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Kentwood wants to add state title to books (Tacoma News Tribune) john wooden, UCLA coaching legend, in his book, “My Personal Best. Like Lessons from an All-American Journey” For senior night, one of the Kentwood volleyball parents had players and coaches make memory books for each of the Conquerors’ seven seniors. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gold donates books to New Orleans school (The Journal News) Austin Gold of New City, who is a student at Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack, collected about 2,700 books for the New Orleans Free Academy, which lost its library to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. us.rd.yahoo.com
Site helps students barter used books (The Daily Gamecock) As the school year draws to an end, students flock to the bookstore to sell back their books with the hope of making back some of the money spent on books at the beginning of the semester. Now, there's a chance to exchange them online instead. us.rd.yahoo.com
UAE children read over million books in charity campaign (New Kerala) By Aroonim Bhuyan, Dubai, Nov 20 : The count is out. And a total of 1,323,218 books were read by children between the ages of three and 14 in the course of a two-week campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at helping the education of children in developing nations. us.rd.yahoo.com
Kids take a journey by reading books (Marion Chronicle-Tribune) From left, eighth-graders Derek Cornwell, Alexander Lopez, Darci Bangle and Zachariah Coston browse through books Wednesday during the annual Scholastic Book Fair at Madison-Grant Junior High School. us.rd.yahoo.com
Greece schools 'Zip' books to Louisiana (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Greece schools get involved in Zip-It-Up and send books to schools still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. us.rd.yahoo.com
The return of 'Big Books' to New Orleans comes Friday (New Orleans Times-Picayune) Words cannot begin to express how excited I am to see a major chain bookstore return to New Orleans. Friday, November 21, 2008, Borders Books on St. Charles Avenue will open its doors in what they're calling a "soft-opening." The... us.rd.yahoo.com
Book clubs can borrow books at Boise library (The Idaho Statesman) Book clubs can borrow multiple copies of books through Boise Public Library's Books for Book Clubs service. us.rd.yahoo.com
BOOKS SCHEDULED FOR REVIEW (Kirkus Reviews) NOTE: The list below represents books that will be reviewed in one of the upcoming issues, but due to space and resource limitations, we cannot guarantee a specific run date. us.rd.yahoo.com
U.S. National Book Awards go to slave, outlaw books (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A book about a slave family with ties to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and novel about a notorious Florida outlaw were among the winners at America's 59th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com
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