5/13/2023 0 Comments Ben & Me by Robert Lawson![]() ![]() ![]() Once you've met Amos and read his account, you'll never think of Ben Franklin-or American history-quite the same way.Įxplore this historical time period even further in this new edition of award-winning author Robert Lawson's classic tale, with additional bonus material, including a map of Ben Franklin's travels! Did you ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? Benjamin Franklin was one of the most famous inventors in American history, and according to this amusing book, he got most of his ideas-the good ones at any rate-from a mouse! Funny, interesting and wise, Ben and Me is a classic American story that has been read by generations of young people. Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos! Funny, interesting and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Buy the thorn of emberlain![]() ![]() Those of you attending GollanczFest or Fantas圜on in the UK in September will also have the chance. Those of you going to GenCon or the World Science Fiction Convention in August will have a chance to see me, if you like. If you’re wondering what the scale of the move is, it’s roughly 1300 miles. ![]() ![]() I am moving! That’s right, in the middle of July, I am permanently moving cross-country, from the scenic fringes of Wisconsin to the hilly majesty of the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts, where my beloved Elizabeth Bear and I have bought a house together. Why not July? Well, I literally do not have one free day in which to do promotional work, for one thing. I apologize for not being able to talk about this in detail sooner, but we had to nail down some specifics on both sides of the Atlantic before we could move forward. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Sun Signs by Shelley Hrdlitschka![]() ![]() When a surge of electricity wakes up the mummy, Alex and his best friend Freddie fall through a door into the night sky and find themselves on a mission to help a cadaver named Costas to cross the river Styx and clear his name from a false accusation for murder. Kids Can Press 2005 1-55337-709-5 IL: 5-7ġ2 year old Alex’s mother died three years ago and his still grieving father is opening a museum of oddities that features an ancient Greek corpse. Oliver soon becomes involved, with his new friends, in a fight to save the pond, for creatures that he had never before given a second thought. Suddenly, he enters the pond world where he becomes friends with a salamander named Mooch and crow named Antoine. Amazing things start to happen when Oliver finds a magical gem, which allows him to change into what ever pond creature he is touching. ![]() Then his family moves to a run down house near a pond. Oliver is a lonely 10 year old boy who loves to watch TV and pull the wings off flies just to hear them snap. However, healing comes about in some unexpected ways… Things become even more complicated when her mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital to work their fields, despite the neighbors’ disapproval. Groundwood Books 2005 0-88899-695-0 IL: 5-8įor 12 year old Emaline, losing her father, her dog and her health because of a terrible farm accident seems like an insurmountable tragedy. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard![]() My Thoughts: This one and I recommend it for ages 12 and up. Callie doesn’t want to admit it, but could she actually have feelings for him? Juggling both her complicated relationship with Alex and saving Emily from a dire engagement, Callie only has a month before the real Rebecca arrives! Will she be able to prove that she not just a big mouth klutz before the gig is up? As Callie spends time with Emily’s family, she develops a crush on the cute, yet arrogant, Duke of Harksbury, or Alex. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the year 1815! Unsure if she’s lost or if it’s all a dream, Callie quickly make friends with the kindhearted Emily, who mistakes Callie for an old friend. ![]() Unfortunately, the combination of a size too big and Callie’s clumsiness makes her trip and fall on the cobblestones. Trying to impress the popular girls, Callie buys a pair of real Prada pumps. Summary: Callie is on a high school trip to London with no one to keep her company. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments I Remember...A Memoir of Nazi Invasion Forced Exile and Conce... by Lorissa Wilfong Holt![]() The German government forbade emigration from the Greater Germanic Reich after October 1941. Following this, they discouraged emigration by restricting the amount of money Jews could take from German banks and imposed high emigrations taxes. By the end of 1933, of the 600,000 German Jews, 100,000 had already emigrated to Palestine. Furthermore, the Havaara Mark was used instead of the Deutschmark, because of its lower interest rates, and it was seen as more favourable. In 1933, Hitler and the Jewish League agreed to the Haavara Agreement in which, over time, German Jews and their finances could and would settle in Mandatory Palestine. One day boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany on April 1 1933, organised by the National Socialists, in response to the Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933: SA members are sticking a poster to the window of a Jewish store in Berlin, inscribed with "Germans, Defend yourselves, Do not buy from Jews". ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will linger long over the eight full-page paintings which dramatically illustrate the story. ![]() The Legend of the White Doe is handsomely designed with generous margins and graceful print. She is shot and becomes a ghost deer, visible even to this day, as she wanders the Great Dismal Swamp. When the young lovers run away they are caught in a magic ring of fire, and the evil medicine man transforms Ulalee into a white doe. Renamed Ulalee, the child grows up to be courted by two rivals, a handsome young brave and an ugly old medicine man. ![]() On Croatoan Island, where the colonists sought shelter from the enmity of Chief Wanchese, the young widow Eleanor Dare falls into madness and throws herself into the sea, leaving the baby Virginia to be adopted by Chief Manteo's mother, Lady Winona. But from the point where history tells no more, Hooks constructs a fantastic story in which elements of magic and folklore are wildly blended. Grade 4-6 Hooks' story of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, begins with the basic historical facts. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Potiki by Patricia Grace![]() ![]() ![]() This short novel evoked so many thoughts and memories and dug up so much that has been buried within me, that it was at times difficult to concentrate on the story. The book does not really have a true resolution instead, Patricia Grace outlines the cultural differences that exist in New Zealand, and the uses and abuses of power, and how it can affect a people.īrilliant. She details their successes and many painful failures in a sparse, simple prose. She relates the growing concern the Maori have about developers coming into their land, and their quiet, concerted efforts to rebel. ![]() Mostly, though, the story is told by Roimata, Hemi's wife and Toko's adoptive mother. However, he also has a sixth sense and can see events before they occur. Toko is Hemi's adopted son and is physically handicapped. ![]() Sometimes, it is Hemi, a man who was laid off from his job and realizes that this situation affords him the opportunity to reconnect with the land, his culture and his family. A Maori community on the coast of New Zealand is threatened by a land developer who wants to purchase the community property, move the community meeting hall, and construct many new buildings, including an "underwater zoo." The story is told in several chapters that switch narrators. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Romance fans already know Cole is a gifted storyteller, but she can also craft a true edge of your seat mystery.”ĬRIME READS “12 Books You Should Read In September” POPSUGAR “The 25 New Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in September” ![]() “If you loved Get Out, you’ll love this new thriller by Alyssa Cole.” “ When No One Is Watching is romance writer superstar Alyssa Cole’s debut thriller…It’s a really creepy, smart page-turner.”ĮSSENCE “14 Fall Books By Black Authors To Add To Any Bookshelf” “Combining the voyeuristic paranoia of Rear Window with the searing social commentary of Get Out, this thriller from Alyssa Cole turns gentrification into fodder for a horror movie.”īUZZFEED Roundup “7 New Books Coming Out This Week You Should Definitely Read” ![]() ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Roundup “20 New Books Coming in September” ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments True Nature by Jae![]() ![]() Plus One: Griffin accepts Jorie's invitation to be her "plus one" at Jorie's high school reunion, eager to find out about her lover's past. With three cat-shifters on the hunt, the house will be a rodent-free zone in no time. When the Cat's Away: With a mouse in Griffin and Jorie's house, Griffin calls her fathers. ![]() Kylin has a desperate idea, but is her gruff father Brian, ruler of the pride, really babysitter material? What could be more nerve-racking than cat-shifters who don't believe in Christmas with a human woman, allergic to cats, who doesn't believe in shapeshifters?īabysitter Material: It's Rufus and Kylin's anniversary-and no babysitter for the triplets. Leave it to her sister Leigh to interrupt.Ĭoming to Dinner: Jorie and Griffin are having second thoughts about their decision to invite Griffin's shapeshifter relatives and Jorie's mother for dinner on Christmas. Five short stories that give glimpses into the lives of Griffin, Jorie, and the other characters from Second Nature.īonding Time: Griffin has been looking forward to feline bonding time with a special lady. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments True blood dead until dark![]() ![]() “Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.”- Entertainment Weekly “It’s the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking you’re only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.”-Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood Praise for #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #2) (Mass Market):Ĭlub Dead (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #3) (Mass Market):ĭead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #4) (Mass Market):ĭead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #5) (Mass Market):ĭefinitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #6) (Mass Market):Īll Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #7) (Mass Market):įrom Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #8) (Mass Market):ĭead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #9) (Mass Market):ĭead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #10) (Mass Market):ĭead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #11) (Mass Market):ĭeadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #12) (Mass Market):ĭead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #13) (Mass Market):Īfter Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #14) (Hardcover): This is book number 1 in the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series. ![]() |