![]() My hope is that young readers will help make that future!Ģ. that bullying and untruthful boasts and bravado will be less tolerated. My hope is that in another 8 years, Vote for Me will not be as relevant. I have written and illustrated a number of books since I made my debut with Vote for Me, but I think this title remains one of my best (and admittedly most polarizing) read-alouds. I think a humorous take on this can be a great way to open a dialogue. ![]() ![]() The divisiveness, name-calling, and mud-slinging parodied in Vote for Me are pervasive realities that people (including kids!) see and hear on a daily basis. If anything, Vote for Me is more relevant now than when it first published in 2012. Why did you decide to revisit this title?īen Clanton: Unfortunately (and I think unsurprisingly), politics and elections haven’t become any cleaner in the past 8 years. Vote for Me was originally published in 2012. Hello! Please welcome our special guest today, Ben Clanton, creator of Mo’s Mustache and the graphic novel series Narwhal and Jelly as he talks about his re-issued edition of Vote for Me!ġ. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Probably best known for Treasure Island, which set the ![]() I am a big fan of Robert Louis Stevenson. ![]() His presence in the novel is its only moral redeeming quality. And though he realizes he cannot bring back the dead or ruined precious possessions, he, in complete humility, tries to make amends. He, of all the characters, sees the light and is genuinely remorseful for all the pain he hasĬaused innocent people. It is a story of war and romance, and the main character, Richard Shelton, though brave and finally knighted, truly would have Having clearly stated my feeling toward war, any war, I will continue on with the novel itself,Īnd that, I loved. To me these people seem anything but human, and when all isįinally revealed, we will most likely discover that they are not. Power-lusting barbarians who have ruined people's lives and property for their own selfish agenda. Reading this historical novel has once again reminded me of how much I despise war, and the greedy, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses Robert Louis Stevenson Click the title for your free ebook! For information on Project Gutenberg and their affiliates, and tips on using these files on your reading device, please refer to my Newsletter: ![]() ![]() Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year. Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents a beautifully wrought novel about an immigrant’s journey from hardship to hope. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents a beautifully wrought novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. As Kek awaits word of his mother’s fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country. Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care an old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means “family” in Kek’s native language. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she’s missing. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. ![]() ![]() You can read this before Home of the Brave PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Home of the Brave written by Katherine Applegate which was published in. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 He began teaching in Chicago Public Schools beginning with fourth grade, then eighth grade English. 2 Clements graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree he then graduated with his master's degree in teaching from National Louis University. That heritage fostered a love of libraries and school which eventually led to him becoming a teacher. His parents were both avid readers and they passed that heritage onto their children. School has always been important to Clements, he began reading before kindergarten, and became an avid reader. He likes to take notes, research, write, and then revise. ![]() Clements prefers to write in the solitude of a backyard shed so much in fact that he keeps the windows covered so he won’t be tempted to watch the backyard birds. 2 He was living in Massachusetts with his wife with which he had four sons when he was alive. He passed away at the age of 70 on November 28, 2019. ![]() Biographical Information Andrew Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fundamentally, utilitarians want to maximize utility, which means the total of human happiness. In the next chapter, Mill gives an overview of the utilitarian doctrine. ![]() Although all ethical theories ultimately have to rely on this principle, only utilitarianism is based on it from the beginning. Mill thinks this theory of value is actually quite simple: everyone, including laypeople and philosophers alike, values happiness and nothing else. He thinks this is because they have failed to clearly specify the first principles of their ethical philosophies-they articulate various second principles about how to act, but never explain the theory of moral value that underlies these principles. This is most apparent in the introduction, in which Mill notes that ethics has long been considered an important subject and yet has produced little agreement among philosophers. ![]() In many instances, however, the book is much more layered and complex: Mill often references other important ethical systems (like Kant’s deontological ethics and Aristotle’s concept of virtue), whose major concepts he thinks utilitarianism explains even better. The stated purpose of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is deceptively simple: the author wants to clearly explain his utilitarian ethical philosophy and respond to the most common criticisms of it. ![]() ![]() ![]() She created, wrote and stars in the web series The Hollywood Reporter compared Annie’s comedic chops to the legendary actresses, Jean Harlow and Mae West declaring that, a new comic blonde is on the scene! Annie Wood is a find! She was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. She was the host and co-producer of the nationally syndicated dating game show, BZZZ! making her the 3rd woman solo dating game show host in the history of television. Wood is a writer, a TV/film actor, and an internationally exhibited artist. ![]() ![]() Annie hit the ground running and never looked back. Annie emancipated herself at the age of 16 (with her parent's blessing) so she could go on auditions on her own and begin the creative life she desired since the itty bitty age of three. Israeli-American, Annie Wood was born and raised in Los Angeles sometime between the invention of the Boeing commercial jet and Nintendo. ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars-and what they revealed to her was terrifying. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father that day could happen to her. Spensa is sure that there's more to the story. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. The rumors of her father's cowardice are true-he deserted his Flight during battle against the Krell. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned there were crushing. All her life, Spensa's dreamed of becoming a pilot and proving herself a hero like her father. The #1 New York Times bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future. ![]() ![]() Currently, she edits the Ten Tales series of multi-author short story anthologies: Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic, Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies, Seers: Ten Tales of Clairvoyance and more. She holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. ![]() 1 and 2 (short stories), Six Quirky Tales (humorous fantasy stories), The Colour of Dishonour: Stories from the Storm Dancer World, Writing Fight Scenes, The World-Loss Diet, Writing About Villains, Writing About Magic and Writing Scary Scenes (practical guides for authors). 1, 2, 3, 4 (creepy horror stories), Six Historical Tales Vol. Recent books include Storm Dancer (dark epic fantasy novel), 13 British Horror Stories, Six Scary Tales Vol. ![]() ![]() Rayne Hall has published more than forty books under different pen names with different publishers in different genres, mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Coming to terms with his life and lineage, Dominick struggles to find forgiveness and finally rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his troubled twin. Dominick is forced to care for his brother as well as confront dark secrets and pain he has buried deep within himself-a journey of the soul that takes him beyond his blue-collar New England town to Sicily’s Mount Etna, the birthplace of his grandfather and namesake. ![]() It's hard to read and to stop reading, and impossible to forget." - USA Todayĭominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation. An exercise in soul-baring storytelling-with the soul belonging to 20th-century America itself. #1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As their pack begins to buckle under the pressure, their moral high ground gets muddier and muddier-and Becca realizes that she might have feelings for one of her new best friends. Eager to be accepted, Becca allows her friends to turn her into a werewolf, and finally, for the first time in her life, she feels like she truly belongs. Their prey? Slimy boys who take advantage of unsuspecting girls. But at a party under a full moon, Becca learns that they also have a big secret. At first glance, Marley, Arianna, and Mandy are perfect. To her surprise, she's immediately adopted by the most popular girls in school. When Becca transfers to a high school in an elite San Francisco suburb, she's worried she's not going to fit in. When the new girl is invited to join her high school's most popular clique, she can't believe her luck-and she can't believe their secret, either. Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing graphic novel from author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and artist Lisa Sterle. ![]() |