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Tag: Reading
REVIEW: Crown Of Feathers’ multiple perspectives don’t enhance reader’s experience
The fantasy novel by Nicki Pau Preto does succeed, however, in telling an engaging tale about phoenixes and ‘animage,’ writes Jaime Murdock.
Children should read daily
BY JOE WEPPLER According to www.literacy.ca, 42 per cent of Canadian adults between the ages of 16 and 65 have low literacy skills. As recently as 2013, Statistics Canada found that not even a quarter of work-aged respondents scored above level 3 – the minimum level of proficiency – on the International Adult Literacy Survey. According to professionals, the key to increasing the literacy rate in Canada is simple. Introduce … Continued
Ban book banning
In April, someone asked the Toronto Public Library to ban the children’s book Hop on Pop because he or she thought it encouraged children to use violence against their fathers. This isn’t the first time someone has wanted a book to be banned, and it won’t be the last. Some of these requests have been granted. Just last year, a library in Florida banned the book Fifty Shades of Grey … Continued
The future foretold – a first-person account of a tarot card reading
BY STEPH SMITH Conestoga College students had the opportunity to receive a glimpse into their future in the Sanctuary on Jan. 23. International clairvoyant Kristina Hope Ray gave eager and anxious students alike free individual tarot card readings. The line for this unique event grew as word got around that there was a fortune teller on campus. I arrived at noon, just as it was starting and already there were … Continued
