Youngsters Invited to Libraries for Book, Anime, Game Clubs
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By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 13--Pierce County libraries are offering a fall bounty of programs for teens and tweens. Any children between 11 and 18 can participate in the free programs sponsored by The Friends of the Libraries.
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From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online.
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Science and engineering clubs for young teenagers in England are to receive Â£5m in support.
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Â· Bursaries not all allocated at eight institutionsÂ· Many youngsters unsure if they are eligible
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Children starting primary and secondary schools will receive free books to help raise reading levels,  Chancellor Gordon Brown says.
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Yoga and dance workshops for kids and parents at a museum. Free bike locks to encourage students to cycle to school. A food bank that offers fitness workouts along with hot meals for children. These are among the projects encouraged by a 2-year-old Chicago consortium tackling childhood obesity.
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Eoin Colfer had his young audience spellbound as he read from one of his books. Over 300 pupils from Tayside schools proved today that Harry Potter isn't alone in igniting the flame of interest in children's ...
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Children at International Schools overseas live out the raw material of a literature unique to them and to their experiences.
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By Joy Campbell, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 7--So far, Sidney Board, 14, knows how to get on the Internet, and she likes making slide shows on a computer. That pretty well sums up her computer knowledge.   But that's about to change.
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Young readers are engaged in the participatory media of text messages, instant messaging, YouTube and MySpace. So maybe Japan's success with cell-phone novels could work here, writes columnist Mike Elgan.
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By Julia Stuart  They come home from school, ignore their toyboxes and log on. Mouses in hand, they enter a virtual world and play with their dolls online. The real thing, it appears, is no longer cool.   There is a plethora of internet sites now catering for young girls.
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The nation's 140 toy libraries are also a key development tool for children.
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On Thursday, a high-powered group recommended college for some 16-year-olds and preschool for all.
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Young radio reporters will be broadcasting to the nation on New Years Day.   The fledgling radio reporters learned their skills in a North Tyneside Council library.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - Harvard University students:  overachieving, bookish bores or repressed party animals? A  little of both, it seems.
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The newest addition to the Google Book Search Project, which aims to index the world&#8217;s books, is Tokyo&#8217;s Keio University and its library of over 120,000 books, all in Japanese. &#8220;The Google project allows us to make our collections visible worldwide, allowing us to contribute to research and education on a global scale. Our university was [...]
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After-school sports club are being launched to improve basic skills like throwing and catching.