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Lynn: In I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird:  My Adventures Photographing Wild Animals from a Helicopter (National Geographic 2010) the subtitle says it all.  Veteran photographer Haas writes about his fascinating and dangerous job photographing wildlife from small planes and helicopters.  Each page turn yields another unique and beautiful photograph with commentary by Haas [...]

Lynn: Three words, Nic Bishop Lizards (Scholastic 2010).  I don’t suppose we really have to say anything more than that, but of course we will.  As you would expect, the photographs in this new book are stunning but they are stunning in a way that provides more than just a gorgeous picture.  Each photography reinforces [...]

Lynn: I am writing about the two new entries in Houghton’s Scientists in the Field series today.  Seriously people – just put this series on standing order and be done with it!  Each book is a treat and you don’t want to risk missing one.  I’m an unabashed fan of the series.  The books focus [...]

Lynn: I’ll start this post by reminding readers that my 7-year-old twin grandsons stay with me before and after school and during the summer. Like most 7-year-old boys they love bugs and books about bugs. Cindy saw this book at ALA and I ordered Bug Zoo (DK 2010) sight unseen. Bugs: how to catch them [...]

Lynn: You are all book lovers out there so I know you will understand when I say that there are some books that I just want to clutch tightly to my heart when I’ve finished them. I can hardly bear to put them down and break the reading spell. Snook Alone (Candlewick 2010) is one [...]

Lynn: We have a great friend currently serving on Notable Children’s Book committee that we get together with every month to happily discuss books. Ed Spicer often generously lends us books that we haven’t seen yet. Recently I came home with a whole stack and they were all so enticing I hardly knew where to [...]

Lynn: Here is a book that is going to take very little work to promote. Just set Pika: Life in the Rocks (Boyds Mills 2010) on display and stand back. The eye-catching cover will guarantee that this book will be checked out immediately. I am always excited to find excellent nonfiction books for our youngest [...]

Cindy: The BP oil spill is sure to be incorporated into many curricular lessons this school year with its wide-spread environmental and economic impact. Libraries would be wise to be prepared with books to support the lessons to be learned. One of the many tough things to watch has been the growing impact on the [...]

Lynn: Summer means that I have my grandsons with me all day and I have been reminded daily of some of the universal truths about young children. I won’t bore you with an inclusive list but some that rise to the top in my world include: little boys are never bored with bugs, running through [...]

Lynn: Cindy found this wonderful book on the shelf at her public library, fell in love with it and shared it with me and the focus group. To say it was a hit is an understatement and the boys are not happy I’m returning A Beach Tail (Boyds Mills 2010) to Cindy. Clearly this is [...]