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At Home with Dogs and Their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life

Susanna Salk and Stacey Bewkes

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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America's leading interior designers show readers how to live in the most stylish way with their...

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LucyB (47 KP) rated Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls in Books

Jul 23, 2017

Detailed, accessible, fun for all, wonderful illustrations (0 more)

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Fabulously feminist, and a wonderfully fun read to boot

If I could give this more stars, I would.

Yes, I know the title indicates this book is for rebel girls. I am a mother of two fairly rebellious boys - but felt it was every bit as relevant for them as it was for females! After all, why shouldn't boys read about fabulous, inspirational women too?

This book is an absolute thing of beauty - 100 accessible, creatively written tales of women who helped to shape the world we live in. The illustrations are superb, and it hits just the right note with my two kids (5 and 7). They were initially suspicious that it was going to be one of those 'educational' books, but a few stories in and they were hooked.

People with boys, don't be deterred from buying this book, simply because the title indicates a female bias. It's so important that we start recognising the achievement of women (past and present) because they've so often been ignored - and both girls and boys can benefit from this. Also - a word of warning, grown-ups are likely to get a bit hooked on it too. :-)

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Benedick Lewis (3001 KP) rated 24 - Season 8 in TV

Jul 15, 2018

24 - Season 8

2010 | Action

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Drama at its best (1 more)

The last third is very dark

Did go over well trodden ground (0 more)

A fitting end to an innovative series

24 has had its ups (season 5) and it’s downs (season 6) but it has always been exciting television - largely in part to Kiefer Sutherland owning the role of Jack Bauer.
The show opened the debate about use of torture, especially in extreme circumstances and took on philosophical view points like utilitarianism and Shakespearean tone. Season 8 wraps everything up - until Live Another Day - in terms of the character arc of Jack Bauer. Will he get a happy ending? Will the ending he gets serve the whole of the show? What happens to Chloe? All of these are answered in some way or another. I didn’t want the show to end but understood it had to. The first half of the day does go over some very well trodden ground but the second part picks up and goes very much on a ‘only one way out of this’ route.
Regardless of what people thought of the ending, 24 was an inspirational show to a new wave of television and it will be sorely missed but very much loved.

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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Plastic Sucks! You Can Make a Difference in Books

Jul 8, 2019

Plastic Sucks! You Can Make a Difference

Dougie Poynter | 2019 | Children, Education, Science & Mathematics

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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Just wow! What an inspiring book. This book is aimed at young people and it is written perfectly for them. The language is set at just the right level. It tackles difficult aspects at a level kids will understand. It includes information boxes to explain some science, which are simplified yet accurate (I'm a science teacher and vouch for them 😉). The best part of this book, I think, is the part of ways you can swap plastics out in different rooms of your house. I am definitely inspired. I also liked the section that described the different types of plastics and how easy or difficult they are to recycle. However, I do feel that the cluster of interviews towards the end may seem a little tedious for the target audience. When, nearer the beginning of the book, the interviews were scattered I feel that children will be more likely to read them. I know it must be hard to have so many inspirational people that have so many amazing things to say and include them all, and they really did say some amazing things. I'm hoping I can get a copy of this for the school library as soon as!

What will you swap out?