books Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg books Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Happy Holidays from TKN (and Gabby!) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/12/21/happy-holidays-from-tkn-and-gabby/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 11:47:00 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=18227 The post Happy Holidays from TKN (and Gabby!) appeared first on Teaching Kids News.

]]> New Information On Harry Potter Character Dolores Umbridge https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/11/03/1-new-information-harry-potter-character-dolores-umbridge/ Tue, 04 Nov 2014 02:51:54 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14059 Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling served up a scary treat to her fans for Hallowe’en last week.

She published a new story chronicling the background of one of her most famous evil villains, Dolores Umbridge.

She published the story on her Harry Potter website, Pottermore.com and on a news website called Today.com.

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]]> Beloved Canadian Writer, Farley Mowat, Dead At 92 https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/05/09/1-beloved-canadian-writer-farley-mowat-dead-92/ Fri, 09 May 2014 13:01:18 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13053 A writer who inspired generations of Canadians to get to know and love the country’s north has died.

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]]> Stop! You Must Not Ban “Hop on Pop”! https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/05/05/2-stop-must-ban-hop-pop/ Tue, 06 May 2014 01:27:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13016 A customer of the Toronto Public Library thinks the Dr. Seuss book Hop on Pop should be removed from the library’s collection because it encourages children to use violence against their fathers.

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]]> Grade-One Students In Canada Getting “Gifts” https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/10/17/grade-one-students-in-canada-getting-gifts/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:14:20 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=3724 This month, every child in Grade one in Canada will receive a free book.

That will be every grade-one child, including those who are home-schooled, or in any school in the country, private or public, French-speaking or English-speaking.

The book giveaway is the product of a partnership between TD (the bank) and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC).

The bank pays more than $1-million to have 500,000 books printed and sent out to grade-one students across the country. This is the program’s eleventh year.

This year the books the kids will get is Gifts (Cadeaux, translated into French), by author Jo Ellen Bogart and plasticine artist Barbara Reid.

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