Today's Podcast 04/28/2010

• Corrigan, Jim. THE 1970s DECADE IN PHOTOS : PROTEST AND CHANGE

  Corrigan, Jim.
  THE 1970s DECADE IN PHOTOS : PROTEST AND CHANGE
  Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2010
  IL 5-8, RL 6.5
  ISBN 0766031365
  The 1970s were a time of change in the United States. After years as a world leader, it was losing its strength. The Viet Nam war was raging and becoming extremely unpopular. The economy was floundering with soaring prices. Arab countries grew angry at the United States' support of Isreal. They cut off the sale of oil to the United States to protest which led to a shortage and long lines at the gas pumps. It truly was a decade of protests and change.

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Today's Podcast 04/27/2010

• Christopherson, Sara Cohen TOP 50 REASONS TO CARE ABOUT MARINE TURTLES

  Christopherson, Sara Cohen
  TOP 50 REASONS TO CARE ABOUT MARINE TURTLES : ANIMALS IN PERIL
  Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, 2010
  IL 5-8, RL 7.7
  ISBN 0766034550
  Did you know that only one in one thousand baby turtles will live to adulthood? Turtles lay their eggs on the beach and then leave. Once the eggs hatch, the tiny baby turtles need to make the long journey to the ocean and then out to sea. There are a lot of dangers on the way. And did you know that sea turtles are endangered? Learn about these amazing animals and the ways people all over the world are helping to protect them.

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Today's Podcast 04/26/2010

• Woods, Bob. SNOWMOBILE RACERS

  Woods, Bob.
  SNOWMOBILE RACERS
  Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, 2010
  IL 5-8, RL 6.8
  ISBN 0766034879
  Nearly 1.6 million Americans own snowmobiles. And there are several kinds of snowmobiles to choose from. There are trail sleds, performance sleds, touring sleds, mountain sleds, and utility sleds. There is a sled for every purpose it seems. And there are all kinds of riders. There are those who just want to ride on trails and there are those who want to go to the extreme. This book gives you an understaning of the machines and the people who ride them.

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Today's Podcast 04/25/2010

• Marshall, Shelley. MOLLY THE GREAT RESPECTS THE FLAG : A BOOK ABOUT BEING A GOOD CITIZEN

  Marshall, Shelley.
  MOLLY THE GREAT RESPECTS THE FLAG : A BOOK ABOUT BEING A GOOD CITIZEN
  
  Molly is so disappointed when Candy is chosen to carry the flag in the big parade. She even threatens to stay home. But as it turns out, maybe it is a good thing that Molly changed her mind.

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Today's Podcast 04/24/2010

• Watt, Melanie. CHESTER'S MASTERPIECE

  Watt, Melanie. CHESTER'S MASTERPIECE
  Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2010
  IL K-3, RL 3.5
  ISBN 1554535662
  Our favorite cat is back. Yes, it is Chester. And he is really having issues with Melanie Watt. He has told her that he is going to write a book without her help. He wants her to get away from the paper so he can get to work. Will this really be CHESTER'S MASTERPIECE.

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Today's Podcast 04/23/2010

• Pfeffer, Susan Beth. THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN

  What a beautiful day it was today. The temp was in the 70s and the flowers are really starting to bloom. Just the perfect day for Earth Day. And what better book to read than one where the weather is not so great and the Earth is in peril?
  
  Pfeffer, Susan Beth.
  THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN
  Orlando : Harcourt, 2010.
  IL YA
  ISBN 0547248040
  It has been almost a year since everything changed. That's when the moon was pushed out of its orbit by a meteor strike. Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother have survived the year but it hasn't been easy. The climate has changed the world forever. The winter was unbearably cold, there is little food and no one knows what tomorrow will bring. And now
  things are going to get a bit more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including
  Miranda's father and stepmother. And a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they
  have been trying to build.

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Today's Podcast 04/21/2010

• Luxbacher, Irene. MATTOO, LET'S PLAY

  Luxbacher, Irene. MATTOO, LET'S PLAY
  Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2010
  ILK-3, RL 3.0
  ISBN 1554534240
  Mattoo is a shy cat. He never wants to play. Try as she might, Ruby just can't get Mattoo to play. Have you ever tried to play with a cat this way? How did that work for you? I know my cat is not exactly fond of these types of games.

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Today's Podcast 04/20/2010

• Loxton, Daniel. EVOLUTION

  Loxton, Daniel. EVOLUTION
  Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2010
  IL 3-6, RL 6.7
  ISBN 1554534305
  Many years ago, a scientist named Charles Darwin came up with a theory of why we are the way we are. His theory is called evolution. He believed that we all evolved through time and that many species are related. Although the theory is not believed by all, the theory does answers the questions of why there are so many diverse species in the world. This is am amazing story of life on earth.

