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amithaknight

  1. disagree!! The Jane Austen Novels Ranked publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/bo… via @publisherswkly
  2. Fascinating article about Kerala, faith, and medicine. ow.ly/b9n7a /via @sashikaufman
  3. @robin_van_eck @lkblackburne @lianabrooks yes. it was completely the wrong advice. based on faulty, biased research at the time I think.
  4. @lkblackburne @lianabrooks audiobook version?
  5. @lkblackburne @lianabrooks and teachers told my parents that I'd never do as well as other children if I had an accent.
  6. @lkblackburne @lianabrooks kind of touchy subject for me since being monolingual feels like a disability that only gets passed on.
  7. @lkblackburne @lianabrooks I agree there is a middle ground, but inflammatory language doesn't help.
  8. @lianabrooks it's b/c of people like this i lost my mother-tongue when I went to school. they told my parents to only speak English at home.
  9. Interview with Nancy Conescu, Executive Editor at Dial Books for Young Readers janekohuth.blogspot.com/2012/05/interv… #kidlit /@janekohuth's blog
  10. @EgmontUSA Hahaha! my husband once found his glasses in the freezer. he will never live that one down.
  11. RT @bkshelvesofdoom: I just laughed so hard looking at these that I choked. Literally. ow.ly/b8Ey0
  12. @yarebels The Dark is Rising movie was EXTREMELY disappointing.
  13. (I think this will be the 3rd reading today.)
  14. My husband: "Which book do you want to read for bedtime?" My toddler's response: "Duck Sop Hop!" (aka Duck SOCK Hop by @janekohuth)
  15. @sashikaufman haha!
  16. Do Plants Smell Other Plants? This One Does, Then Strangles What It Smells n.pr/Ju1EQR /via @nprnews
  17. Why is twitter suggesting Justin Bieber as someone I should follow? Not sure what to conclude from this.
  18. @anindita so cute!
  19. Margaret Atwood mentors British novelist Naomi Alderman: bit.ly/LtVMJy via @lkblackburne @jonnygeller
  20. @josephandersen woo! congrats!