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San Jose juvenile fiction
Reading the classics, 'Where the Red Fern Grows' by Wilson Rawls
Books
May 14, 2012
A right of passage for many pre-teens is owning their first gun and going hunting with a knowledgeable adult. Bagging the first deer, duck or goose...
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'Zia' by Scott O'Dell a fictional look at life in California missions
Books
March 23, 2012
Just forty miles north of San Francisco, in the center of Sonoma sits the San Francisco Solano Mission, sometimes known as the Sonoma Mission. It...
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Tween and teen novels about Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, and Irish legends
Books
March 9, 2012
While younger children enjoy the chance to build leprechaun traps and eat food with green food coloring in celebration of St. Patrick's Day,...
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5 books for tweens about Abraham Lincoln
Books
February 20, 2012
America has hundreds of places - towns, counties, streets, and more - named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. There is...
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Edgar Allan Poe's birthday; read a book!
Books
January 19, 2012
Edgar Allan Poe (sometimes misspelled as Edgar Allen Poe) was born on January 19, 1809 in Bostonand just a few months before his 41st birthday he...
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5 books for teens about bullying
Books
January 8, 2012
Has bullying always been a part of growing up? However you answer that question, it must be agreed that the severity of bullying has gotten more...
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Top 10 chapter books for kids this Christmas
juvenile fiction
November 20, 2011
Top 10 children's chapter books to buy this Christmas as recommended by the San Francisco Children's Fiction ExaminerJust over 30 shopping...
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How to make sure your child doesn't grow up hating their name
strange names
November 12, 2011
Admit it. Everyone has wished, at some point in their life, that their parents had chosen a different name for them. (It can't be worse than...
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Asian Americans largest growing people group; Asian American children's authors
Asian Americans
October 27, 2011
Asian Americans have long had a presence in northern California. San Francisco has well-established communities of both Chinese and Japanese...
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Review: 'The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love' by Rosie Rushton
Book Review
July 15, 2011
What would happen if you took three teenaged girls from the wealty community of Kentfield in Marin county and, through a set of circumstances...
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