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The final product of my Winter Quest group, called Learn the Guitar: But How? The group of five 7th and 8th grade girls chose a Taylor Swift song and created a custom musical and vocal arrangement, recorded the guitar track, recorded the vocals, edited the combined musical track, filmed the video clips, and edited the […]
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Have you ever seen this viral Amazon commercial from 2015? If you’ve ever binge-watched a TV show (I’m looking at you, Gilmore Girls), then you know that yes, indeed, the struggle IS real. When you’re attached to a fictional world and invested in what happens to the people inside of it, it can be hard to […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Eleanor lives a tidy life with her parents in their small brown house. Everything Is orderly and quiet and makes perfect sense. And then, she meets Queen. Here's the thing: I’m weird. Eccentric, if […]
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This digital book review was created, edited, and shared digitally by Layla, a St. Anne’s-Belfield School student. Layla is in the fourth grade.
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram This intricate little graphic novel caught my attention at the public library, and I ended up sitting on the floor in the teen section – making actual teens step over me – until I […]
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Love is in the air! Hearts were fluttering with excitement and romance was everywhere yesterday as 7th and 8th graders met in the library for a very unusual book club. At this time of year, many students can feel overwhelmed by schoolwork and uninspired by independent reading. The weather is bleak, the midterms are rough, […]
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I gave this book five stars because this book is realistic. It is about a teenager named Stanley Yelnats. His name is spelled backward and forward the same. He goes to Camp Green Lake instead of jail for something he didn’t do. At the end of this book, you’ll be wondering why it is called […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Another book with a dog on the cover….you know what that means. Comfort's family lives in and operates a small town funeral home. She has attended hundreds of services and thinks that she understands […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram You know how an audiobook narrator can make or break a story? Now that I've finished A Corner of the Universe, I'm not sure if I actually liked it, or if the audiobook narrator […]
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Social media might be a popular way to unplug and waste time, but if you know where to look, it’s filled with nerds and educators sharing ideas and swapping favorite titles. My favorite social media platform, Instagram, delivers a feed full of colorful book covers and succinct reviews right to my fingertips. What is library […]
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