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From: Deborah Hopkinson <deborahhopkinson_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:53:48 -0800 (PST)
I have three favorites this year: I loved THE HIVE DETECTIVES in the Scient ists in the Field series, and COUNTDOWN by Debbie Wiles. These books, th ough very different from one another -- one a novel and the other nonfict ion, still struck me as so wonderful and inventive in the way they combin e context and information with fascinating and compelling storytelling.
My other favorite is THE YEAR MONEY GREW ON TREES, a sweet, almost old-fash ioned novel about a group of kids who run an apple orchard for a year. T he author, Aaron Hawkins, is a professor of electrical engineering and the book includes delightful diagrams of irrigation systems and math proble ms. And (maybe because I also have sort of a double life and write mor e grant proposals than books) I love that on his website he promotes n ot only this book but his new work, "The Handbook of Optofluidics." (Wha tever that is!)
Deborah
Deborah Hopkinson Vice President for Advancement Pacific Northwest College of Art/Museum of Contemporary Craft Portland, OR www.deborahhopkinson.com
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From: Watring, Mary Subject: RE:
2010 Favorites To: "Carling Febry" , "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu"
Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 9:26 AM
I agree with Carling--I had so much fun reading "The Cardturner" by Louis S achar. It really surprised me how a book about bridge could make me want to stay up all night to finish it! I also just finished "A Long Walk To Water" by Linda Sue Park and felt it was a great story about a Lost Boy of Sudan told in a way that kids could understand.
Mary Watring Children's Librarian, Mt. Healthy Branch Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 7608 Hamilton Ave 513-369-4469 Mary.Watring_at_CincinnatiLibrary.org
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:53:48 -0800 (PST)
I have three favorites this year: I loved THE HIVE DETECTIVES in the Scient ists in the Field series, and COUNTDOWN by Debbie Wiles. These books, th ough very different from one another -- one a novel and the other nonfict ion, still struck me as so wonderful and inventive in the way they combin e context and information with fascinating and compelling storytelling.
My other favorite is THE YEAR MONEY GREW ON TREES, a sweet, almost old-fash ioned novel about a group of kids who run an apple orchard for a year. T he author, Aaron Hawkins, is a professor of electrical engineering and the book includes delightful diagrams of irrigation systems and math proble ms. And (maybe because I also have sort of a double life and write mor e grant proposals than books) I love that on his website he promotes n ot only this book but his new work, "The Handbook of Optofluidics." (Wha tever that is!)
Deborah
Deborah Hopkinson Vice President for Advancement Pacific Northwest College of Art/Museum of Contemporary Craft Portland, OR www.deborahhopkinson.com
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From: Watring, Mary Subject: RE:
2010 Favorites To: "Carling Febry" , "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu"
Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 9:26 AM
I agree with Carling--I had so much fun reading "The Cardturner" by Louis S achar. It really surprised me how a book about bridge could make me want to stay up all night to finish it! I also just finished "A Long Walk To Water" by Linda Sue Park and felt it was a great story about a Lost Boy of Sudan told in a way that kids could understand.
Mary Watring Children's Librarian, Mt. Healthy Branch Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 7608 Hamilton Ave 513-369-4469 Mary.Watring_at_CincinnatiLibrary.org
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