Booking It

Thank you to those of you who have continued to check my blog in hopes that I would finally begin posting again.  Unfortunately, I was not in a position to post blogs for a while, but now I am b...

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Pages: 29 Ages: 2+ Publication: Already Available Illustrations by : Mark Teague In this rhyming story, different dinosaurs behave badly for their human parents, but the humans love them de...

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Pages: 30 Ages: 4+ Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini A blind princess lives her life oblivious to some of the beautiful things that surround her. Be...

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Pages:280 Ages: 14+ Publication: Already Available When Willow spends the summer helping her Aunt Agatha remodel an old barge into a floating chamber music concert hall, she runs into all ki...

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Pages: 29 Ages: 3-7 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Gary Lippincott In this rhyming story about a fairy whose dress isn't good enough to wear to the open-invitation ball, Yol...

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Pages: 209 Ages: 9+Publication: Already Available (2007) When Hannah, Alex, and Brandon skip out on their summer extracurriculars to wander the campus of Snipesville State College, they wander ...

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Pages: 40 Ages: 9-12 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Bill Farnsworth   When America went to war for independence from the British, so did Benjamin Tallmadge.  A school t...

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Pages: 28 Ages: 3-6 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Susan Mitchell When a girl visits her aunt’s pumpkin patch as a three-year-old, her aunt and mother joke about a baby pumpki...

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Pages: 29 Ages: 4-8 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Bagram Ibatoulline The Scarecrow's Dance is one of my favorite rhyming books. When an old scarecrow leaves his post in the...

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Pages: 48 Ages: 5-9 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Gail De Marcken E.T.A. Hoffman's classic story becomes highly visible when Gail DeMarcken illustrates it.  In the story an...

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Pages: 34      Ages: 3-6 Publication: Already Available Illustrated by: Jon J Muth The Christmas Magic is a fun book for younger children to read when Christmas gets close.  The book fo...

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Pages: ? Ages: 4+ Publication: Available Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again (picture coming soon) is a wonderful book and true story about a little dolphin that surv...

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Pages: 227 Ages: 12+ Publication: Already Available When thirteen-year-old Davia goes with her parents to Louisiana to help care for dying Aunt Mari she discovers a world that her parents can...

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Pages : 198 Ages: 12+ Publication: Already Available When Erin skips out on her trip to see her estranged mother and opts to hitchhike, she comes across Mae and Levi (Mae's brother), who are...

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Pages: 352 Ages: 12+ Publication: July 2009 Megan Frazer's Secrets of Truth and Beauty has something for everyone.  The book has mystery, action, romance, and a healthy dose of dysfunction...

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Pages: 78-90 Ages: 7-10 Publication:  Already Available Horrid Henry, an Atlantic crossover written by Francesca Simon, is Dennis the Menace for the contemporary crowd.  Horrid Henry's a...

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There are two things that satisfy me this Saturday, so I’ll just get right down to it. The first thing is the Degrassi Goes Hollywood movie that is scheduled to air this summer. From the previ...

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Since we're gearing up for summer reading here, there are lots of supplies just lying around and looking tempting. The theme is "Get Creative," which allows us to get creative too. Hence, there i...

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I have to say, I’ve never been a big “counterculture” fan, but this newest installment of Emily the Strange is quite good. I like Emily, even if she is a little creepy. In this new book...

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Rules: 1. Grab your current read 2. Open to random page 3. Share 2 teaser sentences from somewhere on that page 4. Be care...

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Publication Date: June 2009 Ages: 8-12 194 Pages Newcomer Diana Lopez colors the tween scene with her debut novel about a normal Latina girl who loves socks, sports, and science. If only Lina...

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FAVORITE BOOKS: My little brother and I absolutely loved The Fox and the Hound. We had this book and tape set that we read until the flimsy paperback fell completely apart and the tape actually ...

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17 Again, starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry as Mike O’Donnell at 17 and 37, uses conventional methods to tell a conventional story. A man, unhappy with is life, is given a chance to do i...

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I admit I’m a bit of a book snob. I want the book physically in my hand and to read it with my eyes and my imagination, not with my ears. However, I just finished listening to my first audio...

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Discussion and Activities for Rules by Cynthia Lord Time Needed: 50 minutes to 1 hour Supplies Needed: Rules by Cynthia Lord Several hardback and paperback books that are OK to destroy Several ...

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