Question: Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activities.She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD.

Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming.She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site.And now part of the moneyfrom her third and newest release, "Room to Grow",will be donated to help support community gardens.

Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations.Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there.The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, 'after California.

Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm.She grew up in a house her grandfather build on what had been farmland two generations ago.But the land was developed and was now part of a highway.

Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts.One is the American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes,a group she has represented for several years.

FoodRoutes says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness.The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment.Exports say food in the United States travels all average of more than three thousand kilometers from farm to store. 1. Who included seeds on their album cover?
2. Why did she do that?
3. What does she sing?
4. Who does she work with to promote farming? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. She even included seeds
2. wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming
3. Country singe
4. American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes

Question: Are you looking for a summer reading list for your child or teen? Keep your child reading all summer with this selection of 2012 summer reading lists.

Books for primary school students

Kenneth Cadow: Alfie Runs Away

When his mother wants to give away his favorite shoes just because they're too small, Alfie decides he's had enough.

Kate Feiffer: My Side of the Car

It might be raining on Dad's side of the car, but imaginative Sadie argues that it is not raining on her side, so their trip to the zoo doesn't need to be put off.

Books for high school students

Flinn: Beastly

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a proud Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return.

Lord: A Night to Remember

A description of the sinking of the " Titanic". a reputedly unsinkable ship that went down in the Atlantic on April 10, 1912 after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of over l, 500 people.

Books for high school students

Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn

It's Mark Twain's classic story about a young man and his slave Jim. They travel upriver to escape slavery and in the process Huck discovers what it J11cans to be a man. It teaches us about the value of friendship and sacrifice.

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

It is about a young man named Pip who inherits ( ) a great deal of wealth from an unknown source.The money quickly moves him up the scale in London.however, at the same time it also teaches him about the dangers of ambition. 1. Who wrote a night to remember?
2. What is the subject matter?
3. And it's geared for what age group?
4. How many books are recommended for that age group?
5. How many for the younger group?
6. Pip is the man character in what classic novel?
7. Who was the author?
8. Who wanted to go to see animals in their cages?
9. Which story is a modern adaptation of a classic fairytale?
10. Mark Twain wrote which novel? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Lord
2. The " Titanic
3. High school students
4. Four
5. Two
6. Great Expectations
7. Charles Dickens
8. Huckleberry
9. Beastly
10. Mark Twain

Question: That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us. Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet . But the star was _ . It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree. "Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said. As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone. The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents. "The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice. "From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice. "I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained. My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning golden star and a note in it: Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas! Love, Bryant ,A, B, C, D,. (10) 1. Who is experiencing something for the first time?
2. Which holiday is it?
3. What is significant about it?
4. Did she come to her children's house?
5. Did they go there?
6. What had she done the night before?
7. What did they start to do?
8. What were they looking for?
9. Why?
10. What did he think of it?
11. Were they able to find it?
12. Was that okay?
13. Why not?
14. Did she start to cry?
15. Who gave her a present the next day?
16. Who handed it to her?
17. Was his voice normal?
18. Was it the first one?
19. Where was it found?
20. Was it the old one? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. grandmother
2. Christmas
3. first Christmas without Grandfather
4. No
5. Yes
6. waited up
7. decorate the Christmas tree Christmas tree
8. star
9. Grandfather had given it to her
10. unknown
11. No
12. No
13. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together
14. yes
15. Grandfather
16. Father
17. No
18. No
19. Grandfather's closet
20. No