Miscellany

You don’t have to read every day, just the days you eat.

• Don’t forget to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss on March 2nd.
• 2010 Newbery Winner – When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
• 2010 Caldecott Winner – The Lion & the Mouse, illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney
• More Links about Reading and Books
• The average book-buying household spends $175 on 19 books per year. In 2005 I bought 21 books for me, 3 as gifts, and spent $109.55.

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• Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics by Amir D. Aczel (review)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (review)
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (review)
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (review)
• True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (review)

If you read 15 minutes a day you would read one-half book a week, two books each month, 24 books a year, or approximately 1000 books in your lifetime, which is equal to going to college five times, making you an authority on any subject you choose, or taking a trip around the world.
- Nancy Livingston

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Chapter by chapter experience
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Chapter by chapter experience