Thu, January 22nd, 2009
Top 5 Picture Books
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Our lists of top books of the year would not be complete without our favorite picture books. I miss my days as a public library children’s librarian for the storyhours and the picture books. Even though I work with middle school students now, I’ve kept my puppets, Where the Wild Things Are dolls and my [...]
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Sun, January 18th, 2009
Top Five 2008 Nonfiction
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Choosing our top ten titles this year (Lynn’s list / Cindy’s list) was so hard. Even when Lynn cheated and added an extra title many of our favorite books were still left out. So we decided to list our top five nonfiction titles too. These are chosen for their outstanding quality and are listed alphabetically [...]
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Sun, January 18th, 2009
Lynn’s 2008 Baker’s Dozen
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Why 13 titles? Everyone makes a top ten, and besides, Cindy and I can’t possibly narrow our favorites down that far, so we’re giving you a Baker’s Dozen of 2008 favorites. Mine are here and Cindy’s are in a separate post. Our first ten are selected on literary merit alone and are in alphabetic order [...]
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Sun, January 18th, 2009
Cindy’s 2008 Baker’s Dozen
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Why 13 titles? Everyone makes a top ten, and besides, Lynn and I can’t possibly narrow our favorites down that far, so we’re giving you a Baker’s Dozen of 2008 favorites. Mine are here and Lynn’s are in a separate post. Our first ten are selected on literary merit alone and are in alphabetic order [...]
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