Canongate Books

In a future time in America, instead of fireman stopping fires, they start them and burn books. Guy Montag is one of these fireman’s who burns books on a daily basis without thinking of it. These people in this future world don’t care independently, care about nature, and have useless conversations with each other. Everything changed for Montag when he is encountered by a new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan who is the opposite of everyone in this world. In the next couple of days, his wife…

The lion and the mouse by Jerry Pinkney is one of my favorite picture books by any author. I remember seeing the cover of the book when I was at the library looking for a new book to show the class where I was an assistant teacher and it was my first time for story time. The main point of this story was how the lion had the choice of either eating the mouse or letting him go free. The mouse small in size but there is much he can do for him in return. At first I thought the children might not be…

Maya Angelou was a famous author and performer and had an amazing story to tell. She overcame the trauma of rape and during the time she didn't speak she read every book she could. I think although she was extremely negatively affected and horrified by what happened, she wouldn't be who she was without her past. I chose to write about Maya because she was, and still is, a very inspiring person and has an incredible amount of joy and confidence despite overwhelming circumstances. Maya said she's…

scrutinize a patients chart daily. Over my life, the reading I have encountered has shaped my academic journey. When I was a little girl I remember my mother reading Junie B. Jones books to me. Sometimes she would give me the book to to help me pronounce the words right. As a child I always thought that Goosebumps was a scary book to read, and I never wanted…

arguing for. Topics range from the all to familiar gun rights and marriage equality arguments that we are all immersed in everyday. These topics along with many others are here to persuade you into their side of the argument. The topic of banning books may have fallen to the wayside in recent years but the topic still sits uneasy for far to many Americans. Is censorship right or is it a direct violation of our…

The book I read was Stolen Children, by Peg Kehret. This was one of my favorite books to read, there was always something new going to happen and I didn’t want to put it down. It was also so realistic, like I would think of myself in a type of situation like this and it’s just unreal to imagine it. Also, if you thought something was going to happen, you would be totally wrong and you wouldn’t believe how off you were in guessing what would happen next, which is why I liked this book so much.…

No Banning Of Books Have you ever gotten a slip asking for your parents permission to read certain books? There are people in the world who want to ban books that are too serious of a topic for students. Students won’t be able to learn about those serious topics until they are exposed to it physically. Students being restricted from reading books with serious topics won’t know what happens in the world. Censoring books take away the student’s right of freedom. Having freedom means to be able…

chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ as a book store named ‘Page Turner’. I chose this because I have a passion for reading books and was interested in making an advertisement as a bookstore trying to sell a featured book. My target audience is people regularly read books and travel to book stores. The advertisement would be published on the front counter at the bookstore so when people come to buy one of the books they will see ‘fiction of the month’ and of its…

I saw the job position of Reader’s Services Assistant advertised on the Lawrence Public Library's Facebook page. I'm interested and qualified in this position - I'm outgoing, enjoy helping people and love reading and recommending new books (as well as music and even software). My experience with freelance computer repair and volunteering has taught me how to positively interact with people and even how to defuse conflicts. I have also had to learn how to problem solve in new situations and had…

you for choosing my school to select three artifacts for a time capsule that will be taken to Mars on your next space mission. I have chose three artifacts that would be significant to the future generation. These three artifacts consist of, a CD, a book, and a phone. I think these items would be significant because they were such monumental changes in our society today. The first artifact I chose is the CD, “Straight to DVD 2”. CD’s are disks that hold data, the data on the CD can be videos,…