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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Akron man killed in crash on his street
Browns find another way to lose
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
After 30 years at the helm of Akron Children's, Considine still looks to future
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Sunday Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns sick after sick loss in Detroit
Akron Zips:
Zips advance to Sweet Sixteen
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Post-game defensive quotes
Kent State Sports:
Kent State defeats Rochester College, 63-44
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Onion, By Any Other Name…
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (70) Savings in Medicare Advantage
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Faye Dunaway to be Evicted?
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Monique asks how to get tickets for the Polar Express.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – You are All Wrong About Jobs, or the Lack of Jobs, Being the Reason People Do Not Live in NEO
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008
Capsule reviews of recent children's books:
• Always With You, by Ruth Vander Zee, illustrated by Ronald Himler, ages 8 to 12, $17.
Tender and affecting, this story of a Vietnamese war orphan illustrates the emotional arc of war's toll.
Young Kim, blinded when her village is bombed, clings to her dying mother's side as the dust settles. She is left for dead until American soldiers discover and rescue her. At an orphanage, she learns how to feel safe again, marveling at her new life: ''How do you feel full when there is not enough food to eat?'' she wonders. ''How do you see color in spite of the hazy gray?'' Based on a true story.
• One Hen, by Katie Smith Milway, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, ages 8 or older, $18.95.
Here's a real math problem: How many hens does Kojo, a poor Ghanaian boy, have to buy before he can realize his dream of going to college?
The answer: one — provided that hen lays enough eggs for Kojo and his mother to eat, with some left over to sell at the Saturday market. With the profits from his egg money, Kojo can build up his flock and use the extra profit to pay for school fees that eventually lead to a college scholarship.
One Hen is based on micro-loan programs like those organized by World Vision, Food for the Hungry, Habitat for Humanity and other international-development organizations.
• Pizza, Pigs and Poetry, by Jack Prelutsky, ages 7 or older, $5.99.
Born with a terrific sense of humor and rhythm, our national children's poet laureate kindly shares some secrets about writing poetry. For starters: Have fun. Poems don't have to be bleak and gloomy. In fact, Prelutsky strongly recommends taking inspiration from misbehavior, broken rules and, of course, pigs: I'm a piglet, pink and stout
If I'm cold, I sneeze and sniff
If I have to blow my snout
I take out my oinkerchief.
Who knew poetry was so unintimidating?
— Claire MartinDenver Post
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