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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Matilda Wormwood
Apr-22-2008
...child, Matilda could read by the age of 3 -- and was reading literature by 4. When I was first introduced to Matilda, I was immediately intrigued by her. As a 7-year-old, I thought...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Flem Snopes
Feb-04-2008
...Your Turn: Flem Snopes. From William Faulkner's Snopes Family trilogyNominated by William Dykes Aside from having one of the most revoltingly evocative names in American literature,...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Christy Huddleston
Jan-30-2008
...As they say, if you can read this, thank a teacher. I do--all of them who taught me to love literature and to share that love with others....
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Wishbone
Jan-16-2008
...Talbots, with stories from classic literature. Creating storylines based on works such as Romeo and Juliet, Joan of Arc, Rip van Winkle, and Treasure Island, Wishbone opened many children's...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Our Cast of Characters
Jan-15-2008
...literature; Scott Simon will examine the delusional Willy Loman; and Larry Abramson will look at the hubris of Captain Ahab. Of course, underneath all great characters -- even the...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Laura Ingalls
Jan-09-2008
...in a hostile world. That she was based on someone real gave a force to her stories that was absent from the male-driven literature at school. She wasn't pretty, she wasn't plucky, she...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Dorothy Gale
Jan-09-2008
...and I shoved favorite toys in my sleeping bag so that if a hurricane hit our house, I'd be ready to stay in the Emerald City. Dorothy's story changed children's literature. She was one...
