Katherine Rundell arrives for lunch in London’s Fitzrovia at exactly the appointed hour, having spent her morning in the British Library researching hummingbirds. She was trying to track down a record of Queen Victoria’s delight in seeing a display of the birds’ iridescent skins at the Great Exhibition in 1851.This would be an odd pursuit for most people but it is just another day for Rundell, a bestselling writer and academic who bursts with original ideas and enthusiasms. Her prizewinning children’s novel Rooftoppers concerns a gang of orphans who live above Paris buildings, and her Instagram profile shows her standing…
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Sitting in federal prison, Detrick Saulter wondered if he would have ended up there had he grown up with a father. His mother had Saulter when she was 15 and raised him on her own. Still, Saulter kept on a good path. “She did a great job, actually,” the Memphis native told Fox News. “I went to college, I went to trade school, I steered away from all the bad stuff that was going on, the drugs and gangs.” But that changed when Saulter lost his job. MEMPHIS DA SAYS SOME FELLOW PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS ‘TARNISHED THE BRAND,’ LEARNED LESSONS FROM…
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO People gather outside of St. Mary Catholic Church for a past Francis Fest event. The St. Francis of Assisi Parish is hosting Francis Fest 2022 on Oct. 9, following an outdoor bi-lingual Mass in front of St. Mary Catholic Church, located at 9 W. Linn St. The Marshalltown St. Francis of Assisi Parish will be hosting their annual Francis Fest on Oct. 9 this year, and the entire community is invited out to enjoy the fun. The Sunday event will begin with an outdoor bilingual Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the space just south…
By Fern GillespieThe Brooklyn Book Festival 2022, which features over 100 literary events from September 25 through October 2, will spotlight a special conversation between award-winning African American author Jacqueline Woodson and acclaimed Latina novelist and memoirist Esmeralda Santiago on Sunday October 2 at 5:00pm at Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon Street.Poet Camille Rankine, co-chair, Brooklyn Literary Council, will host the introductions of Santiago, Brooklyn Book Festival’s 2022 Bobi honoree and author of When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and Conquistadora and 2015 Bobi honoree Woodson, award-winning writer of books for adults, children, and adolescents, including Brown Girl…
VIENNA — The Children’s Home Society of West Virginia will hold its annual Parkersburg Sleepout from 4 p.m. Nov. 5 to 6 a.m. Nov. 6 at Jackson Memorial Ball Fields on Rosemar Road. Creative contests, live music, food and games will be included and Pro Mobile Sound will provide DJ services with live music at 8 p.m. Joshua Lee and Shai join the musical lineup this year. Proceeds benefit youth who participate in the Transitional Living Program. To register, go to the Parkersburg Sleepout Page on Facebook or call Denise Hughes at (304) 485-0650. The Transitional Living Program…
Educators (from left) Associate Professor Karen Lillie, Professor Kate Mahoney and alumna Natalie DuBois. College of Education Professor Kate Mahoney and Associate Professor Karen Lillie collaborated with Natalie DuBois, who earned a M.S.Ed. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at SUNY Fredonia in 2021, and professors from other universities to conduct a large-scale quantitative research study that evaluated the level of success of Arizona’s anti-bilingual education Proposition 203. The study, “Castañeda’s Third Prong Redux: The Achievement of Arizona’s English Language Learners after Proposition 203,” assessed the impacts of Proposition 203 over a 12-year period to see whether…
By Christie Vogt Buoyed by a recent $1,500 grant from the St. Anthony Park Community Foundation, the Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute is expanding its children’s literacy program. Planting People was chosen in the Foundation’s education and youth category with its funding going to support the Institute’s Leaders are Readers program, according Julie Drechsler, executive director of the SAP Community Foundation, which this spring also awarded grants to 15 other local nonprofits and community groups totaling about $30,000, Artika Tyner, executive director of Planting People, founded her organization in 2017 to promote literacy and diversity through books. The goal…
Mad Libs and Weird Al: A Match Made in Parody HeavenPenguin Young Readers’ Mad Libs brand is pairing with The Roku Channel and its upcoming Roku Original film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, for a collection of three downloadable Weird Al stories (link will be live on September 30) and a sweepstakes. Both launch September 30, in advance of the November 4 premiere of the parody biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe.Both brands focus on over-the-top fun and silly spoofs based on existing materials. “In our initial call with them, it just seemed to all of us that Mad Libs and Weird…
Book review by Commander Trish Beckman, US Navy (retired), Naval Flight Officer (Navigator) Book cover “Taking Flight with Captain Mama/Despegando con Capitán Mamá” -ISBN: 978-0-9973090-2-7 (hardcover), 978-0-9973090-9-6 (paperback), 979-8-9856862-0-3 (eBook) How it started – UNT graduation day at Mather Field and How it’s going – the author and book trilogy inspired by her service and kids Graciela Tiscareño-Sato, aka Captain Mama, will showcase her bilingual book trilogy on the flightline at the California Capital Airshow October 1-2 Graciela’s adventurous storytelling, Linda’s engaging illustrations, Kiyoshi’s origami activity, meld together to lead you on a lasting journey with ideas that extend far…
RENOVATED & READY. The new youth section at the recently renovated L.E. Phillips Memorial Library is innovative for both play and comfort. The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library was a true community hub pre-renovation, already providing lots of programs and services. Now with its expansion and renovations complete, the library is able to do even more, comfortably, in the new space. With the youth section taking up a significant portion of the first floor, there’s more space for growth in book inventory as well as the play and learning section for children. “With the play and learn section we have…