Becky

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“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

tags: books, literature, reading, words

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“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

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“Who is Alice?" asked mother.
"Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So I am singing Happy Thursday to her." - Frances the badger”
― Russell Hoban, A Birthday for Frances

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“It's best not to get too hungry if you can avoid it. If you get hungry enough, you will start feeling that your bad ideas are your good idea. If you get truly famished, you'll start feeling like a French philosopher, and that's unwise.”
― Katherine Rundell

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Mock Printz 2026 — 1175 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 12:33PM
Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more

Mock Caldecott 2026 — 1576 members — last activity Jan 01, 2026 04:16PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

Mock Newbery 2026 — 3188 members — last activity Jan 01, 2026 04:14PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.

Schneider Family Book Award — 58 members — last activity Jan 29, 2015 04:26AM
Discuss books that have won or may win the Schneider Family Book Award. The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book th ...more