Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 12/01/2008
Fiction BUCKHANON, Kalisha . Conception 277p. St. Martin’s 2008. Tr $21.95. ISBN 978-0-312-33270-9 . LC 2007040441. Adult/High School–Buckhanon’s second novel firmly establishes her as a timeless voice for a new generation. The point of view alternates between 15-year-old Shivana Montgomery and that of her unborn baby.
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Reference Review Reference Book Editors Daryl Grabarek & Henrietta Thornton-Verma - 12/01/2008
Reference ALLABY, Michael , et al. The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide . 608p. charts. diags. illus. reprods. chron. glossary. CIP. University of California . Tr $39.95. ISBN 978-0-520-25471-8 . LC 2008006956. TIMELESS EARTH: 400 OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT PLACES. 400p. Hammond . Tr $59.
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Professional Reading 12/01/2008
AL-HAZZÁ, Tami Craft & Katherine Toth Bucher . Books About the Middle East: Selecting and Using Them with Children and Adolescents 182p. charts. diags. illus. bibliog. index. Web sites. CIP. Linworth 2008. pap. $39.95. ISBN 978-1-58683-285-8 . LC 2007040149. The authors have packed a lot of information about the cultures, religions, politics, and geography of the Middle East into ...
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Preschool to Grade 4 12/01/2008
Fiction ANDRES, Kristina . Good Little Wolf . illus. by author. unpaged. NorthSouth . 2008. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-0-7358-2210-8 . LC number unavailable. PreS-Gr 1—A toy wolf tries to dispel the "big and bad" myth by showing how good he is. Each spread features a short sentence about the qualities that make him so.
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Multimedia Review Editor Phyllis Levy Mandell - 12/01/2008
Video/DVD Art Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Mary Cassatt . DVD. approx. 22 min. (closed captioned). Getting to Know . 2008. $29.95. Gr 2–8—This informative, entertaining entry in the series based on Mike Venezia's books features original animation, art reproductions, and vintage photographs and illustrations.
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Grades 5 & Up 12/01/2008
Fiction AIN, Beth Levine . The Revolution of Sabine . 214p. CIP. Candlewick . 2008. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7363-3396-7 . LC 2007022121. Gr 6–9—Sabine Durand, 16, knows that she should be preoccupied with balls, attending the opera, and attracting a suitable match. But lately she's had other things on her mind—things like free will, the ability to make choices and determine th...
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Diving Headlong into the World of Books By Shonda Brisco - 12/01/2008
If you've read the statistics, you know that there are nearly 300,000 books printed every year and no matter how fast a reader you might be, there are only so many hours in the day. So if you're having a hard time keeping up (or have already quit trying), then you might want to consider one of the reader advisory tools that can make locating "just the right book" not only educational, but also ...
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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