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              First-Year Reading
              November 7 2017

              Free Resource: 2018 Catalogs for First-Year & Community Reads

              We are delighted to present our new First-Year reading catalogs for 2018! From award-winning fiction and memoir to new books about science, technology, history and current events, the titles presented in our college reading catalogs will have students not only eagerly flipping through the pages, but also excited for the chance to discuss their reading

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              Free Resource: 2018 Catalogs for First-Year & Community Reads

              First-Year Reading
              November 7 2017
              Perfect Score
              Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
              November 1 2017

              How his job as a classroom teacher helped THE PERFECT SCORE author Rob Buyea discover the power of audiobooks.

              We’re thrilled to welcome author Rob Buyea to the Common Reads blog to share his own personal experience with audiobooks and why they are perfect for teachers and students.

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              How his job as a classroom teacher helped THE PERFECT SCORE author Rob Buyea discover the power of audiobooks.

              Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
              November 1 2017
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              First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
              October 18 2017

              Garrard Conley on Finding One’s Own Identity in America (VIDEO)

              Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased, talks to Signature about finding his identity in small-town America, surviving gay conversion therapy, and being part of the LGBTQ community in today’s political climate.

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              Garrard Conley on Finding One’s Own Identity in America (VIDEO)

              First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
              October 18 2017
              Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
              October 13 2017

              FENWAY AND HATTIE Global Read Aloud!

              The 2017 Global Read Aloud kicked off this month and features Victoria J. Coe’s Fenway and Hattie for its early reader selection! The Global Read Aloud aims to connect teachers and students across the globe by reading aloud the same book during a set 6-week period.  The project started on October 2nd and runs until

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              FENWAY AND HATTIE Global Read Aloud!

              Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
              October 13 2017
              First-Year Reading
              October 6 2017

              Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

              The Swedish Academy has announced the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”   The newest Literature Laureate mentioned to the BBC that he hoped the Nobel prize would

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              Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

              First-Year Reading
              October 6 2017
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              First-Year Reading
              September 28 2017

              Sady Doyle, Author of TRAINWRECK, Pens a Letter to Readers

              Dear Readers, When I first met Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, I was 18. She was presented to me in a women’s studies class as a rational, respectable figure: A “proto-feminist” whose revolutionary ideas had included letting women vote (horrors!), get educations (gasp!), and, most controversial of all,

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              Sady Doyle, Author of TRAINWRECK, Pens a Letter to Readers

              First-Year Reading
              September 28 2017
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              First-Year Reading
              September 28 2017

              Register for the 2018 Penguin Random House FYE® Conference Author Events!

              RSVP now for the Penguin Random House Author Events at the 2018 First-Year Experience® Conference in San Antonio, TX

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              Register for the 2018 Penguin Random House FYE® Conference Author Events!

              First-Year Reading
              September 28 2017
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              September 21 2017

              Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists

              Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the only international literary peace

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              Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists

              First-Year Reading
              September 21 2017
              Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction
              September 15 2017

              Celebrate Constitution Day September 17th

              September 17th commemorates the 230th anniversary of the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution, and recognizes the efforts, rights, and responsibilities of all citizens. To celebrate the occasion, we’re highlighting 3 books that we hope will not only help readers gain a better understanding of the Constitution, but also more fully appreciate its continuing

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              Celebrate Constitution Day September 17th

              Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction
              September 15 2017
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              August 31 2017

              Around the World with THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING by Shelley Pearsall

              by Shelley Pearsall Last summer, my novel The Seventh Most Important Thing went around the globe. It traveled in suitcases and backpacks to Israel, France, Iceland, and England. It sat on a beach. It became part of someone’s wedding photo. It went to football practice. Mayfield High School, a large suburban high school outside Cleveland,

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              Around the World with THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING by Shelley Pearsall

              Community & School Reads Kids
              August 31 2017
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              First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Inspiration
              August 25 2017

              Dave Isay on CALLINGS and Finding What You are Meant to Do (VIDEO)

              In Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at a very young age, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them.

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              First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Inspiration
              August 25 2017
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              August 23 2017

              New Titles for August!

              As the summer winds down we wanted to highlight our titles that have just been added to the Common Reads site. If you’re looking for some inspiration to get outdoors in the final weeks of the season, consider reading Trespassing Across America, by Ken Ilgunas. Or if you’re considering fiction titles for a younger audience, Indie Next

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