Litsy

My Life with the Chimpanzees | Jane Goodall

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In this brief autobiography, Jane shares captivating stories about her experiences working with the chimpanzees, her educational journey, her marriages, and the birth of her son, Hugo. Jane also delves into critical issues such as climate change, illegal hunting, and the detrimental impact of industrialization on the chimpanzee population.

Full review abookandadog.com/blog/my-life-with-the-chimpanzees

annahenke This has been on my list for ages! I love a good memoir but I have a hard time putting down fiction for it. 2d

NatalieR @annahenke I understand! I hope you find the chance to read it someday. 😅 9h

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kspenmoll

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom | Ariel Burger

#reachbeyondlanguage #silence #Witness
“Remember when you read, that every sentence has a past.”

Librarybelle Oh…I like that sentence! 5d

dabbe #powerfulstuff 💙💚💙 5d

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kspenmoll

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom | Ariel Burger

#Witness #ElieWiesel #holocaust #stories
“We must tell stories.”

AnnCrystal Always 📚💝💝💝. (edited) 5d

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SomedayAlmost

Who Was Roald Dahl? | True Kelley

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Good read in the "Who Was" series for kids 9-11 who enjoy books like "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory." Dahl had an adventurous life, made a comment or 2 he rightfully had to apologize for, and lost family members to illness/accidents. This is explained in kid-friendly ways, but too complicated for kids under 9. 4.5 stars. #kidlit #roalddahl

Cathythoughts I‘m reading James and the Giant Peach with my 11 yr old granddaughter… it‘s great and keeps your attention 👏🏻 7d

SomedayAlmost @Cathythoughts One of my favorites! Wrote a paper on it in Grad School even. 6d

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kspenmoll

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom | Ariel Burger

We finished Night today at work.Planning to have the students watch the movie The Book Thief to wind down to our spring break, which begins on Friday. Witness is a perfect complement to Night.

dabbe 🩵💚💙 1w

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kspenmoll

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom | Ariel Burger

The language of stories. I am reading Witness along side our class reading of Night.
#ninfiction #storygraph #TBR

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TheBookHippie I have all his books. They‘re just so so powerful. Especially now. 3w

BooksandCoffee4Me Have your students read Refugee, the three stories of refugees from different time periods and places - Germany, Cuba, Syria - whose storer connect at the end? My ninth-graders got into tracking the journeys and doing a variety of art pieces related to the characters. Discussions in small groups were fairly natural and not coerced, always a plus. 3w

dabbe 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 3w

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Tamra This is on the to be banned list in a MN school district - which runs afoul of state law 3w

kspenmoll @BooksandCoffee4Me Thank you so much! I have no knowledge of this book & will look into it immediately! Oh how i love litsy! 💜💜💜 3w

kspenmoll @Tamra I cannot wrap my head around such decisions?!!!!! 3w

BooksandCoffee4Me @kspenmoll Author: Alan Gratz 3w

julieclair Stacking Witness. So powerful. 3w

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Kenyazero

Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank | Eric Orner

I frequently wander into my library‘s Friends store and find books to add to my collection. I have so many library discards on my shelves! What‘s better than collecting used books AND supporting your library? 📚
#UsedBooks #Library #LibraryFriends

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Vansa

Parcel Arrived Safely, Tied with String | Michael Crawford

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Began this memoir as a Phantom of the Opera and Hello Dolly! super-fan, ended it as a Michael Crawford superfan.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404860879

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Robotswithpersonality

Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science | Dava Sobel

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I love when the tone of science non-fiction surprises me. I think doing a tandem read with the print and audiobook helped in this case, because matching audio to speed of print reading gave the narrator a consistently clear, yet palpably upbeat tone, and it was wonderful to hear the audiobook narrator skillfully pronounce all the French words and names, along with a smattering of other European/Eastern European designations. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? There is a version of the history told here that is a great deal more fraught in the way it focuses on the many restrictions women faced, the loss of loved ones, the first world war, the growing understanding of the negative effects of exposure to radium and its emissions. Somehow Sobel's account gives these moments their proper weight without in any way sensationalizing or darkening the narrative. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? There is so much about Marie Curie's contributions and the web of interpersonal influence that furthered those contributions to science (and medicine) that I didn't know.
Sobel leaves space for an important function of history: not forgetting. Not forgetting how recently the overwhelming misogyny of the patriarchy had its grip somewhat loosened on so-called enlightened scientific institutions, and how that has affected the history of women 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? in science. Of course, that makes every moment spent in this book discussing Marie and all the women she assisted/came into contact with during her work and all they're remembered for that much more triumphant.
What really struck me as a new piece of information in the picture of her position in history was how much she loved and missed her husband, those moments where in his honour, she deferred/transferred honours that would otherwise have 3mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? been laid at her feet. Between that and the amount of the book focused on her daughters, the family Curie and to a similar extent, Marie's siblings, are the backbone of the narrative.
I liked the mixing in, the introduction of different (male and female) scientists and their experiments, getting windows into the related science of the time. In that it was often discovering elements and the parts of an atom, it reminded me of 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 How to Make an Apple Pie From Scratch by Harry Cliff. If you want a work that is at least as much science history as it is biography, I highly recommend.
⚠️ miscarriage 3mo

Singout Thanks for the detailed description and insights. Looks fascinating! 3mo

TheBookHippie Looks amazing! 3mo

Robotswithpersonality @Singout @TheBookHippie Thanks! Hope you enjoy! ☺️ 3mo

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