“If everything’s the same‚ then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up and decide things.”(Jonas) “It’s the choosing that’s mordant‚ isn’t it?”(Giver). In the Newbery award winning novel‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a future dystopian. In this society everything is the same and no one sees colors‚ feels pain‚ or make decisions for themselves. The idea of “sameness” is totally unfair. When you don’t get to have any choices‚ feelings‚ or personalities‚ it just takes the human out of humanity
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Stefan Green 4/28/13 Narrative Essay Louis L’Amour The reason for school is to get an education. But what is that? Some say to get a better career and make more money or become smarter in general. But the main reason that school was invented was to teach children to read and write. That is it. After students were able to read and write then came the math‚ history‚ and science. Growing up I loved learning how to read and write‚ but to a certain degree. After I got pretty good at reading and
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Myers‚ Walter Dean. (b. 1937)‚ poet‚ editor‚ and novelist. A versatile and prolific writer‚ Walter Dean Myers (also Walter M. Myers) has published short fiction‚ essays‚ and poetry in such disparate periodicals as the Liberator‚ Negro Digest‚ McCall’s‚ Essence‚ Espionage‚ and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He was a regular contributor to men’s magazines until‚ as he says‚ "they gave themselves up to pornography." In 1968‚ he wrote his first children’s book as an entry to a contest sponsored
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family and polish it into a saga. irginia Hamilton has won many awards and honors as a writer of fiction and nonfiction and a reteller of folktales. She is the first author to receive the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for the same book—her 1974 novel for young people M.C. Higgins‚ the Great. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished children’s book of the year. Hamilton was born on March 12‚ 1936‚ in Yellow Springs‚ Ohio‚ a town similar to the one she created
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investigation into the introduction and use of this topical anaesthetic. Evidence suggests that the benefit of Amethocaine gel has over EMLA is in that the time of application to needle time is significantly reduced (Lander‚ Weltman‚ & So‚ 2009‚ p.14). Newbery and Herd (2008‚ p.491) state that amethocaine’s mode of action could save time and therefore associated costs to the emergency department. This is significant as it decreases the delay in commencing treatment‚ which assists in decreasing patient stay
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Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Imagine a world with no books. Imagine gathered around a camp fire listening to stories of hero’s‚ witches‚ dragon slayers‚ ghost‚ and even biblical blood baths. Well‚ this is how children were first told stories not from pages in a book but from images and memories of ones mind. Stories were told to children and adults alike. The art of storytelling slowly progress over the years from story telling orally to finally
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how different high schools talked about YAL and the importance of it and went to the library and noticed that there YAL section mostly contained classics and series books‚ which are intended for some adults and young girls. He also explains how the Newbery award muddles the issue by using terms such as “children”. He notes that universities aren’t even sure what YAL even is‚ they consider it “kiddielit”. He goes on to mention what he considers YAL is. He states that YAL as all genres of literature published
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contemporary lullabies.[3] However‚ most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example‚ a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye‚ baby on a tree top"‚ cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).[3] [edit] Early nursery rhymes From the later Middle Ages there are records of short children’s rhyming songs‚ often as marginalia.[5] From the mid-16th century they begin to be recorded in English plays.[6] Most nursery rhymes were not
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either on land‚ at sea‚ or in the air. It is second only to Bharat Ratna given by Government of India. The decoration was instituted on 26th Jan 1950 by the President of India‚ with effect from 15th August 1947. The award may be given posthumously. The medal was designed by Savitri Khanolankar. The medallion is a disc of one and three eighth inches in diameter made of bronze. There are four replicas of "Indra’s Vajra" with the State Emblem and motto in the center on the obverse. It has Param Vir Chakra
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Children’s Literature It is hard to imagine a world without books for children. Ever since there were children‚ there has been children’s literature too. There have been children’s stories and folk-tales when man first learned to speak. Children’s books‚ however‚ are a late growth of literature. Miss Yonge says‚ "Up to the Georgian era there were no books at all for children or the poor‚ excepting the class-books containing old ballads and short tales". We shall nevertheless see that there were
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