SLJ Battle of the Books

That’s right, folks! The Cheshire Cheese Cat is a part of School Library Journal’s Battle of the Books! Sixteen books are chosen and fight through four rounds to crown the ultimate champion. Judges are chosen in each round to read two books and chose one to move to the next round in March Madness style…

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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!

Today marks the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens! In celebration of the man who helped inspire The Cheshire Cheese Cat, I give you a list of little known facts about Dickens. Charles Dickens was epileptic and made some of his characters (like Oliver Twist’s brother) epileptic. He was also a mesmerist, which is basically healing…

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