reading
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The Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber (audiobook)
Book title: The Witch’s Boy (audiobook) Author: Michael Gruber Bibliographic entry Gruber, M., & O’Hare, D. P. (2005). The witch’s boy. New York: Harper Children’s Audio. Description Long long ago a boy named Lump is born to a witch. The prejudice he experiences his whole life, because of his facial deformity and strange behaviour, turn him into…
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Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Book title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Bibliographic entry Bray, L. (2011). Beauty Queens. New York, NY: Scholastic. Description 50 contestants for the Miss Teen Dream beauty pageant are heading towards their first tropical photo shoot, when the plane crashes. The survivors bond together to survive learning how to be smart, deal with pirates and exfoliate…
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Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Book title: Their eyes were watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Bibliographic entry Hurston, Z. N. (2006). Their eyes were watching God. New York, NY: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1937) Description Janey endures three very different marriages and spends her life searching for love. Set in Florida and the 1920s, the book is an…
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The World Almanac for Kids (2013)
Book title: The World Almanac for Kids 2013 Author: World Almanac Books Bibliographic entry World Almanac Books (Ed.). (2013). The world almanac for kids 2013. New York, NY: World Almanac Books. Description This almanac is filled with pictures and facts. It highlights popular culture in the year 2012 and is organized by topic alphabetically from animals to…
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Shocking discoveries about picture books
This week I’ve been weeding the picture books in my library which date from the 1960s forward. Luckily, I had some readings to help guide the process: Kay E. Vandergrift’s webpage Notes for the Analysis of a Picture Book and John Sciezka’s article Design Matters. So although I’ve been weeding the 250 picture books that we have in…
threadbare beauty 