Showing posts with label Posted on Love2Learn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Posted on Love2Learn. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Lunchtime Visitor

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Friday, December 14, 2012

Three gems from the library

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Three recent and wonderful finds:   Achilles was loved by Number Six who has recently finished the real thing and attests to its accuracy--...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

How to Draw Pets

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How to Draw Pets by by Mark Bergin, 2011 Powerkids. This is a good book! I am always on the lookout at the library for how-to-draw books,...
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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Gifts From The Gods

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Gifts  From the Gods by Lise Lunge-Larsen, illustrated by Gareth Hinds, 2011 Houghton Mifflin Books for Children I picked a new Myth...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Irena's Jar of Secrets

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Irena's Jars of Secrets by Marcia Vaughan, illustrated by Ron Mazellan , 2011 Lee& Low Books.   I  first  heard about Irena Send...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A Picture Book about J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien by Alexandra and John Wallner, 2011 Holiday House. I had seen it on the library catalog while it was still on order... ...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature , by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011. A nice find a...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Two clever Picture Books!

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 A Filth of Starlings and   A Drove of Bullocks by Patrick George , May 2011 I loved Portuguese collective nouns as a child in...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Picture Book of the Week

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Out of Sight by Pitaus & Gervais , 2011 Chronicle Books   Number Seven has enjoyed this new title from the library immensely, opening...
Friday, May 20, 2011

The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux

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The Secret Cave, Discovering Lascaux , by Emily Arnold McCully , 2010 Farrar Straus Giroux, NY. Emily Arnold McCully's books, both writt...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Two new picture books at the library

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Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow , retold by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by E. B. Lewis, 201o Orchard Books Robin Hood and the Golden...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Looking for good children's books?

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Akimbo and the Elephants, Akimbo and the Lions, Akimbo and the Crocodile Man, Akimbo and the Snakes, Akimbo and the Baboons, by Alexander M...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Two True Stories

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I know, I know, it has been a while since I posted one! But we have been bringing new gems from the library nevertheless! The girls now are ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Three books from other cultures

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The first one, The Road the Bethlehem by Elizabeth Laird, is from the ancient Christian traditions in Ethiopia. The pictures are exactly ...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

Picture Book of the Week

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Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow by Eric Kimmel, Holiday House, NY, 2003 I found this while looking for more Brendan the Navigator stories for...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Summer Birds and Seeds of Change

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Summer Birds, The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, pictures by Julie Paschkis , 2010 Henry Holt, NY. If the cover of this sw...
Friday, July 09, 2010

Bag in the Wind by Ted Kooser

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Bag in the Wind by Ted Kooser, illustrated by Barry Root, 2010 Candlewick Press If someone could grab a plastic bag flying in the wind and ...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Don Matteo, priest-detective TV series on DVD

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Don Matteo , Italian production for television, 1999-2000. Read about it on Ignatius Press page and the positive customer reviews on Amazon...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Off Like the Wind

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Off Like the Wind, The First Ride of The Pony Express by Michael P. Spradlin, paintings by Layne Johnson, 2010 Walker & Co. NY. The Pony...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

For Good Measure by Ken Robbins

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For Good Measure: The Ways We Say How Much, How Far, How Heavy, How Big, How Old by Ken Robbins , Roaring Book Press, New York, 2o10 Do you...