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Friday, February 25, 2011

The Legacy of the Bicycle

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The bicycle is making a comeback today largely because of its affordability, portability, and its ecological friendliness. In the late 19th ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Extended Family

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The relationship between the third-grade heroine and her grandfather forms the core of Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han, illu...
Friday, February 11, 2011

A Child's-Eye View

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There’s Going to Be a Baby by John Burningham, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, unfolds as an ongoing conversation between mother and child. ...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

No Gimmicks

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Let us pause for a moment in praise of books that use design in service of their content. So many books have flaps to lift or tabs to pull, ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Lifting the Veil

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As an Upper West Sider in Manhattan, I live among Orthodox Jewish families. Parents drop off their children at the school on my block. I see...
Friday, January 21, 2011

A Rendezvous with History

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Rita Williams-Garcia has many gifts. One of them, which may be hardest to achieve for any writer, is her ability to fill in only the details...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Gone Reading

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On Monday, January 10, Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile, won the 2011 Theodor Seuss Geisel A...
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