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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: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Narrator: Steve West and Fiona Hardingham ISBN: 9780545224901 Pages: 409 pages Dics/CDs: 10 CDs, 12 hours 7 minutes Publisher/Date: Scholastic Inc., c2011. “It’s the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.” When Sean Kendrick was ten, his father was killed by a cappal uisce during the [...]
March 29, 2012
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According to Chase’s Calendar, March 23rd is National Puppy Day. Although obviously not as well-known as maybe President’s Day or Thanksgiving, I thought it was a great opportunity to make a display for the month of March. The last couple years we’ve featured books with colors in the title with the theme “Reading through the [...]
Title: Ghetto Cowboy Author: G. Neri Illustrator: Jesse Joshua Watson ISBN: 9780763649227 Pages: 218 pages Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2011. Publication Date: August 9, 2011 The front door’s open. I walk in and the first thing I smell is . . . horses? I ain’t never smelled a horse before, never even saw one up close before [...]
February 10, 2012
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I had placed some items on hold for my posts in honor of May being National Egg Month, and May 14th being Dance Like a Chicken Day. They didn’t come in on time, so I did not include them in my posting. Well, they finally arrived, and rather than just sending them on their merry [...]
May is apparently National Egg Month, and May 14th is Dance Like a Chicken Day. So all this week, this “chick” is featuring chickens! Yesterday I counted chickens, today I’m presenting some big chickens! Title: Chicken Big Author/Illustrator: Keith Graves ISBN: 9780811872379 Pages: Picture Book Publisher/Date: Chronicle Books, c2010. Publication Date: August 18, 2010 With [...]
May is apparently National Egg Month, and May 14th is Dance Like a Chicken Day. So all this week, this “chick” is featuring chickens! First up are Tough Chicks by Cece Meng. Title: Tough Chicks Author: Cece Meng Illustrator: Melissa Suber ISBN: 9780618824151 Pages: 32 pages (Picture Book) Publisher: Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton [...]
Title: Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night Author: Joyce Sidman Illustrator: Rick Allen ISBN: 9780547152288 Pages: 32 pages Publisher/Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, c2010. “To all of you who crawl and creep, who buzz and chirp and hoot and peep, who wake at dusk and throw off sleep: Welcome to the night.” [...]
Title: Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World’s Smartest Horse Author: Emily Arnold McCully ISBN: 9780805087932 Pages: Picture Book Publisher/Date: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, c2010. Born Bill Key a slave on a plantation in 1833, “Doc” Key’s way with animals soon became well-known. An Arabian mare that he saved from a circus whipping [...]
February 7, 2011
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Title: Scat Author: Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 9780375834868 Pages: 371 pages Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, c2009. “When Nick knelt to retrieve his shoe, he glanced back down the curving boardwalk just in time to see Mrs. Starch, in her straw hat and dragonfly glasses, marching alone into the smoky swamp. He had no idea that she [...]
