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Banned Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 24 Comments

Yes, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has lots of controversial content, but it also has a thoughtful narrator and lots of good introspection. My banned books w...

Book reviews/Improving grammar/News from book business

What You Need to Know About Banned Books Week

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 3 Comments

This week is Banned Books Week, an event to promote awareness of censorship. Do you know what it means when a book is banned? Have you read any banned books? ...

How to encourage reading

Why Banning Books Is a Bad Idea

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 16 Comments

  I’m a conservative mother.  I don’t let my kids watch PG-13 movies until they are 13. And I reserve the right to label some books as “P...

Improving vocabulary

Vocab for Banned Books Week: Expunge

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 14 Comments

  Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, an awesome meme for Word Nerds hosted by Kathy at Bermudaonion.net.  Visit her site for links to fun and interesting...

Awesome Young Adult Books/Book reviews/Favorite Authors/How to encourage reading

Banned Book Review: Looking for Alaska

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 17 Comments

Have you ever been upset to discover that one of your favorite books has been banned?  I have. Sheila over at Book Journey wants to spread awareness about banne...

Improving vocabulary

Why Isn’t October the Eighth Month of the Year?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Julia Tomiak / 12 Comments

How October came to be our 10th month instead of our 8th.

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