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Title: Be Quiet, Mike! Author/Illustrator: Leslie Patricelli ISBN: 9780763644772 Pages: unpaged Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2011. Bing, bong, bing, his rhythms would sing, but poor Monkey Mike heard only one thing…[...] BE QUIET, MIKE! In this rhythm filled picture book by Leslie Patricelli, Monkey Mike has made noise since before he was born. He bangs on pots [...]
Title: Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes Author: Salley Mavor ISBN: 9780618737406 Pages: 62 pages Publisher/Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010. All households should have at least one collection of nursery rhymes for parents and caregivers to expose their children. This collection of nursery rhymes is a must have for [...]
Title: Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook Author: Beverly Patt Illustrator: Shula Klinger ISBN: 9780761455776 Pages: 92 pages Publisher/Date: Marshall Cavendish, c2010. “Dottie is the reason I am starting this scrapbook. She left today, and I don’t know when she’ll return. The Masuokas and all the other Japanese families have been ‘relocated’ (Mother [...]
November 9, 2010
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Title: Black Belt Librarians: Every Librarians Real World Guide to a Safer Workplace Author: Warren Davis Graham, Jr. ISBN: 1599480271 Pages: 57 pages Publisher/Date: Pure Heart Press, c2006. *Horrible cover photo, I know, but I couldn’t find anything bigger or clearer. “The whole idea, and my fervent wish in producing this text, is to empower [...]
Title: Possessing Jessie Author: Nancy Springer ISBN: 9780823425593 Pages: 88 pages Publisher/Date: Holiday House, c2010. “Jason, no?” She wasn’t crying anymore. She felt too dry with terror to cry. “Oh, for God’s sake, Jessie, don’t get your panties in a bunch.” Jason swung back into the car. “You don’t have to come with me if [...]
Title: Tales From Outer Suburbia Author: Shaun Tan ISBN: 9780545055871 Pages: 92 pages Publisher/Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, c2009. This is an odd book that defines definition, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing. The book is a collection of fifteen short illustrated stories that revolve around “outer surburbia” which is unlike any small [...]
This post is supporting my week long look at just some of Russell Freedman’s collection of work. Title: Immigrant Kids Author: Russell Freedman ISBN: 0140375945 Pages: 72 pages Publisher/Date: Puffin Books, c1980. As immigrant kids went through the school system, they were transformed from foreigners into young Americans. They learned about American heroes, American folklore, [...]
This post is supporting my week long look at just some of Russell Freedman’s collection of work. Title: Who Was First? Discovering the Americas Author: Russell Freedman ISBN: 9780618663910 Pages: 88 pages Publisher/Date: Clarion Books, c2007. “For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to ‘discover’ America–the first to [...]
Title: Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale of An Amazing Feat of Engineering Author: Martin W. Sandler ISBN: 9781426304620 Pages: 96 pages Publisher/Date: National Geographic Society, c2009. He was ready to begin. But in order to do so he would have to do something that no one in the world had ever done. Not only would [...]
Title: Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that May or May Not Exist Author: Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young ISBN: 9781581960495 Pages: 72 pages Publisher/Date: Darby Creek Publishing, c2006. Cryptozoology is one big word that is easily decoded. “Crypto” comes from a Greek word meaning “hidden or covered,” and “zoology” is the [...]
