Monthly Archives: July 2016

BRB; I have to finish sniffling over this Harry Potter thread

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

I came across this exchange this afternoon while wasting time online (be warned that the image below contains a curse word): My first reaction to this thread was to tear up a little. Like most Harry Potter fans, Rubeus Hagrid … Continue reading →

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What the #$@& to do about profanity in middle grade fiction

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

One year my Battle of the Books reading list contained “The Runner,” by Cynthia Voigt. Battle of the Books was an annual in-school competition that allowed students to sign up as teams of four, read a list of books issued … Continue reading →

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The importance of boredom

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

When I was a kid, it was usually around this time of year — at the height of summer vacation — that I started to get bored. The novelty of being out of school would wear off as June melted … Continue reading →

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