Jackie French
September 30, 2024
What do Jackie French, Dav Pilkey and Agatha Christie have in common? Yes, they are all well-established and popular writers. They also all have dyslexia. And they are featured in Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes who Changed Our World, written by Shannon Meyerkort and illustrated by Amy Blackwell. Shannon initially wrote her book Brilliant Minds for […]
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November 5, 2022
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, where readers all begin with the same title and link it to six other books in whichever way our brains decide to make connections. This month’s starting book is The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver. Coincidentally, I am about to make chicken stock out of this very cookbook, […]
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December 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to The Muddleheaded Wombat
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Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, which is usually on the first Saturday of the month—except when I completely forget about it! And this was one month I didn’t want to skip because the starting book is one that meant a great deal to me when I was a young teenager: Are You there […]
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November 5, 2016
Welcome, once again, to Six Degrees of Separation, a literary meme in which Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest offers us the title of a book, and we link it to six others in any way that comes to us. Six Degrees of Separation often begins with books I’ve not yet read, but probably should add to my to-read […]
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