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A Celebration of Autumn (Mariana Books Rhyming #3)
A Celebration of Autumn (Mariana Books Rhyming #3)
Roger Carlson | 2020 | Children
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Have you wanted your child or children to learn about the seasons? Most if not all children know there are four seasons in a year. I just read another book that deals with the season we call "Fall" called "Autumn." The book's name is "A Celebration of Autumn" by Roger Carlson.

The book talks about the month changing and temperatures drop. "A Celebration of Autumn" is the third book in the series. What a fun way for this book to start. The first paragraph in this book is below:

When August fades and turn to September,
and you start to feel a nip in the air;
it can only mean one thing:
Autumn is nearly there!

Children will learn about the season. They will also learn to rhyme as well. Kids will want their older siblings or parents to read this book repeatedly if it's not a favorite already. What fun activities can children come up with that goes on during this season. The illustrations are colorful and bright. The colors remain shown and represented nicely throughout the book.

I know they mention two autumn holidays that we celebrate during this time. Can you name them? We have fun and games for one and the other we get together as a family to have a meal. Autumn is when children are getting ready to go to school or started school for the year. I am surprised the school does not get a mention in the book. It deals with the different seasonal changes and temperatures that we deal with this season.
  
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
Spider-Man is successfully integrated into the Marvel cinematic universe, teasing great future films and establishing an awesome first villain for Peter and giving him the normal high school struggles of a real teenager (0 more)
There is some frustration to be said about Spider-Man suit being too high tech and not solely created by Peter, but his webslingers and superstrength alone when his suit was taken is still redeeming for the film. (0 more)
Pretty Solid MCU Intro Solo Movie
  
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
2015 | Mystery
That weird moment between Eggsy and Princess Tilde before she's rescued. (0 more)
This is a movie that I re-watch a lot. I don't know quite why, but it's one of my current loves. It's a great mash-up/send up of old-school spy movies, particularly James Bond, and it does it well. Samuel L. Jackson's over-the-top villain Valentine is great and Sophia Boutella's side-kick Gazelle is way more than just a side-kick.
  
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Thalia L (10 KP) rated Jane Eyre in Books

Aug 22, 2017  
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, Stevie Davies | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.1 (57 Ratings)
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Character development (1 more)
Strong female lead - particularly for the time and place.
Best book "evah"!
This is my favorite book of all time. I reread it every few years and take away something different every time. We recently discussed this at my book group and even though it is a classic that most read in school, everyone loved it. More importantly, though it fostered an engaging conversation as we applied the theme of the story to current day events.
  
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Foxtrot, Assembled with Care
Bill Amend | 2002
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The 8th anthology contains plenty more laughs with the Fox clan. Covering Fall of 1999 to Summer of 2001, we get such great moments as Jason looking forward to the Lord of the Rings, Paige making high school flashcards, and Peter trying to get through Hamlet. This family always makes me laugh, and this book is no exception.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-foxtrot-assembled-with-care.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated Ariel in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
Ariel
Ariel
Sylvia Plath | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
8
6.0 (3 Ratings)
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I enjoy reading Sylvia Plath. She has a great writing style that really digs deep. It is so full of pain and sorrow, it's very masterful. I had read a lot of these poems before for other classes and back in high school, so it was cool to come back to them after so long and see them a different way.

I would recommend these to people who want to look at the world in a different perspective.
  
I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1)
I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1)
Pittacus Lore | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
4
7.6 (31 Ratings)
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First person point of view
Angsty/whiny characters
Seemed like a good premise
I really wanted to like this book. It sounded like it would be good, the story sounds very interesting. However, I just couldn't look past how annoyingly it was written. I read a lot of YA novels because I am a middle school teacher, but this was definitely one of the worst. I couldn't get more than halfway through.
  
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Mary (13 KP) rated TED in Apps

Jul 29, 2018  
TED
TED
Education, Entertainment
There is an incredibly vast selection of speakers and topics one can choose from to listen to. (0 more)
The TED app is excellent for many things. They are very informational for school related purposes and they are great to listen to even at home. I listen to them with my siblings most times in place of music because of how interesting some of the concepts they discuss are. I would definitely recommend downloading it and checking it out.
  
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AT (1676 KP) rated Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 8 in Books

Sep 24, 2018  
Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 8
Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 8
Sui Ishida | 2011 | Comics & Graphic Novels
9
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Lots of action with the war going on in Tokyo Ghoul's book 8. Kaneki uses his major strength to keep his friends safe. As he accepts his ghoul side, he decides that he needs to go on a different path than he had been on. Touka would obviously like to go with, but he makes it clear that she should return to the safety of the cafe and school when he sets of to find out some truths.