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Dan is Currently Reading

Dan is currently reading

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

by Ed Yong

bookshelves: currently-reading, middle-grade, nonfiction

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

Dec 15, 2025 07:50PM

Dan is currently reading

The Bletchley Riddle

by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, middle-grade

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Oct 29, 2025 06:54PM

Dan’s Quotes

“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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“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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“When you find something that's whole, you do what you can to keep it that way.

And when you fins something that isn't, then maybe it's not a bad idea to try to make it whole again. Maybe.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now

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“Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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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 Newbery Award winning books.

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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