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...held in the church where he and Betsy had renewed their wedding vows two years earlier. Two-thirds of the choir rearranged their schedules so they could come to sing, and the organist took the day off in order to be there to play. A college professor, a drama teacher and a fund manager helped the rector trim hedges; an elderly parishioner spent the night before the funeral freezing lemonade and ice rings because the day of the funeral was to be sweltering. "Betsy and Chris would do anything for other people, and it was mutual," observed Rev. Nick Knisely...
Back-to-school time may be weeks away, but the season's surprise on the best-seller lists is a how-to for academic success. Ron Clark, 31, author of The Essential 55 (Hyperion), is an earnest Atlanta-based grade-school teacher who has come up with 55 rules for "discovering the successful student in every child." What magical formula has the educator discovered? His core philosophy is that if you teach basic behavioral lessons first, they will lay the foundation for academic education later. Among his tips for kids: make eye contact when in conversation, meet your deadlines, learn...
Norman Rush is something of an oddity in the world of American letters, a world that sometimes seems to be populated solely by wunderkinder and éminences grises. Born in 1933, Rush worked as a teacher and a rare-books dealer and did a stint with the Peace Corps in Africa before he finally published his first novel, Mating, in 1991. It promptly won the U.S. National Book Award. Rush then resumed his silence. Now, 12 years later, we have the remarkable Mortals, which gives us the late-blooming Rush as challenging and surprising and uncompromising as ever. Ray Finch...
...just for the account of author J.K. Rowling's long-distance friendship with Catie Hoch, the young American fan befriended by Rowling as the girl was dying of cancer but also because of the far-reaching effects the Potter stories have on people of all ages. As a teacher, I appreciate the effort that goes into writing the books, and I have used them to teach my students how to use descriptive language to improve their writing. The stories all have lessons to be learned, and although some are subtle, each is a gem to discover. That children are recognizing...
...that you focused on the positive aspects of Rowling's series and not on the headline-making, ban-this-book rubbish that so often takes center stage. Children (and adults) have found something they love that requires no keyboard to access--only imagination and an open mind. As a teacher, I relish discovering a book that students are eager to finish and reread. When students hustle into the classroom and want to share and discuss parts of a book they have read, that's truly magic. DANIEL WALTERS West Seneca...