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Allowing Ourselves to Grow
Imagine entering a store to buy some clothes for the upcoming year. In the athletic section there’s one style of outfit and it comes in four basic colors that all go together. The same is true for casuals clothes, business … Continue reading
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Tagged Audience, book-review, book-reviews, books, Change, Fiction, Growth, Publishing, Reading Level, Tropes, Writing
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Everyday Fantasies
Years ago when I coached teams of graded school-aged children for Odyssey of the Mind, I learned about imagination in the psyche of the preadolescent child. Some children wanted to be conformists and preferred not to suggest ideas that were … Continue reading
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Tagged conformity, Fantasy, Tropes, Young adult
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