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Arts
Stephanie Brea Talks Creative Writing, Courage and Community
Stephanie Brea of Word Farm Workshops works to grow young writers and sprout creative communities. She is also one of the writing professionals pegged to help teens hone their writin...
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News
Scare Your Kids Into Reading with These Books for Halloween
All of us—adults, teens and children—enjoy a scary chill. What better time of year than Halloween to indulge in stories that make our spines tingle? It's the perfect time for ...
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Arts
Banned Books Week: What You Need to Know
The importance of the First Amendment and the concept of "intellectual freedom" might not always be readily apparent to most kids, but Banned Books Week is a great opportunity to make tho...
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Business
Where's Waldo? He's in Sewickley, of Course
This year Where's Waldo turned 25, and in conjunction with his birthday, Penguin Bookshop and Village Green Partners have coordinated a month-long scavenger hunt to find Waldo in 19 parti...
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Opinion
Read Kiddo Read and 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Summertime, and the reading is easy . . . or challenging, depending on our mood, right? I have just submitted my latest YA manuscript to my agent, so I am gearing up for a reading fre...