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  2. Amy Tan - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.amytan.net. Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir. Tan has earned a number of awards acknowledging her contributions to literary ...

  3. Tongue-Tied (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    A boy has teeth that glow in the dark. He has never lived with his mother. But one day, when he finds a letter mentioning where his mother might be, his friend tries to help him meet her for the first time. Sniffex. A sequel to the Unmentionable story Ex Poser. Boffin has now invented a smell detector, which he hopes will help him find out who ...

  4. The New Mother - Wikipedia

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    The New Mother. " The New Mother " is a short story written by Lucy Clifford and first published in her collection of children's stories, The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise in 1882. The story has been reprinted in anthologies, including The Dark Descent, and was rewritten for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.

  5. The Gruffalo - Wikipedia

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    The Gruffalo is a short children's story around 700 words long. [18] It is intended to be read aloud as it is written for a target audience of children who do not know or are learning how to read. [19] It is written in rhyming couplets in primarily dactylic tetrameter.

  6. M. NourbeSe Philip - Wikipedia

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    Her short stories, essays, reviews and articles have appeared in magazines and journals in North America and England and her poetry has been extensively anthologized. [2] Her work – poetry, fiction and non-fiction – is taught widely at university level and is the subject of much academic writing and critique.

  7. Sylvia Townsend Warner - Wikipedia

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    Sylvia Townsend Warner was born at Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, the only child of George Townsend Warner and his wife Eleanor "Nora" Mary (née Hudleston).Her father was a house-master at Harrow School and was, for many years, associated with the prestigious Harrow History Prize which was renamed the Townsend Warner History Prize following his death in 1916.

  8. International Mother Language Day - Wikipedia

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    International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, [1] it was formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly with the adoption of UN resolution 56/262 [2] in 2002.

  9. First language - Wikipedia

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    First language. A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth [1] or within the critical period. In some countries, the term native language or mother tongue refers to the language of one's ethnic group rather than the individual's actual first language.

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