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Dorothy's List

VPR's Book Club For Kids

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Dorothy's List: Alan Gratz Wins Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award For Second Straight Year

Dorothy's List: Alan Gratz Wins Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award For Second Straight Year

Each spring, upper elementary students schools in the Mt. Abraham Unified School District travel to the middle and high ... Read more

4 Jun 2019

4mins

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State Librarian Promises 'Thoughtful' Process To Rename Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award

State Librarian Promises 'Thoughtful' Process To Rename Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award

For more than half a century, Vermont’s middle-grade students have been reading books on Dorothy’s List, a reading progr... Read more

29 May 2019

10mins

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Dorothy's List: 'The First Rule Of Punk' Celebrates Being Yourself (And Rocking Out)

Dorothy's List: 'The First Rule Of Punk' Celebrates Being Yourself (And Rocking Out)

A group of fifth- and sixth-graders are in the library of Orleans Elementary School working on making “'zines.” 'Zines a... Read more

29 Apr 2019

9mins

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Dorothy's List: Girl Searches For Answers About Her Mysterious Past 'Beyond The Bright Sea'

Dorothy's List: Girl Searches For Answers About Her Mysterious Past 'Beyond The Bright Sea'

Beyond the Bright Sea takes place in 1925 on a string of small islands called the Elizabeths, off the coast of Woods Hol... Read more

25 Mar 2019

10mins

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Dorothy's List: Sci-Fi Novel 'Last Day On Mars' Tackles Moving — To A New Planet

Dorothy's List: Sci-Fi Novel 'Last Day On Mars' Tackles Moving — To A New Planet

Mars is a very different place from Earth. But for Liam and his friend Phoebe, the main characters in the science fictio... Read more

4 Mar 2019

11mins

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Dorothy's List: A Secret Locker Library Contains Challenged Titles In 'Ban This Book'

Dorothy's List: A Secret Locker Library Contains Challenged Titles In 'Ban This Book'

In Ban This Book some of 9-year-old Amy Anne Ollinger’s favorite books have started to disappear off her school library'... Read more

5 Feb 2019

10mins

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Dorothy's List: 3 Kids From Different Eras Flee From Their Home Countries In 'Refugee'

Dorothy's List: 3 Kids From Different Eras Flee From Their Home Countries In 'Refugee'

The historical novel Refugee weaves the stories of three refugee families fleeing their homes in different parts of the ... Read more

28 Jan 2019

11mins

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Dorothy's List: Teen Navigates Life Without Arms In 'Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus'

Dorothy's List: Teen Navigates Life Without Arms In 'Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus'

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had no arms? How would you eat? Or write? Or turn the pages of a b... Read more

2 Jan 2019

10mins

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Dorothy's List: 'The Whydah' Tells True Tale Of A Pirate Ship That Sunk Off Cape Cod

Dorothy's List: 'The Whydah' Tells True Tale Of A Pirate Ship That Sunk Off Cape Cod

The real lives of pirates are documented in Martin W. Sandler’s The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found. And... Read more

26 Nov 2018

10mins

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Dorothy's List: A Secret At Home Tests Relationships In 'Family Game Night'

Dorothy's List: A Secret At Home Tests Relationships In 'Family Game Night'

Author Mary E. Lambert was a master’s degree student in a Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency program while she w... Read more

29 Oct 2018

10mins

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