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Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky”: Nonsense or not?

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Some say the poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll is a nonsense poem, which implies the poem is meaningless, but I believe it tells a fantastical …

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Gene Luen Yang Inaugurated as Fifth National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature

Posted by: Peter Armenti

“I am a nerd.” With that admission, Gene Luen Yang launched into a humorous, inspirational, and self-illustrated talk in the lead-up to his inauguration yesterday as the 5th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Yang is the first Asian American and first graphic novelist to serve as the National Ambassador. The mission of the position, …