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In Praise of Light Summer Reading

By Robin Bates | Published: July 16, 2014

This Scott Bates imagines a nightingale relaxing into summer reading.

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How to Compile a Summer Reading List

By Robin Bates | Published: June 5, 2014

Any reading list will be to some extent arbitrary. Here are some thoughts about compiling such a list.

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Summer Reading in Maine

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2009

This post is coming to you from Maine, where we have arrived for the Bates family reunion that we hold every three years. Before turning to books and the special quality that reading acquires in the context of a summer vacation, however, I hope you will indulge me as I describe the Bates Family Cottage. […]

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The Magic World of Children’s Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: July 7, 2009

William Kristof, the much traveled Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, wrote recently about the disturbing way that children’s IQ scores often drop over summer vacation. The cause is lack of intellectual stimulation. The problem is more severe with poor than it is with middle class kids. As an antidote, Kristof offered […]

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