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#kids still #reading #comics? what do you think?http://wapo.st/1Mf9Xz0

#kids still #reading #comics? what do you think?

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Are kids (still) reading comic strips? ‘Big Nate’ creator Lincoln Peirce draws this conclusion.
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So an Indiana 8-year-old curses out the local editor over canceled comics. "Big Nate" cartoonist illuminates how kids care, and don't care, about comic strips.

#read on #worldbookdayhttp://n.pr/1wJWTAb

#read on #worldbookday

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It's World Book Day: Time For Reading Lists And Dress-Up
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Put down that screen: Today's the day to celebrate holding a bound book in your hands. For World Book Day, we bring you a roundup of stories and reading lists.

#tale of #migration that #connects dot to dust!watch this incredible study tha...

#tale of #migration that #connects dot to dust!

watch this incredible study that shows how the dust from #sahara is helping #rainforest in #amazon.

http://bit.ly/18SFz1d


Incredible video explains how the Sahara fertilises the Amazon rainforest

The 3D rendering made by Nasa shows how one of the world's driest places fertilises the Earth's biggest rainforest

#indoor #rainforest #impossible?Follow #Dubai as it announces plans to build a...

#indoor #rainforest #impossible?

Follow #Dubai as it announces plans to build an indoor rainforest right in the middle of the #desert

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Dubai announces it will build an indoor rainforest by 2020
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Dubai has announced it wants to build the world's first rainforest in the desert.

#hiding in the #rainforest #ancient #cities Ancient cities are hiding in thick...

#hiding in the #rainforest #ancient #cities

Ancient cities are hiding in thick rainforests of #Honduras... we could be sitting on a volcano or tectonic plate...#Earth is so full of surprises and so #alive!

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National Geographic announces discovery of ancient lost city in rainforest
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Archaeologists searching for a lost city in the jungles of Honduras have discovered the urban remains of what they believe is a vanished ancient civilization, National Geographic reports. A writer ...

#Lifetime #reading Love this! I doubt if anyone reading this will disagree!htt...

#Lifetime #reading Love this! I doubt if anyone reading this will disagree!

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We owe out children a lifetime of reading, says Lleucu Siencyn
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Keeping children reading is the greatest gift we can give them

#writing #robots I need one!http://bit.ly/1Dh2aiM

#writing #robots I need one!

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Writing robots give kids a hand
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Brisbane researcher develops robots to help in classroom.

#war #writing for #kids. Writing about war is hard at any age for any age... Sen...

#war #writing for #kids. Writing about war is hard at any age for any age... Sensitive handling about a difficult topic!

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On Writing About War For Children: An Interview With Moha Mehta
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In painting a vivid portrait of the security of the child's home against the juxtaposition of the chaos of the uncertain world in Whose War Is It Anyway? Mehta challenges us to think of the children and how much conflict has the capacity to traumatis...

#hydrogen #power for #cars! Great news!http://bit.ly/1ENxh6x

#hydrogen #power for #cars! Great news!

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#Indian #Writers to read! So talented, so awesome!http://bit.ly/1E4BiCQ

#Indian #Writers to read! So talented, so awesome!

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Eight Indian writers your children might want to read
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Authors and publishers are working hard on their ‘write in India’ plans for kids.