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Bukowski wrote in his poetry anthology 'On Cats': 'Animals are inspirational. They do not know how to lie...I can look at an animal for hours and find nothing but grace and glory, life as it should be.'

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Name a character who vibrates as intensely as Stanley Kowalksi in Tennesse Williams' play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?

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The speaker of this poem says she wants to 'kill the carrots' and that she 'resented the contentment of vegetables'. You can read the full poem here: https://wordsfortheyear.com/2017/12/02/i-remember-the-carrots-by-ada-l...

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This funereal opening to Michele Forbes' 'Ghost Moth' describes the main character's encounter with a seal at sea:

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'I think he lived forever on the edge of imminent catastrophe, and so he came to appreciate everything with the joy and terror of a child.'

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Nastenka, the female love interest in this novella, says this to the man she's betrayed: 'I have hurt you, but you know - when one loves, an injury is soon forgotten'.

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Question for deep thinking: is the act of folding 1000 origami cranes, which, according to Japanese legend, grants the maker a wish, an act driven more powerfully by hope or guilt in the novel?

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Learn to knock on the door of their IMAGINATION.

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This is for parents to try at home!

","url":"https://booksinsidemyhead.com/enrichment/f/how-to-improve-your-childs-vocabulary-make-it-a-family-affair","title":"How to improve your child's vocabulary? Make it a family affair!","summary":"This is for parents to try at home!","date_modified":"2025-09-22T15:58:40Z"}]}