Muddy Puddle Musings

Reflections on the books, poems, short stories, cereal boxes and small print I'm currently reading AND the films I'm getting to see upon occasion. . . .

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Sunday, December 3, 2017

TV Show - Glitch

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Just finished watching Seasons 1 and 2 Premiered: 7/9/2015 Netflix - Season 1 (but I think that was in Australia, in America it was 2016...

Saturday, January 21, 2012

7. Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta

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2006 Australia, 2008 USA, HarperTeen 419 pages YA Rating: Awesome/5 Michael L. Printz Award Setting: Australia, somewhere in the Sy...

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

39. Pink -Lili Wilkinson

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Harper Teen, 2009 Australia, 2011 US 310 pgs. HC $16.99 YA Rating: 4 This book has a bit of a different premise than the norm - a high...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

48. The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

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Washington Square Press published in Australia in 2008 paper, $15.00 552 pages for: adults Rating: 5 I really enjoyed this cleverly w...

Saturday, August 8, 2009

52. Tales from Outer Suburbia - Shaun Tan

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Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic, Australia 2008, US 2009 $19.99 96 pgs, YA Rating: 4 Endpapers: Tiny grey-pencil sketches from the stories ...

Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness - Colin Thompson

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Published: Sept, 2008 For: (See note below) Rating: 4 Read: Jan. 2009 Endpapers: Tiny brown and white print with pawprints (after I rea...

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Chris: I retired from teaching nine years ago and then spent almost four years as a children's librarian/aide at the public library, I missed teaching, so.... I've taken a job as School Librarian at a private K-8 school, and I'm so excited! I've taught fourth and fifth grades, middle school literature, and college-level children's literature. Originally from New England, I lived and taught on the coast of Maine for many years, then spent 14 years in the glorious sunshine of Tucson, Arizona, before moving eight years ago to south central Pennsylvania - a new adventure! I adore my kids, my grandkids (I got married at "age 9"), my students, books and reading, quilts and quilting, yarn and knitting, papercrafts and altering books, genealogy, letterboxing, watching movies on the "big screen" - and hitting the road to adventure far and wide. I hate to cook and love to eat. I finally got to visit my 49th state last year (yay!! and it was awesome) so that leaves only one to go ... soon, I hope, soon.....

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