Lion’s Lair

In the following link, you can hear reviews of the Awards which were announced this week. 
http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/flden/CCBC/2007/index.html

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Of late I have read several books, written from an animal’s perspective.  Keeper is a dog, telling his life story.  Authors who choose this frame of reference must love animals, particularly the one that they are writing about.  I know I now look at dogs, or cats from other books, in a different way.  I [...]

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On the cover this book has a sentence descriptor stating “A Companion to the Newbery Award Winner The Giver.”     I was expecting a continuation of the story line of The Giver, but found it to be a totally different setting with somewhat the same theme of  how a culture preserves the story of the past [...]

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The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith
The author is from England and one has a sense of this “outside of the United States” feel and ambiance in this book.  Walking along the coast line, beachcombing, the two children Kirstie and Angus find a “giant mermaids purse,” bring it home and find in succession a bucket, bathtub, [...]

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Sahara Special by  Esmé Raji Codell
 
While attending the WSRA convention in early February, I had the opportunity to hear the author speak about her writing and read short selections from her books.  I had never read any of her books.  However, she impressed me as a speaker and the excerpts she read were intriguing.  Hence, [...]

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The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor
 
I enjoy traveling to see my grandchildren for many reasons.  One is I have opportunity to read.  This is something I love to do, but generally the piles of books to read grow in proportion to the diminishing number of items on my to do list.  In a car, [...]

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When I first saw the title of this book, I did a little predicting.  What would the story be about with a title like “Flush”?  First, I was thinking about a red color that a person might have if they have a temperature or are not feeling well.  That would work if there was a [...]

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Meet a boy who can understand cat talk, LionBoy.  He becomes involved with large cats, in fact a pride of lions and helps them escape from the circus.  His adventures are many and involve several cat friends.  Charlie, the lionboy, is able to speak with and understand cats of all sizes and kinds.  This is the second [...]

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