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"Larry and I believe that ordinary people can change the world - in fact it's the main reason we're here." Janet Tashjian - author

 

Larry Links

 

 

Larry's Website

Larry Worksheet
(Due the first day of school)

Reader’s guide – Including interview with the author

Discussion questions to think about for “Larry Day” in September

Another interview with the author

The Author's website

Need more Larry?

 Read the Sequel - Vote for Larry 

New Larry Book - Larry and the Meaning of Life - Due out  September 16th

Sites Larry Might Like:

The story of stuff video by Annie Leonard  

Fifty Possible Ways to Challenge Over-Commercialism by Albert J. Fritsch, SJ, PhD

Another school read this book for summer reading and blogged about it.

A Larry Video about anti-consumerism on Youtube

 



 
 

The Gospel According to Larry
 
by Janet Tashjian
 
 

Websites for Larryfest:

(These sites work best with Firefox)

Larry Jeopardy!

Advertising:  Food Tricks

Alcohol Advertising Quiz

Overcoming Consumerism

Activist Investigation

Coke vs. Pepsi

Master Schedule for Larryfest

The entire Avon Middle High School Community is reading the same book this summer – The Gospel According To Larry by Janet Tashjian.

Books are on sale for $5 in the school library until 6/19.  Beginning 6/20 you can purchase them in the school office.

You can borrow Larry from the Avon Public Library. (Or if all copies are circulating and you don't want to wait, the Avon Public Library also has a limited number of copies on sale for $5)


When we return to school we will celebrate Larry Day!  (More information to follow!)
 

 

 

 

 

 

Any ? Contact Mrs. London

285 West Main Street Avon, MA 02322
(508)583-4822
X4162  
Fax (508)-588-5501

Hit Counter

 

 

Read about our Larryfest in the Brockton Enterprise

 

Link to Additional  Required Summer Reading Lists.

 

 

Top 10 Reasons to Read Larry

10. It's  an inexpensive summer activity. We're selling it at AMHS for $5. (If you share with a friend it's only $2.50) You can also borrow it from your local library.

9. It makes you think twice about shopping.

8. Larry's website gets over 100 hits each day.

7. You can find out how someone can bike from Newton to the Bourne Bridge.

6. You can find out what U2's Bono and a toothbrush have in common.

5. What other modern book throws in references to Henry David Thoreau?

4. You can learn how to make up your own words.

3. You'll think about how just one person can make a big difference in
the world.

2. You may be able to talk to the author.

1. Everyone at Avon Middle High is reading it too!

Thanks to Silver Lake & Newton HS for their suggestions!
 
 

Want to chat about Larry and summer reading in general?  Log into our page at Reads in MA, the MA Library Summer Reading program