Beth Gallaway @ hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com

Waiting for Dawn to Break

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:15:00 GMT

Thing to do while waiting the final 10 days before Breaking Dawn's release...

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT

This fantasy adventure tale has a heroine, a journey, a good vs. evil battle, and heart throbbing romance. Ultimately, though, it is a story of self-discovery, and dare I say it, identity.

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Talking With Melanie Watt About Writing

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:21:00 GMT

Welcome to day four of the Mélanie Watt (US) blog tour! Our interview with Mélanie follows. Hip Librarian's Book Blog: Mélanie , what is your writing process?Mélanie Watt: I usually start with an initial top

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Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:26:00 GMT

Matthews, Elizabeth. Different Like Coco. Candlewick Press, 2007. 32 pp. ISBN 978-0-7636-2548-1. $16.99More than anything, Coco Chanel's life story is a tale about using what you've got and and building on your strengths and resou

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Hip Librarians Host Mélanie Watt April 10!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Tune in here April 10 when the Hip Librarian's Book Blog hosts Melanie Watts, author of the Scaredy Squirrel series (Kids Can Press. Submit your questions now about writing, reading and Melanie's thoughts on book reviews. We'll post

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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:22:00 GMT

Dial/Penguin, New York: 2008 ISBN 978-0-8037-3227-8 $16.99 408 pp Three juniors assigned to write about their "most excellent" year all choose the freshman year they became friends in this coming out/coming of age story that blends bas

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Book Divas to Host Online Guest Diva Jenny Downham in October 2008

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:35:00 GMT

Book Divas, an online community/ book club for young adult and college readers, is having an author visit with Jenny Downham on October 2nd to promote her novel Before I Die.

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Gooey Jellyfish by Natalie Lunis

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:43:00 GMT

Part of a series on invertabrates, Gooey Jellyifsh presents facts about these spineless sea creations in clear short sentences...

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Southern Sea Otters: Fur-tastrophe Avoided by Jeanette Leardi

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:35:00 GMT

*****

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Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant by Christopher Grey

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:43:00 GMT

****Inspired by Leonardo's Notebooks, author Grey creates a portrait of the famous painter and inventor as imaginitively seen through the eyes of his faithful young servant Giacomo. Much of the plot concerns the completion of the fresco, th

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Bloom by Elizabeth Scott

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:12:00 GMT

*****Lauren is a perfect but stagnant seed of a girl, content but not really happy. The story of her attraction to the new boy at school, who turns out to the son of one of her father's previous girlfriends, unfurls like a rose

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The Fairy Chronicles by J.H Sweet: Marigold and the Feather of Hope & Dragonfly and the Web of Dreams

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:15:00 GMT

This new fantasy series, meant to appeal to early elementary school age girls, concerns four nine year old who discover they are fairies, each with a special power.

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The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond by Victoria Foyt

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:00 GMT

rating: **Lexie is a self-proclaimed girl gearhead, here defined not as a car nut or gadget geek...

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Fairie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand by Eugenie Bird illustrated by David Dowton

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:55:00 GMT

Rating: *****The fashion-magazine size and layout of this weighty volume is no mistake; Fairie-ality is an imaginative presentation of haute couture for fey folk. Based on the premise that faeries have a season, like the tony upper class, and t

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Penguins, Penguins Everywhere! by Bob Barner

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:53:00 GMT

In January in libraries across America, the penguin storytime is obligatory; here is a perfect title to add to your repetoire

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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, book one: The Pox Party

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:40:00 GMT

MT Anderson's Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, has won a Printz Honor Award as well as the National Book Award for Young People's literature, and quite deservedly so. TMany librarians and educators question if teens iwll volunta

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New Look!

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:31:00 GMT

Apparently, our Blog-City hosts went from portlets to widgets in January, and I noticed a big error message when I logged in to post a new review today. I made the changeover and welcome feedback about the new look and layout: What do you all think?

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Chuck's Truck

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:52:00 GMT

Review of Chuck's Truck

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Library Lion

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:25:00 GMT

Review of library lion

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This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:31:00 GMT

Review of This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

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