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NEW YORK (AP) _ Another beloved children's series will soon be over. The fifth and final of Rick Riordan's million-selling "Percy Jackson and the Olympian" books, "The Last Olympian," is coming out May 5, 2009. The first four adventures of the 12 ...

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So Long, Percy: Rick Riordan to wrap up 'Percy Jackson' books in 2009 - MetroMix

When Rick Riordan was recently researching the life of Benjamin Franklin for the first book in a new children's fiction series about the most powerful family in the world, he came across an essay about flatulence written by the founding father better ...

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Author sends kids on a Web treasure hunt - Indiana Gazette

In case you're wondering which books to read this fall, Michael Moore has a suggestion: Don't read any. Not the new fiction by Toni Morrison or Philip Roth or Stephen King. Not that policy book by Sen. Barack Obama, whom Moore is supporting for ...

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There are plenty of books to leaf through this fall - Long Beach Press-Telegram

NEW YORK — On Tuesday, the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter novels will premiere an ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry. For instance, how big is the market for a multimedia story? And can ...

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Scholastic has big hopes for new kids’ series ‘39 Clues’ - Register-Guard

NEW YORK (AP) _ Another beloved children's series will soon be over. The fifth and final of Rick Riordan's million-selling "Percy Jackson and the Olympian" books, "The Last Olympian," is coming out May 5, 2009. The first four adventures of the 12 ...

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So Long, Percy: Rick Riordan to wrap up 'Percy Jackson' books in 2009 - Newsday

Acton-Boxboro can make this season one for the record books. Just like last season. The Colonials brought home their first Division 1 state championship last fall, compiling a 23-0-1 record. They could make it back-to-back championships this season ...

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Brock and roll? A-B goes for 2 - Boston Globe

Wearing green T-shirts, the Oak Park Elementary School first-graders excitedly fidgeted as they waited for their names to be called during a celebration of their new status as authors. The 19 students, who were announced grand prize winners in the ...

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Young authors celebrate book: Oak Park Elementary students win prize - Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

Since early 2007, Kay Skipper, media-center specialist at Bailey Middle School, has spent nearly every Wednesday evening in detention. Not at her school though – she goes to the Mecklenburg County Gatling Detention Center in Huntersville, North ...

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A Captive Audience - Bringing Books to Teens in Detention - School Library Journal

While you wait for Spike Jonze to tweak his Wild Things adaptation, pop this genius rereleased animated book in the player. Sendak's story is paired with an off-kilter jazz score by Peter Schickele, who delivers a perfectly pitched narration that ...

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Agenda: Read-Along DVD Geniusly Improves on ‘Where the Wild Things ... - Nymag.com

In the years immediately following my college commencement, a strange sense of guilt assailed me every time autumn came around. After a childhood that revolved around the scholastic calendar, followed by four-and-a-half years of higher education ...

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