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Friday July 9 -
add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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An educator's creative TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD lesson (fab guest post!)
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Friday July 23 - add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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Book Review: *Talking to Girls about Duran Duran* by Rob Sheffield

Talking to Girls about Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin / Dutton Adult (July 15, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0525951568

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Growing up in the eighties, you were surrounded by mysteries. These were the years of MTV and John Hughes movies, the era of big [...]

Book Review: *The Language of Trees* by Ilie Ruby

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Avon A (July 20, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0061898648

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Echo O’Connell returns home to Canandaigua, to confront spirits, both living and not, and to share a secret with her first love, Grant Shongo—a secret that will forever change the lives of many people in the town and put to [...]

Book Review: *Put 'em Up!* by Sherri Brooks Vinton

Put ‘em Up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook from Drying and Freezing to Canning and Pickling by Sherri Brooks Vinton
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (June 2, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1603425469

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Preserving is back, and it’s better than ever.  Flavors are brighter, batch sizes are more flexible, and modern methods make the process safer [...]

Book review: *Sea Escape* by Lynne Griffin

Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (July 6, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1439180600

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Laura Martinez is wedged in the middle place, grappling with her busy life as a nurse, wife, and devoted mom to her two young children when her estranged mother, Helen, suffers a devastating stroke. In a desperate attempt to lure her [...]

Book review: *Bamboo People* by Mitali Perkins

 

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing; New edition (July 1, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1580893282

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Chiko isn’t a fighter by nature. He’s a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese [...]

Book review: *A White House Garden Cookbook* by Clara Silverstein

A White House Garden Cookbook: Healthy Ideas from the First Family for Your Family by Clara Silverstein
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Red Rock Press (May 16, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1933176352

Back-of-the-book blurb:   This book chronicles the first year of the White House vegetable garden with its many dozens of vegetables and herbs, including descendants of seeds planted by Thomas Jefferson; its berries [...]

Children's Book Review: *My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil* by Hanoch Piven

My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits by Hanoch Piven
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0375853388

Back-of-the-Book Blurb:  This picture book encourages children to be creative and make their own object portraits.  Learn how to create a funny librarian, a colorful [...]

Book review: *Day for Night* by Frederick Reiken

Day for Night by Frederick Reiken
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; 1 edition (April 26, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0316077569

Back-of-the-book blurb: “If you look hard enough into the history of anything, you will discover things that seem to be connected but are not.” So claims a character in Frederick Reiken’s novel, which seems in fact to be determined to [...]

Book Review: *The Map of True Places* by Brunonia Barry

The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (May 4, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0061624780

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Zee Finch has come a long way from a motherless childhood spent stealing boats; she’s now a respected psychotherapist, engaged to one of Boston’s most eligible bachelors. But the suicide of Zee’s patient Lilly Braedon throws Zee into emotional chaos [...]

Thoughts on *What the Dog Saw* by Malcolm Gladwell (audiobook)

What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell; read by the author
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (October 20, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-1600249150

Back-of-the-box blurb:   Now the very best and most famous of Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorkerpieces are collected in a brilliant and provocative anthology. Among the pieces: his investigation into why there are so many different kinds of mustard [...]