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From: Colette Eason <ceason>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:14:36 -0500
Alvin Ho from the book that begins with the same name. Totally LOL funny!
Colette D. Eason, Librarian http://tlmlibrary.blogspot.com/ Marsalis ES 5640 S. Marsalis Ave. Dallas, TX 75241 Box 317, TEA #183 Dallas ISD ceason at dallasisd.org 972-749-3508 FAX 972-749-3501
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better. ~~Barack Obama
You see, I don't believe libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. ~~Monty Python
>>> Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod at sfpl.org> 06/17/09 5:11 PM >>>
Other favorites:
--all of Sally Watson's books had great female protagonists who were adventurous, political, creative;
--Lucky Trimble in The Higher Power of Lucky
--Meg and Mrs Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (Meg for being whiny and annoying, and Mrs Murry for being a female scientist back in the day)
--Anne of Green Gables
--Scout from To Kill A Mocking Bird
--Joey Pigza
--Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia
--Karana from Island of the Blue Dolphins
--Paddington
--Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94122-4733 nsilverrod at sfpl.org 415-557-4417
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor
(1903-1974)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth I. Gordon Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:35 PM To: CCBC Net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Character driven...
and never forget Harriet Welch (sp?) from "Harriet, the Spy." What a great girl
Big Grandma
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:14:36 -0500
Alvin Ho from the book that begins with the same name. Totally LOL funny!
Colette D. Eason, Librarian http://tlmlibrary.blogspot.com/ Marsalis ES 5640 S. Marsalis Ave. Dallas, TX 75241 Box 317, TEA #183 Dallas ISD ceason at dallasisd.org 972-749-3508 FAX 972-749-3501
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better. ~~Barack Obama
You see, I don't believe libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. ~~Monty Python
>>> Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod at sfpl.org> 06/17/09 5:11 PM >>>
Other favorites:
--all of Sally Watson's books had great female protagonists who were adventurous, political, creative;
--Lucky Trimble in The Higher Power of Lucky
--Meg and Mrs Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (Meg for being whiny and annoying, and Mrs Murry for being a female scientist back in the day)
--Anne of Green Gables
--Scout from To Kill A Mocking Bird
--Joey Pigza
--Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia
--Karana from Island of the Blue Dolphins
--Paddington
--Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94122-4733 nsilverrod at sfpl.org 415-557-4417
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor
(1903-1974)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth I. Gordon Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:35 PM To: CCBC Net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Character driven...
and never forget Harriet Welch (sp?) from "Harriet, the Spy." What a great girl
Big Grandma
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