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  2. 5 important lessons we learned from Roald Dahl's stories - AOL

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    Each of Dahl's iconic stories taught us about life, love, and finding ourselves in the unlikeliest of places. Here are some lessons we learned from five of his most famous stories and scripts. 1.

  3. Original Stories from Real Life - Wikipedia

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    Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness is the only complete work of children's literature by the 18th-century English feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft. Original Stories begins with a frame story that sketches out the education of two young girls by ...

  4. The Old Man and his Sons - Wikipedia

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    A 17th century illustration of the fable by Jacob Gole from Pieter de la Court 's Sinryke Fabulen. The Old Man and his Sons, sometimes titled The Bundle of Sticks, is an Aesop's Fable whose moral is that there is strength in unity. The story has been told about many rulers. It is numbered 53 in the Perry Index.

  5. Malala's Magic Pencil - Wikipedia

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    9780316319577. OCLC. 3999882421. Malala's Magic Pencil is a 2017 picture book authored by Malala Yousafzai and illustrated by Kerascoët. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in the U.S., and Puffin Books in the U.K., [2] with Farrin Jacobs as editor. [3] It shows Yousafzai growing up in Swat, Pakistan, and wishing for a magic ...

  6. The Book of Virtues - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Virtues (subtitled A Treasury of Great Moral Stories) is a 1993 anthology edited by William Bennett. It consists of 370 passages across ten chapters devoted to a different virtue, each of the latter escalating in complexity as they progress. Included in its pages are selections from ancient and modern sources, ranging from the Bible ...

  7. 6 life lessons 'The Wizard of Oz' taught us all - AOL

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    5. Real courage is facing your fears. The Lion best represented this when he put aside his own fears to help his friends. 6. There's no place like home. You don't need emerald cities or ruby ...

  8. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and retelling William Shakespeare 's plays in a way they could be easily understood by younger readers. She also included a brief Shakespeare biography, a pronunciation guide to some of the more difficult names and a ...

  9. Out of My Mind (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Booklist stated that Out of My Mind is "a book that defies age categorization, an easy enough read for upper-elementary students yet also a story that will enlighten and resonate with teens and adults". [13] The Bulletin said the novel "[Will make] students think twice about their classmates, acquaintances, and siblings with special needs". [8]