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            10 Articles Tagged Current Events

            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: The Environment General
            September 23 2021

            In The Water Defenders, Victory Reminds Us That Water Is More Precious Than Gold

            Left: Robin Broad; right: John Cavanagh   In the early 2000s, many people in El Salvador were at first excited by the prospect of jobs, progress, and prosperity that the Pacific Rim mining company promised. However, farmer Vidalina Morales, brothers Marcelo and Miguel Rivera, and others soon discovered that the river system supplying water to

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            In The Water Defenders, Victory Reminds Us That Water Is More Precious Than Gold

            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: The Environment General
            September 23 2021
            General
            August 23 2021

            Register for the 2022 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Author Events!

            Penguin Random House Author Events at the 41st Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 12-15, 2022 Click Here to RSVP   While a complimentary meal and a limited number of books will be available to in-person attendees, PRH authors will speak virtually via screens set onstage and via Zoom for online attendees   Interested in hosting one of these authors at

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            Register for the 2022 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Author Events!

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            August 23 2021
            First-Year Reading
            September 15 2020

            Register for the 2021 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Virtual Author Events!

            Penguin Random House Author Events at the 40th Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 15-19, 2021 Click Here to RSVP PRH virtual events are open only to registered FYE® conference attendees. To register for the conference, click here. Once registered for the conference, be sure to sign up for each event that you plan to attend in advance to receive login

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            Register for the 2021 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Virtual Author Events!

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            September 15 2020
            Community & School Reads Adults
            April 5 2018

            Five Key Terms to Understand the Shared Struggle for Black and Latinx Civil Rights: A Letter from Christian Coleman on Paul Ortiz’s New Book

            The following letter was contributed by Christian Coleman, Digital Marketing Associate at Beacon Press.  We live in a time where a president makes barefaced remarks in speeches that African Americans and Latinx people are prone to violence and corruption. His statements, obviously, pay no respect to the centuries-long history of African Americans and Latinx people organizing together

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            Five Key Terms to Understand the Shared Struggle for Black and Latinx Civil Rights: A Letter from Christian Coleman on Paul Ortiz’s New Book

            Community & School Reads Adults
            April 5 2018
            Nadia Murad
            First-Year Reading
            August 17 2017

            A letter from Nadia Murad, author of THE LAST GIRL

            My name is Nadia Murad. I am Yazidi, a member of a small, monotheistic religious community whose holy temples and homelands are located in northern Iraq. Early in the morning of August 3, 2014, militants with the Islamic State attacked Kocho, my small village, and from that moment on my life—as well as the lives

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            A letter from Nadia Murad, author of THE LAST GIRL

            First-Year Reading
            August 17 2017
            weaponized lies daniel j levitin
            First-Year Reading
            March 22 2017

            Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on Critical Thinking in a Post-Truth Era

            The best defense against sly prevaricators, the most reliable one, is for every one of us to learn how to become critical thinkers. Critical thinking trains us to take a step back, to evaluate facts and form evidence-based conclusions.

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            Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on Critical Thinking in a Post-Truth Era

            First-Year Reading
            March 22 2017
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
            March 13 2017

            You Can Save Lives with This Community Read

            by DONNA GEPHART, author of Lily and Dunkin (Delacorte Press, May 2016)   I’m not going to sugarcoat this. The statistic is grim and the stories behind it heartbreaking. Forty-three percent of transgender young people try to kill themselves. Why? Here’s one story: Because her parents isolated her from supportive friends and adults, refused to accept

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            You Can Save Lives with This Community Read

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
            March 13 2017
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            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction
            February 6 2017

            VIDEO: Chelsea Clinton Shares Why She Loves Audiobooks

            Did you know that more than 85% of learning derives from listening? Chelsea Clinton, author and narrator of IT’S YOUR WORLD, shares some fascinating literacy facts that support why audiobooks are an important addition to any classroom or library.

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            VIDEO: Chelsea Clinton Shares Why She Loves Audiobooks

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction
            February 6 2017
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            First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            January 25 2017

            Journalist Jon Ronson on Twitter Shaming

            Twitter has become a stage for constant artificial high drama, where every day a new person emerges as either a magnificent hero or a sickening villain.

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            Journalist Jon Ronson on Twitter Shaming

            First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            January 25 2017
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            December 22 2016

            Community-Wide Reads: Young Adult Adaptations of Bestselling Books

            Many times, when communities consider books for a common reading experience, they are taking into account the entire makeup of their group or groups of people. This undoubtedly includes families with young children and/or teenagers, and what better way to bring this collective group together than to appeal to all age groups? When a book

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            Community-Wide Reads: Young Adult Adaptations of Bestselling Books

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            December 22 2016
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