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Friday July 9 -
add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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An educator's creative TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD lesson (fab guest post!)
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Friday July 23 - add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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Friday July 30 at 8:30 pm (EST) - Join @CapriciousReadr and @TooFondOfBooks as we view the film adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and live-tweet our reactions (hashtag #TKAM). Reserve your Netflix/library copy today!
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Quotable: President Barack Obama mentions our town!

Like many of you, I planned my day yesterday around watching the inauguration activities.  I flipped the TV on around 10:30 and took it all in for over three hours, then switched to radio for the sake of my young son’s sanity.

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Quotable: Barack Obama on libraries

Direct from Shelf Awareness (11/10/08):

‘The Library Has Always Been a Window to a Larger World’

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Quotable: David McCullough

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There has been a lot of press about one particular section of the address, in which McCullough encourages [...]