Teen Driver Safety Week & The Wild World of E-Books

October 22, 2009 – 4:46 pm

This week is officially National Teen Driver Safety Week! Now, before you think to yourself, “How many more of these random ‘holidays’ can there possibly be in one calendar year,” consider this: 1 in 4 crash fatalities in the US involves someone between the ages of 16 and 24. Nothing —not drugs, not sex, not [...]

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Happy 100th Birthday, Bank Street Children’s Book Committee!

October 8, 2009 – 3:52 pm

This morning, we went up to the Bank Street College of Education for the announcement of their Best Children’s Books of the year list—and to celebrate, with cake, the centennial of the Children’s Book Committee. Every year for the last one hundred years, The Children’s Book Committee—then of Child Study Association of America, now of [...]

By Miriam | Posted in Bellringers, Book News, Musings & Ponderings | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment
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