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Entries Tagged as 'Strega Nona'

Odds and Bookends: November 20

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Books & Reading, Literacy Links and Articles

Kids books: A conversation with ‘Strega Nona’ author Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola, author of “Strega Nona’s Harvest,” talks about the grandmotherly Italian witch/folk healer and her magic pasta pot.
What to Give & What to Get
More than 40 Penguin authors are sharing book recommendations for holiday gift-giving as part of Penguin’s What to Give & What to [...]

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Odds and Bookends: September 18

September 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Books & Reading, Literacy Links and Articles

African Author Can Say He’s One Of Them
Announced just today, Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them is Oprah’s Book Club’s latest selection.
Can You Really Be a Professor of Symbology?
Dan Brown’s latest thriller The Lost Symbol, published this week, once again stars character Robert Langdon, a professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University in the [...]

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