books
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
It’s a draw: Children’s book artists face off in first live event in more than a year
Maine author/illustrators Ryan T. Higgins and Chris Van Dusen will appear in a Draw Off July 17 at Congress Square Park.
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PublishedJune 19, 2021
Maine Voices: Panic about critical race theory undercuts students’ search for truth
Young people aren’t fooled by attempts to treat stories from U.S. history and American literature like shameful family secrets to be covered up, a Maine teacher says.
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PublishedMay 30, 2021
Former Marine finds new purpose, with help of Maine prison inmates and a dog named Fred
In his latest book 'Second Chances,' Craig Grossi writes about his and Fred's work with inmates at Maine State Prison.
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PublishedMay 22, 2021
Maine Voices: What ‘Uncle Tom’ means to Sen. Scott
Progressives who call the senator ‘Uncle Tim’ should read a celebrated play in which the slur illustrates the high stakes of putting a Black man down.
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PublishedApril 19, 2021
Upcoming book views Maine’s immigrants with ‘different lens’
The book puts a focus on the contributions New Mainers have made to the state.
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PublishedApril 18, 2021
Mainers challenge themselves to reading goals during the pandemic
A 9-year-old who has read some 250 books and a book club that tackled 'War and Peace' are among those filling their downtime with reading.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2021
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who gave us Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, dies at 104
She was named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress. In 2003, she was chosen as one of the winners of the National Medal of Arts and met President George W. Bush.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2021
Six Dr. Seuss books won’t be republished because of racist images
The business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy has announced it will stop publishing the titles, and says, 'These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong because of racist and insensitive imagery.'
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Publisher revives Ruth Moore’s honest portrayals of Maine island life
Islandport Press is reissuing several novels by the best-selling mid-century author.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Leonard Pitts: After a year of reading books only by women, I’m a richer man for it
My bias had deprived me of whole vistas of discovery. And if you choose to see in that a broader lesson, I won’t argue.
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