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Today's Podcast 04/19/2010

• Lawrence, Iain. THE GIANT SLAYER

  Lawrence, Iain. THE GIANT SLAYER
  New York : Delacorte Press, c2009
  IL 3-6, RL 5.4
  ISBN 0385733763
  Is also a book about polio and iron lungs. It is 1955 and 11 year old Laurie ‘s best friend is diagnosed with polio. She visits him in the hospital and learns about the children there. Besides Dickie, there is Chip who is an orphan, and Carolyn who is 14 and has lived inside an iron lung for 8 years. Her stories help the children escape from their world for a time and they look forward to her visits.

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Today's Podcast 04/18/2010

• Lasky, Kathryn. CHASING ORION

  Lasky, Kathryn. CHASING ORION
  Cambridge : Candlewick, 2010.
  IL 5-8
  ISBN 0763639826
  It is 1952 and the word polio scares parents all over the country. Public places are closed and everyone is afraid. Georgie doesn’t understand the fear though. She knows she won’t ever be affected by polio. Until she learns that the girl next door is living in an iron-lung. "I have eighty-seven cubic centimeters of air, but you have the world," Phyllis tells her. And so their friendship begins. But Georgie soon realizes that Phyllis may not be as nice as she seems.

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Today's Podcast 04/16/2010

• Fisher, Catherine. INCARCERON

  Fisher, Catherine. INCARCERON
  New York : Dial Books, 2010
  IL YA
  ISBN 0803733968
  Incarceron is a futuristic prison with a mind of its own. All the latest tech makes it impossible to escape. The prisoners are given everything they need to make this a utopia instead of a prison. But the prison changes all that. As it became self aware, it became tyrannical and the prisoners were divided into factions. And now, centuries later, Incarceron rules everyone – and no one gets in or out. But there is a way out. First Finn finds it and escapes. And then Claudia, the warden’s daughter, finds the way out . And finds Finn. This is a must for fans of Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl and Percy Jackson.

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Today's Podcast 04/14/2010

• Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 COWS IN AMERICA

  Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 COWS IN AMERICA
  Atlanta : Peachtree, c2009.
  IL K-3, RL 3.7
  ISBN 1561454907
  
  When Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah returned to his village in Kenya and told his tribe about the attack on the Twin Towers, they decided they needed to do something to help. In Maasai tradition, cows are sacred and Naiyomah asks the elders to bless the cow so he can offer it to the US to help the healing. Other villagers join his effort and fourteen cows were offered from the tiny Kenyan village.

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Today's Podcast 04/13/2010

• Bray, Libba. GOING BOVINE

  When Cameron Smith is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- mad cow disease, he decides to take off on a quest like Don Quioxte before him. He sets off to rescue the planet from an evil force. Along on the quest is Gonzo, a teen dwarf. Knowing Libba Bray, you just know this will be a totally off the wall adventure. And she delivers just that complete with talking yard gnomes, cults of happiness, Disney World and spring break

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Today's Podcast 04/12/2010

• Bauer, Marion Dane. THE VERY LITTLE PRINCESS

  Bauer, Marion Dane. THE VERY LITTLE PRINCESS
  New York : Random, 2010.
  IL 3-6, RL 5.2
  ISBN 0375856919
  I think most little girls dream about having one of their dolls come to life. Imagine having a friend all of your own.. Zoey longs for a friend to call her very own. She even wishes that one of her dolls would come to life and be her best friend. But when her princess doll comes to life, Zoey finds herself acting as a servant to the little princess doll.

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Connected Again!

Wow, I can't believe how out of touch I've felt the last few weeks.  My computer has not worked well since I bought it and there have been many calls to tech support, It finally decided to up and die at the beginning of March.  After more calls to tech support, they finally agreed to take it back and fix it.  I got it back on April Fools' Day.  Rather appropriate I think.

Anyway, the last few weeks have shown me just how dependent I am on the technology.  And how much I miss it when it is gone.  I had to borrow computer time when I could get it and much of it was on public access computers.  It was there that I truly understood how important "the cloud" is in my life.  Since I wasn't on my computer, I couldn't bookmark sites, save documents or even sort my email as I could on my own computer.  I was thankful for delicious and for google.docs and for mail2web.  But not having a computer when I wanted it and had time to use it, I did not blog or podcast.  I very rarely had time to get on twitter.  It is blocked in my district so I couldn't keep up with it.

But now I have my computer back.  I have been updating my webpages, adding libguides, tweeting, and blogging.  But today is a beautiful day outside and should be about 80 so I think I will leave my "friend" and head on out to enjoy beautiful New Hampshire.

I'm in "A Granite State of Mind"