“ ‘The Arctic is showing more extreme indications of climate change,’ said Gil Bohrer, a professor and environmental engineer at Ohio State University in Columbus. Sea ice is shrinking, rainfall and snowfall are changing, and Arctic tundra is turning green in some places and brown in others.” (Bates)
“There is a very real sense in which certain crudities in the Americans are not so much a part of American crudity as actually a part of American culture. They are not mere outbreaks of human nature; they are something systematically impressed upon human nature.” (Chesterton)
Growing up as a voracious reader, I never saw books about Filipino children or about the Philippines and rarely saw books about Asian people and their countries. Now, working as a children’s librarian, I notice that there has been an influx of children’s books that celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders. America is a melting pot…
Kpop is the term used for Korean popular music. It is mainstream music that originated from South Korea – its like Ariana Grande or Taylor Swift in the United States. Some popular names in Kpop are Blackpink, TXT, Seventeen and BTS. The Kpop is pretty new and can pull from many musical styles including rock,…
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Five readalikes for Five popular titles over Five days
