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Know Any Budding Authors?
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UndergroundLibrarian@evpl
on Friday, August 28 2009, 1:46pm
A Book is the book for them! Mordicai Gerstein has written and illustrated this picture book about a family who lived in a book. "When the book was closed it was night in the book and the family slept. When the book was open it was morning and the...
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9-Year-Old Author Tells How To Talk To Girls, Moms, Dads, and Santa!
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on Thursday, August 20 2009, 2:45pm
Alec Greven wrote his first self help book at the age of 9 when he was in the third grade in Castle Rock, Colorado, as a school assignment. Then he sold copies of it at his school book fair for $3.00. Now he has a publisher, HarperCollins, and he's...
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It's a Duck! No, it's a Rabbit! It's Duck! Rabbit!
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on Thursday, August 20 2009, 9:43am
OK, now it's your turn to take a good look at the picture on the front of this book, and it's nice and big so you can really study it. The two unseen characters inside are in disagreement. One thinks it's a duck quacking, and the other thinks...
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DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!
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mrsweasley@evpl
on Friday, August 14 2009, 11:38am
Libraries and librarians are known as promoters of intellectual freedom , but I was shocked to find this dangerous and subversive propaganda among my new books. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians purports to be an account of the exploits of dubious...
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There is just so much dirt in the world…
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HipChick@evpl
on Friday, August 7 2009, 3:56pm
The farmyard is a dirty place. Can you imagine? Louisa, the pig with the pretty pink purse, writes letter after letter to upper management only to get this response…..”Dear Disgruntled, if you don’t like it, you can clean it up yourself...
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Mercy Watson to the Rescue!
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mrsweasley@evpl
on Thursday, August 6 2009, 2:50pm
When my husband and I travel, I always bring audiobooks to pass the time. Last week we took a trip to Michigan with two of our grandchildren, ages 4 and 6. I knew I would need audiobooks to keep them occupied, but how could I please everyone? What could...
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Puppy Love
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HipChick@evpl
on Tuesday, August 4 2009, 2:56pm
Yes, it’s true. Nothing is cuter than a boy and his dog. And before we got our puppy we read a lot of books about different kinds of dogs, behaviors, and training. Did you know that the library has over 1700 children’s books about dogs? While...
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