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Summer
Summer Reading Lists for Kids Ages 6-9
Are you Looking for a great book to read with your kids this summer? This list will help you transition from illustrated kids books to books your kids will love to read independently. Rea...
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Summer
Summer Reading Lists for Kids Ages 8-12
Looking for a great book to read this summer? This list of books has something for everyone – adventure, magic, smart kids, and amazing kids. Read one, or read ‘em all – post your thought...
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News
Local History: Decent Literature Committee
Bye, Bye Birdie, set in 1958, seemed like a quaint period piece to me, especially when the main character’s singing and dancing scandalizes an entire town. Then I learned that, in the ...
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Sports
Summer Reading Required for Local Teens
Summer reading is a ritual of the season for local teens. Columbia High School’s “Summer Reading Initiative” asks rising ninth and tenth graders to read two books this summer in pre...
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News
Summer Reading Gets Creative at the Maplewood Library
Why wait for summer weather to start summer reading? Maplewood Memorial Library’s annual Summer Reading Club began with a bang on Monday night. It was the “first night of summer,” acc...
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News
PHOTOS: Author Allen Barra at Words
Last week, South Orange resident Allen Barra visited Words to read from his comprehensive account of the life of baseball's master of the malaprop, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee. ...
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Business
Steve Forbes Comes to Words
What do the great leaders of antiquity have to teach the business leaders of today? Lots, if Steve Forbes is correct. The author, politician and bazillionaire recently published a book th...
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Business
Mario and Matilda Cuomo Come to Words
On Saturday, Feb. 28, Words Bookstore will welcome its first guest author. And they’re starting off with a bang: former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and his wife, Matilda. How did the n...