Harper Lee News

ONEONTA _ A community forum will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Autumn Cafe to discuss tolerance and justice, themes in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill A Mockingbird." Facilitators will be Sugwon Kang, ... via Daily Star

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“I find it reassuring ... that students are still reading the classics I read as a child”

Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal Monday that none of J.K. ... via The Ledger

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"Green Eggs and Ham" And E.B. White is still the man. Those are just two of the findings contained in a recent survey of millions of young readers. via MassLive.com

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“They have gotten me through bad times.”

So, the results of a recent Harris Poll listed American adults' - or those of the 2,513 polled, at least - 10 favorite books. via Palm Beach Post

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“I find it reassuring ... that students are still reading the classics I read as a child”

Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the nation's largest survey ever of youthful reading shows that the works of Dr. via The Dallas Morning News

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“I wish more schools did what we do and treated independent reading as vital to the curriculum, especially for boys, who seem to be sharing very few books”

Children have welcomed the "Harry Potter" books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal today that none of J.K. ... via The Modesto Bee

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When I was in high school, I don't remember anyone ever challenging the books we read in English class. via School Library Journal

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The Jefferson County Library system has closed its month-long, countywide reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird" with a public reading of the book's last page. via WVTM-TV Birmingham

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In front, from left, Liz Gilbert as Scout, Michael Bresette as Jem and Adam Blachly share their discoveries, as Anna Soloway as the adult Jean Louise observes, in Lost Nation Theater's "To Kill a Mockingbird." ... via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

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“Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Today we celebrate the birthday of Harper Lee. The author of one the great classics of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird , is 82. via NewMexiKen

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