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• Gayle Martin Author- Arizona Living History

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 143
        Bring the Wild West to Life at Your Next Event!        Journey back in time with author and storyteller Gayle Martin, and experience ther rich southwestern culture and history through the eyes of her entertaining historic personas.        Gayle Martin       With her historic personas, ...
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• Comic creators going back to school

  
  Blog@Newsarama — Authority: 663
  No, this isn’t some plot for some sort of reality show that resembles Billy Madison or anything like that. Comic creators Jim Starlin (The Infinity War, Death of the New Gods) Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern), Matthew Dow Smith (Dr. Who, Sandman Mystery Theatre) and Terry Austin (Uncanny X-Men, Dr. Strange) ...
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• Student newspapers venture online, though some prefer newsprint

  
  Fading to Black — Authority: 435
  Each of the citys three public high schools is launching an online presence for its student publication this fall, but this endeavour means something quite different for each.Nine students at the year-old Academy of Information Technology & Engineering are building their schools first consistent, public student ...
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• Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies

  
  BookAdvice.net News — Authority: 107
  I love the name, and the story is a very funny depiction of the first census of the United States. Historical and humorous, odd happenings occur as the census taker attempts an official count. Imagine how many towns likely tried to skew the statistics! REVIEW
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• What makes a good children’s book

  
  Day By Day Writer — Authority: 124
  Just a quick post today, because I don’t have much that I can add to the post I’m pointing you too. Upstart Crow Literary’s Michael Sterns posted a great list earlier this week from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers : “ List of Attributes That Make a Good Children’s Book .” Reading these, you’ll ...
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• LeapFrog Holiday Online Specials

  
  Lipstick to Crayons — Authority: 585
  LeapFrog has some of the hottest toys for the holiday season and LeapFrog.com is offering you great specials for online shopping, starting now!Until Nov. 25, LeapFrog is offering 20% off all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Little Women

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 130
  Louisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood and the warmth of sisterhood in this charming tale of four sisters. Responding to the need fora "girls book", the little known writer was met with unexpected fame and fortune for this novel inspired by her childhood. In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, ...
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• Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 130
  Book summary taken from the authors website Artemis Fowl wants to find his father, held hostage in Russia; Holly Short wants to find whos supplying the goblins with human technology; Foaly wants to find out whos disabled all the LEP Technology and pointed the finger at him. Artemis has received a ransom demand for ...
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• 8-year-old Fan Gives Molly Whuppie Two Thumbs Up

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 113
  We love fan mail here at UNC Press. Who doesn’t, right? Fan mail from kids is extra awesome, though. Here’s something that really made our day recently. Eight-year-old Sydney C., of Asheville, North Carolina, was one of the guests at last month’s Asheville book party (which Rachel has blogged about) . Sydney ...
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• Coraline

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 130
  When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But theres another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will haveto fight with all ...
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• Hate List, by Jennifer Brown

  
  Linus's Blanket — Authority: 525
  Valerie spends the summer hiding out from her friends and anyone else who knows her after her boyfriend Nick puts an effective end to the school year with a violent and deadly rampage, killing students and teachers from their shared “hate list” as well as innocent bystanders before ending his own life.  Just as ...
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• Have you drawn an animal today?

  
  How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator — Authority: 100
  Knowing as we do that drawing children, people and  animals is the stock in trade of the children’s book illustrator, let’s draw a difficult animal subject today. We’ve brought in guest instructor Jon Gnagy to help walk us through it. Gnagy was the best drawing teacher (maybe the only drawing ...
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• Picture Book of the Month for November 2009

  
  BookAdvice.net News — Authority: 107
  The selection for November 2009 is A Perfect Season for Dreaming by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. The artwork first caught my attention. I love the unique dreams of the old man. And in the end the artwork is what influenced my decision. That ...
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• Review: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

  
  BookNAround — Authority: 429
  This was a totally delightful childrens book, complete with a lovely old-fashioned feel. Like many of the childrens and YA books floating around the house, I read a description of this one and decided that my crew needed to have it always available to them in case reading inspiration should strike. And like any ...
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• My Virtual Tutor For Nintendo DS

  
  Savvy Housewife — Authority: 461
  My 4-year-old is not yet reading but she is anxious to start, especially since her big sister is now reading chapter books.My Virtual Tutor Reading (pre-K to Kindergarten), which was released by Mentor InterActive September 9, is the only educational game for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi that tests and improves ...
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• National Young Readers Week

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 113
  Creating lifetime readers is the goal and it’s all thanks to Pizza Hut. Wait, what? That’s right, you read me correctly. National Young Readers Week is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress . Pizza Hut created The BOOK IT! Program as ...
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• November 9 - 13 National Young Readers Week

  
  Shari Lyle-Soffe "Out of My Mind" About Books for Children — Authority: 104
  Schools around the country will be celebrating National Young Readers Week from November 9th to the 13th. Parents, grandparents and homeschoolers can do the same. Have reading contests. Encourage your children to read aloud to the family. Make lists of your favorite books. Be creative. SIX REASONS TO READ ...
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• Cynthias Attic: The Magicians Castle

  
  Cynthia's Attic Blog — Authority: 104
  This is a video Im working on for the release of "Cynthias Attic: The Magicians Castle, coming soon! Would appreciate feedback. Does this video say enough about the book to make you want to read it? If not, what would you like to see? Buy Cynthias Attic Series on Amazon Also, coming soon the new ...
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• THE TORTOISE AND THE HAIR.

  
  Dr. Boli's Celebrated Magazine. — Authority: 510
  From Dr. Boli’s Fables for Children Who Are Too Old to Believe in Fables. ONCE IN THE Catskill Mountains of upstate New York there was a tortoise, and he was really rather speedy as tortoises go. And at the same time there was a hair, growing on the chin of one of those lazy Dutch settlers so abundant in those ...
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• Art and Letters

  
  How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator — Authority: 100
  So many colleagues from the Austin children’s and YA writing community spoke on panels and signed their new books at the 2009 Texas Book Festival this past weekend.  I always enjoy this 2.5 day party on the state capitol grounds.  But I could not go this time because I was on an illustration deadline. So ...
  3 weeks ago

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