The first book Liesel steals in The Book Thief is “The Grave Digger’s Handbook”. She steals this after her brother’s funeral when a gravedigger drops it in the snow. This book helps Liesel get over the initial shock of her brother’s death and introduces a new hobby for her to pursue. Because this is the only item she has of her brother and mother‚ she feels a strong connection to the book and forms a desire to read it. “Staring at the letters on the cover and touching the print inside‚ she had no
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Stop Book Banning! Should school administrators be allowed to ban books? Of course not! They are abusing their power of having the right to teach children. They want to ban a book just because it shows the true past of America‚ which some students cannot handle. They should not shield the past; if anything they should tell everything about the past and explain to the students why the events occurred. They should understand why America did the things it did so that they will not be ashamed of the
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The first book that I decided to check out and read was My Basketball Book‚ by Gail Bibbons. This children’s book is about exactly what comes to mind when reading the title. This book demonstrates as well as illustrates the fundamentals‚ rules‚ and overall goal of the game of basketball. My Basketball Book takes a child step by step through what they need to know about the structure of the game and how it is to be played by explaining it through words and pictures. First and foremost‚ the reason
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[pic] BOOK BORROWING SYSTEM In partial fulfillment of the requirements in SE101 - Software Engineering I MEMBERS: Baldonado Jr.‚ Michael M. ADVISER Dinna Lou J. Piedad S.Y. 2011 - 2012 Introduction Manual systems in libraries were used in the 1970s and early 1980s until computers became more prevalent and less costly. Manual systems tended to operate with a card index to monitor the books that borrowers had out. Libraries also used a manual card catalog system for indexing
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The functions of E-book in teaching and learning. Books are no doubt the main element in teaching and learning activities. As we all know printed books have already been used for a very long time. However in this modern era‚ books in electronic forms (eBooks) are taking place. EBooks had already been introduced not only for adults but children too. Finally‚ eBooks are already evolving slowly to take place in teaching and learning. A powerful stimulus for the production of a range of electronic
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acoustic guitar and two method books for guitar. The first book given to us was Mel Bay’s Guitar Class Method Volume 1. The second book was Guitar Method Book 1 by Hal Leonard. Each book has many similarities and just as many or more differences. I will compare and contrast the direction Mel Bay and Hal Leonard intended for a beginning guitarist or guitar instructor should go. As I open Mel Bay’s book and begin to read there is a page that explains the purpose of the book itself. He makes it a point
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INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW The novel Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers is a fascinating book and it teaches a life lesson about gang life at young ages. The book really makes the reader want to read more and more as the suspense builds up. The book is about the life of a young kid named Jamal Hicks. Jamal struggles through some family problems when his older brother is accused of murder. The book is a really sad story about gang life and friendship. There are some appealing traits to
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Anna Karlsson EP12 Engelska Book report Book report I have read The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. It is a short little book with a green cover. On the cover it is a shape of a whale-tail with the ocean in the background. Themes of the book is unrequited love‚ equality and culture of the Maoris. The Whale Rider is on my personally list of ”Do not read”‚ truly not a book I am going to read again and now I am going to tell you why. Firstly the names i the book is typical Maori-names and I thought it
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Books are very important to the development of a child because it not only helps them in school‚ but it also makes it easier for them to understand new subject matter. Reading is also important to an individual as it helps them to sort out relevant information from a pool of data that they may be presented with. It will also help a person to determine what they are interested in as they grow older. Books are important because they give us insight into stories and lives we otherwise wouldn’t be
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Books are banned in America every year for different reasons. Some are allowed in public and school libraries‚ while others are strictly forbidden due to their nature. Vulgar language‚ sexual content‚ and racial slurs are all enough to get a book banned or challenged‚ especially if allowed in school libraries. This sometimes causes an upset for both readers and the authors who wrote these books because the ban on the book is almost like insult or in this case‚ a "compliment" to Hemingway. A book
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