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Handbook of Nature Study

by Anna Botsford Comstock

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The Samurai's Garden

by Gail Tsukiyama

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How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard

by Douglas W. Tallamy

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JoLee’s Quotes

“They learned no compassion from their own anguish. Thus their suffering was wasted.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“And always, there was the magic of learning things.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward.

A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Classics Book Club — 18 members — last activity Mar 18, 2014 09:45AM
Every month we will read one classic book from Jane Austin to S.E. Hinton. We will read novels, novellas, poems, plays, and short stories.

Young adult and Classics — 43 members — last activity Jul 14, 2014 10:40AM
Here you can talk of all your favourite books and characters while making new friends. Doesn't matter if you love good old Jane Austin or obsess over ...more

Reading Classics, Chronologically Through the Ages — 471 members — last activity May 20, 2026 06:42PM
This group began with a book called The Well-Educated Mind (TWEM) by Susan Wise Bauer, which is a wonderful guide to “The Great Books.” TWEM presents ...more