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• Non-Fiction Monday: Flamingos (A Cybils Nominee)

  
  In Need Of Chocolate — Authority: 122
  Flamingos by Jean M. Malone is an Easy Reader nominee for the 2009 Cybils .  It’s part of the All Aboard Science Reader series.  The book is well-written and filled with fascinating facts about these iconic pink birds. Among other things, I learned that the high level of carotene in their diet turns ...
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• Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French

  
  The Reading Zone — Authority: 416
  Julian Carter-Li’s mother is following her photography dreams in China but that means she left him behind in San Francisco for the summer. Unfortunately, she left him with his aunt and uncle, who seem to hate him.  He does love his younger cousin, Preston, but he really wishes that his mom would come home sooner ...
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• The Shifter (The Healing Wars Book 1), by Janice Hardy

  
  Charlotte's Library — Authority: 529
  The Shifter , by Janice Hardy (Balzer and Bray, HarperCollins, 2009, upper middle grade and beyond, 370 pp) is one of those books that just goes to show that fascinating ideas are still out there, waiting to be written about. That is to say that, I, at least, have never before encountered the magical idea at the ...
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• JACKSON AND BUDS BUMPY RIDE- ELIZABETH KOEHLER-PENTACOFF

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  The year is 1903. The car, or at least the car as we know it, has been in existence for about ten years, and there are only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire United States. Horatio Jackson, a wealthy doctor from Vermont who is vacationing in San Francisco, takes a bet that no one can drive a horseless buggy cross ...
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• Two Whacky Middle Grade Fantasies--The Revenge of the Itty-Bitty Brothers and Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments

  
  Charlotte's Library — Authority: 529
  Theres a sub-genre of middle-grade fantasy that embraces the over-the-top and runs with it. These are the sort of books where silliness rules, where characters are caught in situations that break all the rules, books that set out to entertain their intended audience and keep them turning the pages. They are the sort ...
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• Saying Grace: A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Virginia Krull, Illustrated by Timothy Ladwig

  
  Maw Books — Authority: 421
  Saying Grace: A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Virginia Krull and illustrated by Timothy Ladwig is a lovely new book on the importance of prayer and gratitude for our blessing.  Although saying grace or blessing our food wasn’t a new idea among early American settlers and the custom was practiced as early as biblical ...
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• Sent, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, for Timeslip Tuesday

  
  Charlotte's Library — Authority: 529
  Sent , by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon and Schuster, 2009, middle grade, 308pp), is the second book of The Missing . Its not entirely necessary to have read Found , the first book of the series, before reading Sent , but it will spoil Found considerably if you read this one first....so consider this whole ...
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• LET THERE BE PEACE: PRAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD- Jeremy Brooks

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  Yesterday I reviewed FAITH, a terrific photo essay by The Global Childrens Fund. I loved how the book emphasized the similarities, and not the differences in world religions. Certainly, one of those similarities is that we all pray, and more specifically, that we all pray for peace. In LET THERE BE PEACE, Jeremy ...
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• Nonfiction for Older (Kid) Readers

  
  Chicken Spaghetti — Authority: 410
  The Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction category of the Cybils awards is so hot that its smokin. 2009 has been a very good year for childrens nonfiction. Two of the five finalists for the National Book Award in Young Peoples Literature were nonfiction titles:  Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice  and Charles ...
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• Book Review: The Tomorrow Code

  
  Wands and Worlds — Authority: 481
  The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner When New Zealand teens Tane and Rebecca start receiving coded messages from the future, they realize that the world is in trouble. As they begin to decipher the code, they discover that the messages come from their future selves - and contain a worrisome SOS. Tane and Rebecca, ...
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• FAITH- Maya Agjmer, Magda Nakassis, Cynthia Pon

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  Are you familiar with the The Global Fund for Children ? They are an organization dedicated to bettering the plight of children and youth around the world through providing grants to organizations working in those areas. They also strive to "promote global understanding through the use of film, photography, and ...
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• Cybils 2009 Nominee Widget

  
  Wands and Worlds — Authority: 481
  Tracy Grand of Jacketflap has once again created this terrific Cybils nominee widget. It rotates through the Cybils nominees and displays a different one each time the page is loaded. You can get the widget for your own blog here. The best part is that its completely customizable! You can choose the colors and the ...
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• TARRA AND BELLA: THE ELEPHANT THE DOG WHO BECAME BEST FRIENDS

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  OK, I admit it. Im a sucker for a good dog story. Found a new one in my CYBILS nominee pile. For twenty years, Tarra was a performing elephant. After many years of hard work, she was allowed to retire to a newly created elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. All of the other elephants who came to the sanctuary quickly ...
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• National Book Award Winners Announced!

  
  The LibrariYAn — Authority: 410
  And the winner for the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature is...Philip Hooses Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice ! Now, I bet most of you are wondering, "Who the heck is Claudette Colvin ?" Before I read the book, I wondered that as well. But now, having read the book I can confidently ...
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• KEEP ON: THE STORY OF MATTHEW HENSON, CO-DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE- DEBORAH HOPKINSON

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  Deborah Hopkinson (SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT, SKY BOYS) is one of my favorite picture book authors. Hopkinson knows how to take a story from history and tell it in a way that makes it interesting and accessible to kids. Her latest book, MATTHEW HENSON: CO-DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE is certainly no exception. ...
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• Cybils Reviews, November 17

  
  In Need Of Chocolate — Authority: 122
  I’ve gotten to read so many wonderful books as an Easy Reader and Short Chapter Book panelist for the Cybils .  I’m trying to review the ones that I’ve enjoyed the most and especially ones that M has read or I’ve read to her. You can see more Cybils book reviews here . Alice’s Shooting Star by Tim ...
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• Doing Write-Ups, So I Dont Have To

  
  A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Authority: 496
  So how was that Childrens Literary Cafe at New York Public Library on Saturday, November 7 ? As someone sitting in the front of the room, it was terrific! It doesnt get any better than talking about something you feel passionate about: books, blogging, community. We only had an hour; and while we covered a lot of ...
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• Book Review: Tiger Moon

  
  Wands and Worlds — Authority: 481
  Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis Translated by Anthea Bell When Safia becomes the eighth wife of the Rajah Ahmed Mudhi, she knows that she will die. Safias name means "virtue," but Safia is not a virgin, and when the Rajah finds out that he has been deceived, he will kill her. Luckily, the Rajah is ill right after ...
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• Nonfiction Monday: I and I by Tony Medina

  
  The LibrariYAn — Authority: 410
  I and I Bob Marley by Tony Medina, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson Lee & Low Books Inc., $19.95 Copy provided by publisher for Cybils consideration Weve all heard Bob Marley s music, whether in advertisements sponsored by the Jamaica Tourist Board , the Fugees cover of No Woman, No Cry , and most ...
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• The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance (Candle Man, Book One)

  
  Charlotte's Library — Authority: 529
  The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance (Candle Man, Book One) by Glenn Dakin (Egmont, 2009, Middle Grade, 300 pages) Theo has lived all his life a prisoner, shut away in miserable confinement by his guardian (the head of the "Society of Good Works) to keep him from contaminating the outside world with his mysterious ...
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