Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku - Lee Wardlaw

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Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin 2011, Henry Holt & Co. $16.99 32 pages Rating:  4.5 Endpapers:  Navy & lt. blue/gray cat fur, clo...

Alphabet Bird Collection - Shelli Ogilvy

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Illustrated by the author Sasquatch Books, Seattle; 2009 $16..95 ages 3 up 56 pages Endpapers:  Dark, deep slate blue Book design:  Be...
Monday, January 30, 2012

MOVIE - Ides of March

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Not one single dull moment... Wide release 10-7-11 Friday 1-27-11 after school at Kolb cheap theater R (1:40) RT Critics: 85% Audience 7...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

10. Small As an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson

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2011, Candlewick Press $15.99 TPPL 278 pgs. Rating:   It was okay Setting :  Contemporary Mount Desert Island, Maine - Seawall, Bar Har...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Compost Stew - Mary McKenna Siddals

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an A to Z Recipe for the Earth Illustrated by Ashley Wolff Triangle Press, Berkeley, 2010 32 pgs $15.99 Rating:  4 Endpapers:   Collag...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

MOVIE - The Artist

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Surprisingly delightful! Limited Released 11-25-11 1-26-11 at ElCon with Sheila, Kate, Linda PG-13 (1:40) RT Critics: 97%   Audience: 91...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

9. The White Mary - Kira Salak

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audio read by Joyce Bean 2008, Brilliance Audio 10 cds, 12 hours $36.95 368 pgs. Written for adults Rating:  4/Liked it a lot Settin...

8. I Am J - Cris Beam

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2011, Little Brown &  Co. 340 pgs. Written for YA Excellent/4 Setting:  Contemporary NYC OSS:  Being born male in a female body an...
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...
Friday, January 20, 2012

6. No Ordinary Day - Deborah Ellis

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2011, Groundwork Books, House of Anansi Press 160 pages Written for middle grades (however a small caution:  although nothing is ever said...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

5. May B. a Novel - Caroline Starr Rose

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a novel told in verse 2012, Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House 233 pgs. Written for middle grades Liked it Historical Fiction Lot...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Movie - Joyful Noise

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Lots of laughs, with every subplot having a happy ending Released 1-13-12 1-14-12 at ElCon with Dede PG-13 (1:57) RT Critic: 38% RT Audi...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Substitute Creature - Chris Gall

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illustrated by the author Little Brown & Co., 2011 HC $16.99 32 pages Endpapers :   Full double page illustrations of a street on Ha...

Rock 'N' Roll Mole - Carolyn Crimi

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Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin) 2011 HC $16.99 32 pages Rating:   4 Endpapers:  Violet-blue Title...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

4. A Month of Sundays - Ruth White

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2011, Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux 168 pgs. Written for middle grades Hmph.  Probably shouldn't rate it right now wh...
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