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Since we are reading  Love and Other Foreign Words this week, we are featuring Erin McCahan and the books that inspire her most in this week’s edition of “Inspired By”!

 

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan, however, he can’t profess his love for Serena since he can’t trumpet joyfully.  Nothing impresses Serena, until his father buys him a real brass trumpet.

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Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm

This book brings together two dozen of the classics such as CinderellaSnow WhiteSleeping Beauty, and Hansel and Gretel.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Near the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town,  Ichabod Crane competes with Brom Bones for the attention of the beautiful Katrina.  When Ichabod goes home, he hunted by the headless horseman.

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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Ten strangers, each with their own dark secret, are lured to a mansion on an uninhabited island and are each killed off one by one.

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Ponyboy is convinced he has everything in life figured out.  He knows he can trust his brothers and his closest friends especially when it comes to a vicious gang called the ‘Socs’ who enjoy beating up on him and his group, the ‘Greasers’.  One night everything is turned upside down, when someone takes things too far.

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