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• Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules, Illustrated by Jef Czekaj

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 10:57 in book reviews, i-l author, nonfiction, picture books, published 2009, review copy, u-z title

  Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Jef Czekaj is a perfect book to sit down with this holiday weekend with your kids and learn exactly how the constitution was created.  And trust me, perhaps my ...

• Why Do I Own Books When I Rarely Reread?

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 09:28 in bookish musings & miscellany, bookshelves

  It’s not very often that I reread a book.  I’m really trying to think of which books I’ve reread recently and I can’t think of a single one.  I’m not the type who has a particular book that they love so much that they ...

• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 10:03 in book reviews, e-h author, fiction, historical fiction, m-p title, middle readers, newbery

  I read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, the 1998 Newbery Award winner, in my ongoing project to read all of the Newbery books. Set in the 1930’s during the great depression in the dust bowl of Oklahoma, Out of the Dust is told as a diary in free...

• The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale (and Shannon Singing . . . Karaoke?!)

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 06:30 in a-d title, adult, book reviews, e-h author, fiction, lds author, published 2009, utah author

  “It’s not what I expected.” That’s the first response I keep hearing from readers of the actor and the housewife. I wondered if the title or jacket was misleading, or the jacket text. Or all. They may be. But as I’ve lis...

• Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 09:07 in book reviews, e-h title, fiction, graphic novel, middle readers, published 2009, review copy, u-z author

  Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom written and illustrated by Eric Wight is a spoof of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom but in this case Frankie’s nemisis is his messy room.  Pair that with his nagging mom and he’s got a problem!Â...

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