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Raising children since the turn of the century

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Diving Into the Young Adult Pool

Posted on September 10, 2014September 18, 2014 By John

When choosing books my son’s inclination is to gravitate toward books for younger readers. This is only natural seeing as how he enjoys the company…

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Fahrenheit 451 – Parent Content Review

Posted on August 30, 2014February 28, 2018 By John

Title: Fahrenheit 451 Summary: In an American future envisioned in 1953 (that is remarkably prescient for our lives today) firemen don’t put out fires but…

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The Young Adult Fiction Fail

Posted on August 25, 2014September 17, 2014 By John

After navigating NPR’s list of the top 100 teen novels I’ve come to the realization that the Young Adult classification is a failure. You might…

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Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Posted on July 25, 2014August 13, 2014 By John

The editor and writer Ben Bova once defined the difference between fantasy and science fiction this way, “Fantasy has trees, science fiction has rivets.” That’s…

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The Backseat Bookclub – My Top 10

Posted on July 20, 2014July 31, 2014 By John

NPR’s Backseat Bookclub has a list of their top 100 must-reads for kids 9-14. It’s an impressive list but perhaps a bit unwieldy at 100 titles so…

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