"Everyone's life is under someone's control - it might as well be under your own so that you can direct your destiny."

Harry Tucker

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Red Like the Sky

Based on a true story, this Italian feature film set in the 1970s is about a young boy who loses his eyesight. He struggles with his new situation until discovering a way to express his irrepressible creativity. This film reminds us to believe in ourselves above all else.

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This one day workshop will provide research findings related to the characteristics of ADHD and the most effective strategies to support the learning and social needs of students with ADHD.

Andy Griffiths returns with the latest in the Just Series.  Accompanied by hilarious illustrator Terry Denton, he has created another amazing story.

Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth.

Add Andy, Danny and Lisa – the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.

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    • Respected British children's authors Anthony Horowitz, Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo object to a new government scheme that requires them to register their names on a database in case they pose a danger to children

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Respected British children's authors Anthony Horowitz, Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo object to a new government scheme that requires them to register their names on a database in case they pose a danger to children

  • A group of respected British children's authors and illustrators will stop visiting schools from the start of the next academic year, in protest at a new government scheme that requires them to register on a database in case they pose a danger to children.  ... more


  • We Choose the Moon is an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time.

Crazy hair

by Neil Gaiman

Illustrated by Dave McKean

The duo responsible for The Wolves in the Walls (2003) return with another chaotic picture book popping with bright collage and multimedia imagery.

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---Listen to the author, Neil Gaiman reading his poem

In celebration of the upcoming release of Robert Swan’s new book, Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth’s Last Wilderness, with Native Energy and Broadway Books, is proud to offer one teacher a once-in-a-lifetime free trip to Antarctica, aboard Robert Swan’s International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE), November 16-30, 2009.

From July 1 through September 4, 2009, teachers or professors can visit the contest website and submit a compelling essay, 500 words-or-less, titled: “Why I want to visit Antarctica this November, and how I plan to bring the skills I learn back to my classroom.”

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"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."


-- Arnold Schwarzenegger


Creating languages and words is one of the most fun parts of writing fantasy. Careful, though! Incomprehensible gobbledygook can really put off readers, especially younger readers, but properly used, exotic names and fragments of other languages can really add to the rich and convincing texture of your book’s world. Here’s some tips based on my own experience.

'Potter' pic charms box office

'Half-Blood Prince' full-bodied with $22.2 mil

Those who grew up on Hogwarts' most famous boy wizard may have gotten older -- millions are now young adults -- but they appear to have lost none of their loyalty to Harry Potter.

The public -- and Hollywood -- are used to the long lines outside moviehouses and bookstores whenever a "Harry Potter" film or novel is released, but no one expected the massive box office start for Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."  >>>