Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Curious Garden - Peter Brown

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For: Kids Copyright: 2009 $16.99 Rating: 4 Endpapers: FRONT: Gray scattered with small rocks, BACK: Bright freen scattererd with grass...

MOVIE - Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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Wonderful On Demand - this morning, Sunday May 31st Originally hit the screens 11/25/2005 RT: 69% cag 91% 1:48 (N) Joan Plowright, Rupert Fr...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

29. Indigo Slam - Robert Crais

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Read by David Stuart 1997 Unabridge CD/Brilliance Audio 7 CD's - 7 hours Rating: 4.5 I should probably rate this a 5, but there was just...

28. Every Soul a Star - Wendy Mass

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For: Middle Grades & Middle School Published: Oct. 2008 322 pages Rating: 5 This is the second Wendy Mass book I've read and I...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

MOVIE - Angels & Demons

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Nonstop action with never a dull moment! Viewed May 27 at El Con PG-13 (2:20) RT: 37% cag: 70% Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor Director: Ron Howa...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

27. The Year the Swallows Came Early - Kathryn Fitzmaurice

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Booklist Starred Review Grades 4-6, ages 9-12 273 pages Published Feb. 2009 Rating: 5 Madelyn, my Because of Winn Dixie lover, is going to...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Our Abe Lincoln - Jim Aylesworth

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An Old Tune with New Lyrics Illustrator: Barbara McClintock for: Young kids Rating: 5 2009 $16.99 A class is putting on a play about Abe Lin...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

The Pied Piper's Magic - Steven Kellogg

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2009 Rating: 5 For: Kids $16.99 Front endpapers: Elf walking through a lovely forest Back endpapers: Pied Piper Fountan full of happy peo...

A Writing Kind of Day - Ralph Fletcher

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POETRY Poems for Young Poets for: Intermediate Grades 2005 Rating: 4 (a 3-5 range of poems, graphics, not illustrations, are "ih...

In the Land of Words - Eloise Greenfield

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POETRY New and Selected Poems Illustrator: Jan Spivey Gilchrist 2004 (Why have I never seen this before? ? ?) Rating: 5, oh yes $16.99 Catal...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

26. Marked - P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast

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House of Night Series #1 Mother-daughter authors Published 2007 320 p. For: YA $8.95 Rating: 4 (B & N Sales Rank #213!) Rayna, one of m...

MOVIE - New in Town

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Cute, predictable, and quite enjoyable PG (1:36) RT: 18% cag: 75% Released Jan. 30, 2009 (I think this was the last day on the big screen ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Shanghai Messenger - Andrea Cheng

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Illustrator: Ed Young For: Elementary kids 2005 Rating: 3.5 Endpapers: Turquoise Xiao Mei, a half-Chinese American girl, is encour...

MOVIE - Adventureland

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A smart, untrivialized comedy/drama Viewed Friday 5/15 at Crossroads Comedy/Drama (R) 1:47 Released 4/3/09 RT: 89% cag 70% Kristen Stewart...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Altered Book Exchange

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In March, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I journeyed to downtown Tucson, to what I've heard is the oldest building in the city. There...