Wed, December 7th, 2011
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Not at my house, it’s not. The tree is up (but not decorated) and nothing is hung by the chimney with care. I’m a little behind in my holiday decorating this year. Fortunately, there are Christmas books to add some holiday cheer to my home and for us to recommend for your collections or [...]
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Fri, August 26th, 2011
One Love by Cedella Marley
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I usually hate celebrity picture books and I’m not usually wishy-washy on book opinions, but One Love (Chronicle Books 2011) has me dithering and looking for other opinions. Can we talk? Full disclosure: I am a Bob Marley fan. I have a tiki bar in my back yard with a 4-foot carved statue of Marley [...]
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Mon, December 14th, 2009
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Murphy opens Truce (Scholastic 2009) with a quote from Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, “What would happen, I wonder, if the armies suddenly and simultaneously went on strike and said some other method must be found of settling the dispute?” In the course of his research on The Great War, Murphy [...]
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Wed, November 18th, 2009
Let’s Talk Turkey
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I came home a few weeks ago to find a wild turkey strutting through my front yard. I frequently have to slow down and wait for a flock to saunter across the road on my way to work, but that was the first one to walk my garden path. Jim Arnosky’s new picture book, [...]
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