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Timely children's books
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February is a busy time of the year, with Presidents Day, Black
History Month and the anticipation of spring on everyone's mind. As
always, there are books to observe the unfolding events.
"Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln," by Judith St. George, illustrations by
Matt Faulkner; Philomel, $16.99, 48 pages, ages 4-8.
With the observance of the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln next
year, you can be certain there will be a flood of new books about
our 16th president. This effort by Caldecott...
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Comic Stripped There is more to a graphic novel than merely bringing words and pictures together. Such as good writing and better illustrations.
India Today
; THE BELIEVERS By Abdul Sultan P.P. Phantomville Price: Rs 150 Pages: 98 It doesn't feature men in tights; there's no flying; and it is about religious fundamentalism. The Believers, then, has to be what is termed a graphic novel or, at the least, an attempt at being that. This makes it the third
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Turning the pages of priceless manuscripts.(news feature; British Library digitizing holdings)
EContent
; If you ran the British Library, would you let the general public into your climate-controlled rare books area, allow them to finger the pages of priceless medieval manuscripts, encourage them to touch a 14th century Koran, Leonardo da Vinci's notebook, or the world's earliest dated printed book?
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Will kids read all 752 pages of the new Harry Potter? It's longer than "Finnegans Wake," but the book world is betting on J.K. Rowling.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Children today live in a nanosecond world of bits, bytes and sound bites, video clips, and instant messaging, a world so frenetic no one has the time or desire to read anything longer than a Pokemon card. Right? So how is it that the most anticipated publishing event of the summer is the 752-page
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Pages from the Past is next project; NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION: History comes to life with supplements.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; THE Western Mail is gearing up for the launch of its latest Newspapers in Education project. Five hundred children have already signed up for Pages From the Past, a six-week Welsh history project based on a series of exciting supplements. Schools across Wales have the opportunity to discover our
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Time to move these pages forward -- with a return to our past
Chicago Sun-Times
; How do you say no to making history? Several weeks ago, the publisher and the editor asked me to conceive an editorial and opinion section that looked like the future. At the time, I had only been the books editor for a year, before that an investigative reporter, and was quite happy reading the
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