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The Female Librarians Who Delivered Books On Horseback

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Dusty Old Thing recently published an article by Rose Heichelbech about The Fierce Female Librarians Who Delivered Books On Horseback During The Great Depression. While everyone’s heard of the Pony Express, this is a rarely-told…

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The Crossing Guard Chronicles: The ‘One Minute Teacher’

Originally posted on S'amusing:
If you had one minute a day to spend with kids, what would you do with it, the one minute? It’s not much time to make a positive impact, is it? Or, is it? Certainly,…

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New York Public Library Most Checked Out Books of All Time

When I read this post, I wasn’t surprised. I was thrilled. These are the oldies and goodies, with a few new books sprinkled in. The number one, Ezra Jack Keats “The Snowy Day”, goes back to my my earliest years … Continue reading

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Quotations On Creativity

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://en.wikipedia.org) “Creativity takes courage. ”                                                                Henri Matisse (https://en.wikipedia.org) “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”                                                                Maya Angelou (https://en.wikipedia.org) “The knowledge of all things…

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The Sticky Bun Lady

Christmas Eve every year for the past thirty years the sticky bun lady delivers her special Christmas treat. Her children were my preschoolers thirty-something years ago. She made her famous sticky buns with the class and the rest is history… … Continue reading

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Quotations On Kindness

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://en.wikipedia.org) “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”                                                                          Plato ? (https://pixabay.com/) “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”                                                                         Dalai Lama (https://en.wikipedia.org) “No act…

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The Crossing Guard Chronicles: “Don’t You Mean ‘Ate’?”

Originally posted on S'amusing:
The ‘Curbside Classroom’ Johnny Carson had Ed McMahon, Groucho Marks had George Fenneman. My ‘straight man’, here at the ‘curbside classroom’, was a middle schooler with a contagious laugh, perfect for the role. Me, to…

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True Magic In Writing!

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://commons.wikimedia.org) There is magic in stories. Magic is the transmutation of objects or the manipulation of the world in ways that move outside the realm of science. Whether or not magic…

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Quotations On Education

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://en.wikipedia.org) “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”                                                                               Margaret Mead ? (https://pixabay.com) “The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”                                                                               Thomas Paine ? (https://en.wikipedia.org) “Do…

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