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San Jose 4th Grade

The fourth grade child and reading

Dear LA Teacher, My twins who attend 4th grade at Kester Ave School in Sherman Oaks are nothing alike. The boy likes sports and the girl loves...
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Such a dork!

Do you remember the first time you realized there was a “popular” girl in school? Chances are it was when you entered the fourth grade!...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'Song of the Trees' by Mildred D. Taylor

Eight-year-old Cassie Logan loves the trees. Her family's house is in the middle of the forest, so she spends a lot of time with them. She...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'The Runaway Valentine' by Tina Casey

Victor is probably the best valentine, like, ever. In a store full of the very best valentines, he stands out as the snazziest, most sparkly, and...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson' by Bette Lord

January is here. It is a new year, a time for new beginnings and fresh starts. Teachers and pupils who are into the spirit of the new year might be...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 3 holiday books (Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah)

"The Beasts of Bethlehem" - written by X.J. Kennedy, with drawings by Michael McCurdy. Children's poet X.J. Kennedy crafts an...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'Spaceship Number Four: A Thanksgiving Story'

‘Spaceship Number Four: A Thanksgiving Story'—the title itself is an attention-catcher, isn’t it? Author/Illustrator Marjory...
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Tetris and your brain: Old game for new tricks

Play Tetris with your feet! Fitness and brain power fun. Computer games pervade all aspects of our lives whether we get our fix from a console, a...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song'

Taking their fantastic world from the woods of New England to the tropical clime of Florida, award-winning authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black...
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Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: 'Fever 1793' by Laurie Halse Anderson (teen fiction)

Teen/young adult author Laurie Halse Anderson crafts a fascinating, troubling, and realistic historical yarn with Fever 1793, one that is sure to...
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