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Schools
Reading Programs Expand in Ames
By Kathy Hanson Ames Community Schools “Crackers and crumbs, crackers and crumbs, these are my fingers, these are my thumbs.” The voices chiming in Conference Room A...
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The Neighborhood Files
The 12 Best Children's Books of 2012
Courtesy of the ReadKiddoRead Foundation Maurice Sendak once said that one of the best things about being a maker of children’s books was that his audience kept being born. It’s true...
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Awareness
Best Books of 2012 (Blog)
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The Neighborhood Files
Crossing Blades is Ames High School Junior's First Book
The story of a teenage girl's escape from a suffocating life on a Caribbean plantation in 1722 resembles nothing in Crossing Blades author Madison Hunke's life. The heroine of the st...
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Patch Reads
Presenting the Tailgate Book Club
Are you enjoying the football and basketball seasons? Kids across the country sure are! You can be an ALL-STAR parent without missing even one of the season’s big games! And we don’t...
