Monday, January 25, 2010

He Said She Said




On Thursday night, I had a good time at Barnes and Noble in Portsmouth. Mike Sullivan and I did our He Said She Said booktalks to a group of local teachers. With Mike talking about the "boy" books and me taking on the "girl" books, we just never know where we'll go. This time we only had one book on both lists -- Going Bovine by Libba Bray, this year's Printz winner. Actually my list -- which was prepared weeks ago -- did have a lot of the ALA winners and honor books included. Always fun to team up with Mike.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Today's Podcast 01/03/2010

  • Mould, Chris. THE DARKLING CURSE
    New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009
    IL 5-8, RL 6.3
    ISBN 1596433876
    In the 4th installment of the series Something Wickedly Weird, we meet the Darkling family. The Darklings have descended from a man who was bitten by a werewolf and has passed along his canine traits to his family. And now the Darklings have decided to move into Candlestick Hall and claim it as their own. There is a bit of a legal technicality that may just give the the home. So it is up to Stanley Buggles to save his family's home.

    tags: podcasts


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Saturday, January 02, 2010

Today's Podcast 01/02/2010

  • Happy New Year! Wow, where has this last decade gone? Hard to believe that it is actually 2010. Wow, indeed. Let's start the year off with a tale of family and friendship.

    Millard, Glenda. THE NAMING OF TISHKIN SILK
    New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009
    IL 3-6, RL 6.3
    ISBN 0374354812
    It is not going to be easy for Griffin Silk. He comes from a large family and has been home schooled all his life. But now his mother and baby sister have gone away and Griffin is heading off to public school. The bullies spot a new target in Griffin. But one classmate befriends him and Griffin now has someone to talk to. To explain how he feels about what is happening in his life. Can she help him find a way to have his mother return?

    tags: podcasts


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Friday, January 01, 2010

Today's Podcast 01/01/2010

  • MacHale, D. J. THE SOLDIERS OF HALLA : PENDRAGON 10
    New York : Aladdin, 2009
    IL 5-8, RL 4.8
    ISBN 141691420X
    In the final book of the Pendragon series, we find all the Travelers heading home. It has all been leading up to this final confrontation with Saint Dane. All the battles and adventures are about to be over. But what was this all about? All your questions will be answered in this last adventure for Bobby Pendragon and his friends.

    tags: podcasts


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