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Issue Nº 40: Adventures in Temporary Homeschooling

March 13, 2020

We are having conversations with our kids about how our lives will be disrupted for the coming weeks and months. This is our opportunity to help others by staying away, because we can. (And not everyone can or should!) Here are some resources that are helping us get through this time.


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This month’s journey in book-writing: when did Jane Jacobs have her breakout moment?

New to this newsletter? Here’s a bit more about Jane and the book.


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Tidbits, asides, miscellany…

Ramona Quimby: on Having the Right to Be 'Too Much.'

An alternative to Amazon: Bookshop.

The new Wes Anderson looks like it will be everything and more.

Moma is launching a major black architecture exhibition this fall.

The New YA.


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In Monthly Letters Tags biography, Jane Jacobs for Young Readers, Jane Jacobs, social distancing, talking to kids about the corona virus, what to do with kids during school shut-downs
← Staying Home: The Big List of Stuff We are DoingFrom the Archives: Jane Jacobs and her "Breakout" Article for Fortune Magazine →

 

Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized — about cities, people, and creating a more equitable world — remain hugely relevant today. “JANE JACOBS: CHAMPION OF CITIES, CHAMPION OF PEOPLE, the first biography on Jane Jacobs for young readers, paints a vivid picture of a headstrong and principled young girl who committed her life to building cities made for, and by, the people who live in them.

 

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