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Children performed “the ugly Duckling,” adapted from the tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
Plays with a message attract large audience
People packed the Baha’i Center of Nassau County on Sunday to see three performances of the Children’s Theatre Company, which features musical adaptations of stories with strong moral themes. … more
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Teachers Jaclyn Heffel and Breana Leonard announced the nominees for favorite book-to-movie adaptions.
Celebrating books that made it as movies
School No. 5 went Hollywood this year, as its Parents As Reading Partners (PARP) campaign Light, Camera, READ! rolled out the red carpet to encourage parents and students to read together every night … more
Bill Florio compiled 193 photos for the book. A favorite is the fire lookout tower, at left, that was located behind the Pagan Homestead before the tower burned down in 1931.
Pictorial history of village published
A local historian’s project became a reality on Monday with the release of the “Images of America” Valley Stream edition, authored by local resident Bill Florio. The project started in … more
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Chatterton Elementary School Principal Dana Bermas had a blast with students during the school’s recent Book Swap Day.
Chatterton swaps books for charity
Colorful books, crazy hats and shared excitement filled the Chatterton Elementary School cafeteria in Merrick on Jan. 12 when the school celebrated Book Swap Day. more
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Merokean Steve “The Crusher” Weiner set a world record by curling 12 frying pans in a minute in 2013, and broke it last month in Macau, China, curling 14.
'The Crusher' smashes Guinness record
Merokean Steve “The Crusher” Weiner stood in awe and soaked in the sheer size of the theater where he would attempt to break the Guinness world record for curling metal frying pans with his bare hands. “It was a huge, huge stage,” recalled the 6-foot-2 Weiner during a recent interview at his home in the Gables neighborhood. more
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Students from MephaM High School’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman J. Levy-Lakeside elementary schools in Merrick to become ‘reading buddies’ to first-graders.
Mepham seniors spread love of literacy
Children attending two Merrick schools recently received two gifts from Mepham High School students: a buddy and a book. Students in Mepham’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman … more
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Amy Zaslansky
Bellmore Herald Life Person of the Year: Amy Zaslansky
What’s in a book? An education. The trouble that too many children in low-income communities face is that they have little to no access to quality texts. One Bellmore resident, Amy Zaslansky, … more
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Paging the perfect gift? Make it a book.
I always give books as gifts, but my method of delivery has moved into the 21st century. No more hard-cover tomes wrapped and tied in holiday cheer. more
Robert Fouch, a copy editor at Newsday, self-published the story he wrote for his son.
Valley Stream resident authors children's book
After Rob Fouch read the children’s classic “A Wrinkle in Time,” by Madeleine L’Engle, to his 9-year-old son, Tyler, he asked if Tyler would like a story written just for him. “He was … more
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Students at the James Dever School poured over tables full of books to choose from.
Dever students get to pick a book
Students at James A. Dever Elementary School gathered around tables stacked with books of all kinds recently from which they could choose one to take home for free. The PTA-sponsored event, … more
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