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June 16, 2015

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Book Review: Escape Reality with Candy and the Creepy Creatures of Abarat

In Clive Barker’s Abarat, readers meet 16-year-old Candy Quackenbush, a small-town girl with an alcoholic father and weak-willed mother. Candy knows there are more interesting places out there and longs for something weird. When Candy meets the John brothers, a creature with 1 body and 8 heads, she brings the […]

June 9, 2015

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Surprise Me

7 Children’s Books that Get Better with Age

There is something magical about children’s books–the simplicity of innocent stories, laced with poignant lessons about life and love. Everyone has that one special book. The one that still has the ability to make them laugh out loud and maybe shed a few bittersweet tears. Maybe it’s the one their […]

June 1, 2015

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News About Our Company

COMPanion Corporation–Still Growing After 28 Years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 01, 2015 – SALT LAKE CITY – COMPanion Corporation, home to the software engineers who created the industry-leading library automation software system, Alexandria, is announcing internal expansion in their marketing department. After more than 28 years in business, this privately owned corporation not only remains debt-free, […]

May 22, 2015

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Lesson Plan Ideas

How to Teach Students Poetry Through Music

Poetry is powerful and an important thing for students to learn. Think about it—what other form of literature has the ability to paint pictures in your mind, spark a fire in your heart, break the boundaries of grammar, all while displaying 10 essential literary elements? Oh, and did we mention […]