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Dar Williams is the author of Amalee and Lights, Camera, Amalee, two novels for middle
grade readers. She is also one of the top singer-songwriters and folk artists in the country blending a genuine voice with superb storytelling ability. She
graduated from Wesleyan and early in her career toured with Joan Baez.
I first interviewed Dar for a newspaper about six years ago. She was touring and singing, singing and touring, gathering up more and more fans. What I
remember most about
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Picture yourself lounging on a beach in the company of a good book. Can't quite see it? If you're anything like me, you might cringe at the idea of
getting sand between the pages. I am a lover of books. I might even get a little strange with it from time to time, going so far as to sniff books, hug
them, run my fingers along their spines and embossed lettering. Is that weird?
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a. fortis: I have to start off this post by saying that I am not a huge fan of vampire books. I've read some of the requisite classics like the
Anne Rice quartet, as well as some modern-day popular series like the Twilight books. But there have really only been one or two vampire novels
that had me jumping up and down, which is why I found :01 First Second's recently-released books about bloodsuckers so...er...refreshing.
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The days are getting longer, the sun is shining warmly, and every day students (and teachers) cross off another school day on the calendar. A chorus of
"20 days left! 15 days left! 10 days left!" rises in the hallways and classrooms. It's almost summer, almost the end of school, almost time for summer
vacation. While everyone is anxiously awaiting the long days full of nothing but camp, cookouts, and carnivals, summer is also the perfect time for kids to
do that fun reading they never got to during the last ten months. According to researchers
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