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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...