Lies My Teacher Told Me
By James W Loewen
This book is a must read for anyone who wants to learn real history. It is so packed full of information, reading in small doses is necessary, so one...
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Recommended Reading on Parenting in the Digital Age
California Partners Project champions gender equity across the state and ensures California’s media and technology industries are a force for good in the lives of all children. These are the books that have shaped how the organization thinks about parenting in the age of smartphones, social media, and AI. The insights they provide inform their research, challenge assumptions, and help define what kids need to thrive in today's digital world.
For more on their work on children and the digital world, explore California Partners Project's resources here.
Conservation Reading Group
Birds Connect Seattle invites you to read and learn with us. Together, we'll deepen our understanding of conservation and become stronger advocates for birds and nature.
Learn more about and join our reading group here: https://birdsconnectsea.org/learn/conservation-reading-group/
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Revisiting the Classics
Classic literary works, myths, and fairy tales reimagined for the modern world, told through a new perspective, or ending with a novel twist that will keep readers engaged - even those familiar with the originals.
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Crossings
By Ben Goldfarb
Introduction: cliff swallow morphology evolution driven by road selection pressures; disproportionate impact of "road effect"--just 1% of earth...
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
By Colson Whitehead
A really good quick story, fantastic twist at the end too. A thinker with a lot of reflection after reading.
Not Another Banned Book
By Dana Alison Levy
What a gem of a book! As with Maybe He Just Likes You (which, spoiler Molly mentions in her graduation speech!), this is a book I wish I'd had when I...
Kingdom of Ash
By Sarah J Maas
Really really solid ending. Super respectable to wrap up pretty much everything in a satisfying way. Dorian, Manon, Yrene, and Aelin all had solid...
Sometimes I Scare Myself
By Jeneva Rose
Wow! Just, wow! All three of the short stories had me wondering what the heck goes on in Jeneva Rose’s brain–and I loved every minute of it! In...