This Very Tree By Sean Rubin This very special book comes to us from the tree’s perspective. It’s a Callery Pear tree that is planted in the World Trade Center’s Plaza. It was there on September 11, 2001, too, and it was damaged but survived. This Very Tree gives us a way to open up […]
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Kids in the Kitchen
Roasted Fish Crispy Slaw Wrap Ingredients: 2 ½ cups fresh red cabbage, shredded 2 cups fresh white cabbage, shredded 1 ½ cups fresh carrots, peeled, shredded 1 cup fresh bok choy, julienne cut “shoestring strips” 1/8″ 2 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped ¾ cup low-fat balsamic vinaigrette dressing 1 Tbsp salt-free chili-lime seasoning blend 1 Tbsp […]
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Current Events: Laylat al Qadr Night of Power
Imagine a night when whatever you did would count, not as one time, but as a thousand times. What if you were doing push ups every day, trying to grow stronger, but on one special night, each push up you did strengthened you as much as 1,000 push ups. Or you were preparing for a […]
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Kids’ History
Did you know that Norway once appeared on a U.S. postage stamp? That fact is both true and not true at the same time. The 1969 U.S. Christmas stamp was based on a painting named “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine,” picturing a snowy scene of people on their way to church. The artist is unknown, […]
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Kids in the Kitchen
Stir-Fried Rice, Eggs, and Ham Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups brown rice, long-grain, regular, dry 1/3 tsp salt ¾ cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained 6 large whole eggs, beaten 1 Tbsp vegetable oil ½ cup extra-lean turkey ham, diced ¼” (2 oz) ¼ cup fresh green onions, diced 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp low-sodium […]
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Book Review: ‘This Time it’s Real’
This Time it’s Real By Ann Liang The plot is one often used…Fake boyfriend/girlfriend, coupled with a secret driving at least one of the participants. This time both have motivation, but readers don’t know that at the beginning. The unraveling/revealing is done smoothly, although there are times when I (and many readers, I suspect) will […]
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How do you say that in …
English: amateurFrench: amateurSpanish: aficionadoGerman: AmateurItalian: amatorialeArabic: hua هواةChinese: Yèyú 业余
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Word of the Week
Amateur(AM-uh-tour)Someone who is not a professional, but does something – like a sport or an art – not for money, but just for the love of it. (The am in amateur means love.)Jimmy was an amateur golfer who played every weekend in the summer.
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Current Events: Ella Fitzgerald
When Ella Fitzgerald was young, no one would have guessed she’d grow up to be one of the most-famous singers in the world. That people would call her “The First Lady of Song.” That she would win 14 Grammy Awards and sell more than 40 million record albums.Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, […]
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Current Events: National Tartan Day
National Tartan Day is observed in the United States on April 6 each year. It commemorates the day that the Declaration of Arbroath (the Scottish Declaration of Independence) was signed in 1320.Our Declaration of Independence was modeled on the Declaration of Arbroath.Before going on, it’s important to know the meanings of three words: tartan, kilt, […]