2006 Newbery Medal Committee Member Explains What a Responsibility Choosing...
H. Brevy CannonJanuary 21, 2006—Children’s book authority Joan Kindig will be in San Antonio on Monday morning for the announcement of the 2005 Newbery Medal winner.As in previous years, she will await...
View ArticleGallagher to Discuss New Civil War Book April 20
Anne E. BromleyApril 7, 2011 — This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. University of Virginia history professor Gary Gallagher will read from and discuss his new book,...
View ArticleSummer Reading, Part I: Books That Transport Through Time and Place
Anne E. BromleyJune 21, 2011 — For the University of Virginia community, reading is most likely a year-round activity, but often summer offers a break to take time for those books stacking up on a...
View ArticleJane Hirshfield to Read Her Poetry at U.Va. Feb. 2
Anne E. BromleyJanuary 27, 2012 — Kay Ryan, former U.S. poet laureate, called Poet Jane Hirshfield "an eloquent and exacting poet." Hirshfield will bring those qualities and more to the University of...
View ArticleBooks Challenge Readers to Learn from New Experiences and Other Cultures
Anne E. BromleyFirst in an occasional series on what U.Va. community members recommend reading this summer.Members of the University of Virginia community regularly travel to other worlds through books...
View ArticleRare Book School Awards U.Va. Students for Projects on ‘Why Books Matter’
A book “opens itself to a reader in any future, a small but beautiful gesture of faith in human connection,” wrote one of the winners of the Rare Book School’s “Why Books Matter” contest for University...
View ArticleU.Va. Researchers Find that Kindergarten Is the New First Grade
Audrey BreenKindergarten classrooms nationwide have changed dramatically since the late 1990s and nearly all of these changes are in the direction of a heightened focus on academics, particularly...
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