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[CCBC-Net] FAVORITE BOOKS - poetry

From: Nance <nsw5172>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:33:34 -0500

I loved Identical by Hopkins--A novel in verse.


On 12/11/08 11:27 AM, "OReilly, Alison" <Alison.OReilly at ci.austin.tx.us> wrote:

> I read - and enjoyed very much - a biography written in poetry:
> "Becoming Billie Holiday" by Carole Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd
> Cooper. Each poem is titled with a song Billie Holiday immortalized. The
> book tells the story of her life up until (if memory serves) her
> twenties. There is an author's note about why the biographer leaves off
> at that point, and also a further reading and listening list.
>
> I enjoyed many of the other books already mentioned, but I have not seen
> mention of "Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things"
> by Lenore Look. I just loved this one!
>
> Regards,
> Alison
>
> Alison O'Reilly, Teen Services Librarian
> Austin Public Library
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>
> Currently reading: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
>
>
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> QUERY: Does ANYONE read books of poetry anymore. Thus far not ONE has
> been mentioned!
>
> Lee Bennett Hopkins
>
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