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Winner of The Panic Years

Cherie Burbach — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:14:59 +0000

Summer is a great time for chick flicks and light-hearted reads. This fiction, while still nonfiction, fits that bill nicely. Not that many of you entered our contest for The Panic Years, so that means you each had a really great chance of winning.

The winner was our 4th comment, bashtree. Sounds like bashtree is going to give this book to someone special she knows. She said, “great-sounding book, I know just the person!”

Hope your friend enjoys it, bashtree!

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Winner of The Panic Years

The Library Bags are Home

Eliza Ferree — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:05:16 +0000

BalletGirl came home today very excited about that bag she was carrying, it had all types of treasures inside. What was in the bag? Books. If you or if she is anything like me, you will learn that a book can transport you to a new world, time, place in a matter of pages. If it is a good book it can grab you the moment you begin to wait. Now that she is older I see her picking more books that are actually familiar to me. Do you recognize any of the books below?

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Summer Reading Books:
Scary Stories: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
Fairies: Cook Book By Barbara Beery
The Kids’ Book of Chocolate By Richard Ammon
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Always Wear Clean Underwear! by Marc Gellman
Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist by Jim Benton
The Shivers in the Fridge by Manushkin
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein

How many of you remember poems by Shel Shiverstein? I also remember Franny K Stein and the Wimpy Diaries as her brother checked them out just a year or two ago. Course I didn’t like her comment, “Mom you know these books right?” In reference to Shel’s, “Yeah why?” She kind of shrugged and replied, “They just looked old, like classics.” OUCH.

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The Library Bags are Home

Summer Reading List Update

char — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:11:44 +0000

Earlier this week I challenged everyone to help me build a reading list for kids 8-18 this summer. I have had a great response so far. Here is what we have to date:

My input:

Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) – Christopher Paolini; great book for boys ages 10-18
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) – J.K. Rowland; for boys and girls ages 10+
Baseball Boxed Set – Matt Christopher; boys and girls ages 8+

Randa at Lumps of Clay suggests:

Anne of Green Gables Series, by L.M. Montgomery – great books for girls of all ages
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis – wonderful for all ages as well
Little House on the Prairie Series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder – girls of any age should enjoy these

Katelyn at Free Holiday Ideas recommends:

Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Lynnae from Under the Clutter likes:

The Animal Ark series by Ben M. Baglio. This is a great series for young animal lovers. Ages 8+.
The American Girls Collection. Historical fiction for girls. Ages 8+.
Young Women of Faith: Lily Series by Nancy Rue. Christian fiction centered around a 6th grade girl named Lily. Ages 8+.

Gayle at Parenting Teens recommends:

The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot Girls ages 12&up.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Grades 10&up, according to School Library Journal. One of the classics, which most of us have to read at some point in our high school career.
The Da Vinci Codeby Dan Brown Adults & older teens.

And Erin recommends the Betsy and Tacy series.

Who else wants to add to this list? Either post your recommendations in the comments, or better yet, post them at your blog and let me know so I can link to you.

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