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Mar 15, 2010 -- Inspired by the Newbery
Mar 8, 2010 -- Share a Story Shape a Future 2010
Mar 5, 2010 -- Alice in Wonderland – the book that keeps inspiring
Feb 26, 2010 -- Read across America – and for a lifetime
Feb 19, 2010 -- Exhilarating, exciting, electrifying – online or print?
Feb 5, 2010 -- Disturbing images – can we protect our children?
Jan 25, 2010 -- One child's Newbery goal
Jan 19, 2010 -- Book awards make good news
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Jan 13, 2010 -- Curl up with... a Kindle?
Jan 6, 2010 -- You had a lot to say about...
Jan 5, 2010 -- New Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Dec 21, 2009 -- Making memories
Dec 15, 2009 -- So long, Mr. Ambassador
Dec 14, 2009 -- Unconventional, or just a good story?
Dec 9, 2009 -- A list of lists for the holidays
Dec 4, 2009 -- Excitement builds!
Nov 30, 2009 -- Thanksgiving continues
Nov 13, 2009 -- Native American Heritage and a dearth of children's books
Nov 10, 2009 -- The "Mystery Reader" needs a book
Nov 6, 2009 -- Why not use graphic novels with younger children?
Nov 4, 2009 -- Pictures in the Mind: Magicians and Elephants
Oct 30, 2009 -- Slightly spooky books are fun now -- and later
Oct 23, 2009 -- The gift of a thank you letter
Oct 16, 2009 -- Knowing what you see
Oct 8, 2009 -- A new Pooh or Pooh continued?
Sep 30, 2009 -- Building comprehension, one corpse at a time
Sep 30, 2009 -- An exquisite corpse?
Sep 17, 2009 -- Book to screen
Sep 10, 2009 -- A time to remember
Sep 8, 2009 -- You can't let your failures define you
Sep 2, 2009 -- What's in a backpack?
Aug 12, 2009 -- Mission Impossible meets Viola Swamp
Jul 14, 2009 -- Roar (and more)
May 1, 2009 -- Listen to the wind! One person can change the world
Apr 13, 2009 -- Whodunnit? Spring break mysteries
Mar 20, 2009 -- A birthday of note
Feb 8, 2009 -- Newbery or not? That is the question
Jan 28, 2009 -- This year's winners
Dec 23, 2008 -- How writers write
Sep 16, 2008 -- My 8-year-old wants an iPod
Sep 3, 2008 -- Favorite classroom read alouds
Jun 11, 2008 -- Pen pals, old school style
Jun 3, 2008 -- The Rats of NIMH: THAT'S how people learn to read?
Apr 3, 2008 -- Spring break reading
Feb 5, 2008 -- Do as I say, not as I do
Dec 5, 2007 -- 'Tis the season to read and write
Oct 30, 2007 -- I don't care what they read, or do I?
Oct 17, 2007 -- Big trouble, written down
Aug 1, 2007 -- What we're reading aloud at home
Jul 9, 2007 -- Magazines for kids
May 14, 2007 -- Still Touching Touchpoints
Mar 12, 2007 -- Cats on Mats: Beginning readers

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