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Dan is Currently Reading

Dan is currently reading

The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

by Thomas Merton

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— Jan 02, 2026 06:39AM

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The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli

by Karina Yan Glaser (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, middle-grade

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Jan 01, 2026 09:59AM

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An Immense World (Young Readers Edition): How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets

by Ed Yong

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"This is fascinating so far." — Dec 21, 2025 06:28PM

Dec 15, 2025 07:50PM

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Dan’s Quotes

“You know how teachers are. If they get you to take out a book they love too, they're yours for life.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Orbiting Jupiter

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“we will always be with u. we internalize traits we observe in others as a way to honor and remeber them. we are all living memorials”
― Jomny Sun, Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

tags: inspirational, legacy

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“That's just a story."
"So are we--we're stories too," Russ says.”
― Matthew Quick, Boy21

tags: inspirational

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“But remember, there's no greater gift than the present.”
― Dan Santat, Are We There Yet?

tags: inspirational, mindfulness

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“What is China but a people and their stories?”
― Gene Luen Yang, Boxers

tags: mei-wen

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Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more

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A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

Book Love Summer Book Club 2018 — 954 members — last activity Aug 10, 2018 06:31AM
For registered 2018 Summer Book Club members only. Join us to create a community of teachers who are disrupting old habits… reading, thinking and teac ...more