-hunt, a history of savage wife mobs, the occasional 400 percent increase of unlucky pregnancies, and the world’s largest deposits of black crystals.
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Kids Today
Things That Go Fifff Striiik Bam! in the Night
The day you become a parent, your sonic world expands to include hundreds of new sounds to amaze, annoy, and terrify. A field report of 14 alarms and ambient textures.
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Sound Advice
Girls, You Never Know
OK, so my gay BFF in high school didn’t really fit the stereotype, except that he did always give excellent advice. But it wasn’t just the...