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“As long as light shines” by Lemn Sissay
The poem “As long as light shines” is an original poem written by Lemn Sissay commissioned by the BBC. To watch D-Day 80 – Tribute to the Fallen in full, go to BBC iplayer. #DDay80 […]
Pope recalls Shoah, condemns nationalism
The Holocaust Wikipedia The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds … Continue reading
The making of a tree
Watch as Ryan’s Reading Tree is assembled in the Children’s room at the Modesto Library
Swallowed By the Waves: Remembering Tohoku 2011
Five years ago, I woke to a text from my sister that there had been an earthquake in Japan. I thought little of it, lying in my bed in Ohio. Only a few weeks beforehand, an earthquake there had appeared … Continue reading
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