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This week’s book trailer features Alice Hoffman talking about her recent book,
… Read more.Bad Things that Are Good for You
This week’s book trailer features author A. J. Jacobs tells us what four things we are often told are bad for us that actually are good for us. … Read more.
Of Society, Responsibility, and the Life of a Hermit
At last night’s meeting of Socrates Café, the group discussed the question, “Do we have a responsibility to contribute to society?” … Read more.
Summer of ’51, Three Boys, and a Search for Treasure…
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D. James Smith’s novel, The Boys of San Joaquin, may be considered a mystery–after all, it won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery in 2006–and it may be technically a children’s book, but neither classification should in any way limit its audience. … Read more.
The Animation of Inanimate Objects
[openbook booknumber=”ISBN:1584300817 ” templatenumber=”2″] There are children’s picture books that are funny, sweet, sentimental, subversive, atmospheric, or surreal. And every so often there are picture books that perfectly capture an authentic experience of childhood. … Read more.
A truly winning picture book…
This week’s book trailer features a picture book that has won multiple awards and distinctions. I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen, was chosen as one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Children’s Books of 2011, the American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Books for 2012, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2011, and it was nominated for the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for 2012. … Read more.
Words and pictures, not just for kids
This week’s book trailer features Wonderstruck, by Brian Selzick, the award-winning author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Selznick has just won an usual award for Wonderstruck: the Schneider Family Book Award, given each year for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. … Read more.
Coming soon to a nightstand near you…
This week’s book trailer features Haruki Murakami’s latest book, 1Q84.
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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.… Read more.