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After the B4: Girl in Pieces and Combating the Brooding Byronic Bad Boy

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If you’re not following @broodingYAhero on Twitter, you probably should be. I say this not because I have some kind of sponsorship deal (I don’t) or because I spend too

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Cut the Bull, and Express Yourself! | Ferdinand Pt. 3

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We’ve talked about historical context, we’ve talked about animal rights, and now it’s time to talk about why boys can’t cry. More importantly, it’s time to talk about being true

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Cut the Bull, Let’s Talk Animal Rights | Ferdinand – pt. 2

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Last week, we talked about The Story of Ferdinand and the impacts and messages that classic picture books carried. Today, we are going to talk about the recent, 2017 film

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Cut the Bull, Be Yourself! Ferdinand Part 1 of 3

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The Story of Ferdinand (1936) written by Munro Leaf and Illustrated by Robert Lawson We don’t often put context behind our favorite picture books. Why would we? It’s the words

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Sunshine Boy – An Artist’s Journey from Web-Comic to Graphic Novel

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Sunshine Boy, written and illustrated by Lee “Moosopp,” was picked up by Sparkler Monthly shortly after making it into the finals with Hiveworks Comics. It’s safe to say that Sparkler

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A Millennial’s Wrinkle in Time

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What exactly is, A Wrinkle in Time…this question can only be answered by Madeleine L’Engle’s cosmic yet mystical novel that turns the reader’s world upside down and invites us into

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