Rafe Esquith

:Monday, August 2nd:

7:00 P.M., Decatur Library Auditorium

Schools are starting their new year, and if you care about the quality of children’s education, you won’t want to miss our guest, the only teacher to have been awarded the President’s Medal of the Arts and the author of the bestseller, Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire. Rafe Esquith teaches in Los Angeles, and his super-successful, inspirational teaching methods have helped thousands of children maximize their potential. His new book is Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children, a book that enlarges on his themes and shows us how to make our kids not just great students but thoughtful and honorable citizens. Don’t miss this special event, and let your child’s teachers know about it as well, please.!

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July 26 2010

When the thermometer seems stuck on the unpleasant side of 90, as it has lately, there's not much you can do to chill down. Even laughing takes energy. But we'd suggest you take a peep at this list of additional quirky, quite real book titles; it won't take long, and it just might give you a little something to think about while you're waiting for the next cool spell to happen.

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