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Neil Gaiman and Ten More Reasons Arthur is a Geeklet Icon

Three people live in our household, none under the age of 12, yet we still record several episodes per week of PBS’ Arthur.
And lest you doubt the geek credentials of Marc Brown’s bookworm aardvark-who-doesn’t-look-anything-like-an-aardvark, I point only to this: Neil Gaiman is making a guest appearance (fifth item down at the link), which he recorded […] Continue reading

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Geekly Reader: When You Reach Me Wins Newbery

Congratulations to Rebecca Stead, this year’s winner of the Newbery Medal for her book When You Reach Me. I’d read WYRM (convenient acronym, yes?) back in October and kept meaning to tell you all about it, but now it’s official: it’s a great book.
Sixth-grader Miranda is a latchkey kid in New York City, and […] Continue reading

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