Listopia > Joanne's votes on the list Best Books Ever (14 Books)
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The Giving Tree
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"I used to read this story to my kindergarten students and then we would discuss it. It has a moral that even children can understand. "
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The Secret Garden
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"One of the best ever books of all time. Sometimes children can see what adults miss when it's right in front of them. A great story of overcoming and friendship."
Joanne
rated it 5 stars
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The Secret Life of Bees
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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The Thorn Birds
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The Lorax
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"Another book I used to read to kindergarten students. An environmentalist view of what we are doing to our "home," ... the earth, that even children can understand."
Joanne
rated it 5 stars
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The Prophet
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The Kite Runner
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"A selection I chose for my freshman college students. Let's look at how people live in the other part of the world, that we sometimes only see as "evil." Several students became interested in Peace Corp possibilities after reading this novel."
Joanne
rated it 5 stars
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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"A book that prods us to become more....."
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The Little Prince
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Man's Search for Meaning
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"A classic in psychology. How we can survive in any circumstance if we have the will to overcome...."
Joanne
rated it 5 stars
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The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
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"Well...the characters are a little different than I would have created...but the question is...perhaps God, and Jesus Christ may just not fit into our "box.""
Joanne
rated it 5 stars
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The Things They Carried
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My Ántonia
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