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If you tell kids that they can get a book with sex in it for free, that might be enough to spark some desire for reading.
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That’s the thesis behind Uprise Books, a nonprofit that is sending low-income students all the good books that have been banned or challenged to promote teen literacy, fight censorship, and halt the cycle of poverty.
Read on: How To Get Kids To Read? Give Them Banned Books
(via fastcompany)
(via fastcompany)
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Bookseat by Fishbol Atelier
The Bookseat, is a simple bookcase that playfully curves and becomes a seat. The creative design is a response to the advent of multifunctional spaces in today’s urban living.
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Video: Chavs author Owen Jones returns to Stockport
Owen Jones, author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, goes back to his native Stockport to talk to Stuart Jeffries, and some local people, about the word ‘chav’ and what it means to them (via The Guardian)
