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All blog entries by readalotBlog name: A Year of Reading Location: Milwaukee About me: Recently retired school librarian (not the shussing type!) who still loves a good read and hope you do too. My focus for the coming year is to look at new books by favorite authors for middle school readers. Hopefully, there are some parents out there who are looking for that good book for their child that has that I-can't-put-it-down quality, even if it is bedtime. Join my journey as I booktalk my way through the coming year. Rating statistics Average rating of my blogs: 3.0 Average rating of my Talkbacks: No Talkbacks rated. Average rating I've given others: 3.0 |
| Recent blog entries | |
| Kids & Family - March 28, 2008 | |
| A Year of Reading...March/April | |
| With winter hanging on and spring just barely poking its head above ground, I spent time at our wonderful central library perusing some of the newest books for middle school readers. There are plenty of sequels to popular series, as well as a variety of titles by familiar authors, but I was... | |
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| Kids & Family - Feb. 17, 2008 | |
| A Year of Reading...February | |
| In 1954 I attended a nursery school in the basement of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. I remember very little about it except the building seemed huge and overwhelming. This was just 3 years before the African American community tried to integrate their schools as mandat... | |
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| Kids & Family - Jan. 14, 2008 | |
| A Year of Reading...January | |
| Like a hot cup of cocoa on a cold winter's day, I thought this would be the perfect time to write about books for kids from the hot, spicy lands of Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. A recent visit to Las Cruces, New Mexico gave me the opportunity to meet the creator of Cinco Puntos ... | |
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| Kids & Family - Dec. 8, 2007 | |
| A Year of Reading...December | |
| Whenever the holidays rolled around, I was usually bombarded by a number of my school parents asking for recommendations for a book for their child. Even though I am now retired, I still can't resist looking over the many books out there for the middle school reader and ... | |
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| Kids & Family - Nov. 3, 2007 | |
| A Year of Reading...November | |
| November is Native American Month, and what better author to focus on than Joseph Bruchac. After a long personal search for his own Indian identity, he has become the supreme storyteller for middle schoolers. His books range from scary, ghost stories based on Native American tales to mode... | |
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| Article - Feb. 23, 2008 | |
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| As a "white" librarian in a predominantly "white" school, I felt it was even ... | |
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