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JackHowley5
The voice | Gabriel Okara

Great story to teach children about the power of their inner conscious

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JackHowley5
The voice | Gabriel Okara

“There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, I feel that this is right for me, I know that this is wrong.”

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JackHowley5
The voice | Gabriel Okara
Pickpick

This poem is about a narrator who listens to the voice inside their head and decides to follow it. This poem teaches the great lesson that kids should listen to their inner voice and trust their instincts

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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
The African Child | Camara Laye
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Originally written in the 1950s, these memoirs written by a 25-year-old author about his growing up in Guinea reveals the daily life, customs and traditions of his time.
It's a short read that will open a window to witness life there and then through the eyes of the author. If you pick this book, keep in mind that it's main focus is daily life, so it may not interest everyone.

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haleyperkins1

"Because everyone talks about how kind you are, and the praise everything you do"

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haleyperkins1

The illustrations in this book are super cool I think you could even have students make predictions about the pictures/observations.

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haleyperkins1
Pickpick

This book is a great book to read to students. It also shows different cultures that students may not be familiar with. I think it shows a good lesson for how to treat others with kindness and show empathy.

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Dilara
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September is the best time of the year: all sorts of delicious fruit are in season, including figs, coffee‘s best pairing 😋
And I found an anthology of early 20th-century Malagasy poet Rabearivelo at the library 🥳

sarahbarnes Those figs look amazing. 2mo
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
Houseboy | Ferdinand Oyono
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3/5
Written in 1956, it's a novel about the life of a houseboy under colonialism.
From the first pages we learn the tragic end of the houseboy, then we get to read his diary: how he came to be a houseboy, his daily life, etc.
Segregation, hypocrisy, racism, black/white relationships are the main themes.
It's a level B1 read in French, some words/phrases may be difficult for a non-native.

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Tamra
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This is one of two shelving units for my cookbooks. Both are jammed. What is the reasonable response to running out of space? Certainly not culling.

It is to ask my husband to put shelving on his weekend to-do list. 😜

readingjedi Great collection! I also love cookery books...though I hate cooking 🤪 4mo
Tamra @readingjedi they are terrific inspiration nonetheless! 😆 4mo
Dilara 😍 4mo
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TheLudicReader More shelves is always the solution to too many books. 😁 4mo
Cathythoughts Impressive cookbook collection. And great yo have a shelf making husband 👍🏻😁 4mo
Tamra @TheLudicReader 👌🏾 4mo
Tamra @Cathythoughts he buys & stacks. An inexpensive but practical solution until we invest in someone to build for us. 🤞🏾🤞🏾 4mo
jlhammar Wow, what an awesome collection! 4mo
Tamra @jlhammar it‘s never enough is it? I actually do a cull of all books reasonably regularly, but……… 4mo
Suet624 Look at all those cookbooks! I have 10 on top of my fridge and I only look at one of them. 4mo
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