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Sometimes I'm looking for a book that works as a total escape for me and that's just what I got with Stephen Hunter's WWII thriller.
Basil's War introduces British special agent Basil St. Florian who…
Last updated 4 months ago
… on deep character development. And that's okay. It isn't about whatever has brought Basil to this heroic, but cynical point, in his life. It's about the mission: will he accomplish it and against all odds …
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Helen Oyeyemi's Gingerbread is the story of three women, Margot, Harriet and Perdita Lee, how their lives intertwine with the Kerchevals, a wealthy family of landowners in the fictional country of…
Last updated 4 months ago
… and comforting and simultaneously forbidden and sinister about gingerbread. The treat conjures up childhood and … indeterminate era. Teen-age Perdita Lee wants to know more about her family tree and through a series of unfortunate …
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Kids app
A hand-drawn app about math skills with surprisingly few numerals. Daren Carstens of Carstens Studios wanted to show kids how genuinely fun and engaging math could be and so he designed this app.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… A hand-drawn app about math skills with surprisingly few numerals. Daren … in practice it can mean that if you’re feeling confident about your abilities and you want to jump ahead to the more …
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Kids app
Have you ever been on a nature walk and seen a plant or bug or fungi that you'd never seen before and thought, "I wonder what that is?" Good news! There's now an app for that! To be fair…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… then provides a short descriptive paragraph and some data about that species if you want to learn more. Users can earn … competitiveness is a motivator. Even if you're not crazy about your kids using apps, this one is worth considering as …
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Compared to other types of books, picture books are simple, short, and accessible -- but that doesn't make them any less impactful. On the contrary, sometimes the simplest stories hit the hardest.…
Last updated 4 months ago
… Melanie Florence's Stolen Words . It's one thing to learn about the injustice of the Indian residential schools -- … as a cultural genocide. But when I read this book about a family living in its aftermath, the understanding hit …
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Have you ever wondered about all the stories a library book holds? Not the stories inside the book, but stories of the physical book itself. Who else has read it? Where has it been? What kinds of…
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… Have you ever wondered about all the stories a library book holds? Not the stories … picture book answers some of those questions. We learn all about the journey of a library book, starting when it is …
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Author Chloe Benjamin read from her new book The Immortalists to a packed house at the first Wisconsin Book Festival event of 2018. It was a cold night but spirits were high at Cooper's Tavern as the…
Last updated 4 months ago
… Tavern as the author shared the news that her book was about to debut on The New York Times bestsellers list. Now … this year’s Book Club Café . Stay tuned for more details about that big event! The Immortalists starts out on the …
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Kids app
Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the youngest players, you first choose which animal you'd like to play with. Each animal then has a series of opposite…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the … another set of opposites from which to choose. After about four rounds of modifying your animal, they come up with …
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There’s nothing particularly unusual about Peggy Smith. She’s an old lady living in an assisted living facility beside the sea, spends her days noting passersby in her notebooks and reading her…
Last updated 4 months ago
… There’s nothing particularly unusual about Peggy Smith. She’s an old lady living in an assisted … peaceful in her chair overlooking the sea. But something about the death unsettles her carer, Natalka. How could a …
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Wanda's big brother is the bravest kid she knows, but when her turn comes to match his feats of bravery, things are a lot harder than she thought. The monkey bars don't agree with her, the giant hill…
Last updated 4 months ago
… giant hill he biked down is a LOT bigger now, and forget about going to camp. When Wanda's friends cajole her to join … her friends and stay true to herself. What a great story about a different way to be brave by not giving into peer …
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Kids app
Because it's nearly impossible to accurately represent the sizes of countries (on a round planet) on a flat map, the world maps that we are accustomed to seeing are distorted. This app is a great way…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… US) and it will highlight in a color. You can read more about your selected area (and get a link to a Wikipedia entry about that country/state) or you can move the silhouette …
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“All of us do things we wish we hadn’t done,” reads the first line of The Best of Iggy. Especially when we are 9 years old. Some things really aren’t so bad… we just wish we hadn’t gotten caught.…
Last updated 4 months ago
… We all make mistakes, that is what being a kid is all about! And Iggy is an amazing kid. This is a book for all 9 … you’ll be excited to learn this is the first of a series about this wonderful and relatable character. … A mostly good …
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A charming sing-along (or read-along) app based on the song (and board book) "Skeletitos" with the catchy chorus, "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos, skeletons, and telling time and the … Perfect for this time of year! My only complaint about the app is the English narrators' pronunciation of …
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Piper Chen loves singing. She sings to the moon and the stars. She sings to her dog and the birds and the frogs. She dances and drums her way through her world.
Last updated 4 months ago
… Nai recognizes that something is wrong, and they talk about Piper's fears. Nǎi Nai relates her own experiences overcoming fears and thinking about the butterflies in a new, positive way. By the time the …
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Parents old enough to remember old-school Electric Company will find something very familiar about this app. It's got a great catchy tune and fun graphics that give kids a chance to learn about…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Electric Company will find something very familiar about this app. It's got a great catchy tune and fun graphics that give kids a chance to learn about letter blends. Choose one of the two-letter blends on …
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I started out reading this book in the hardcover edition the year it was published but kept thinking how great it would be to actually hear the Boss tell his story in his own words and own voice.…
Last updated 4 months ago
… general. But the best part for me was hearing how he feels about his music, what he was attempting to do with each … one man show on Broadway utilizes what he learned about himself in the writing of his memoir and the video of …
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This short and thought provoking comic will tug at your heartstrings. It's the first day of school and an introverted girl who wants to be left alone finds an empty seat on the bus. She settles in…
Last updated 4 months ago
… at him. The girl feels guilty afterward and everything about the rest of the day reminds her of the boy. She sets about to make amends and eventually reconnects with him in a …
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An American Story, illustrated by Dare Coulter and written by Kwame Alexander, is the winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for outstanding illustrations by an…
Last updated 4 months ago
… that his daughter's teacher had a fear of teaching kids about slavery- she had never been taught how. This American … in one hand and clenching hope in the other." Read more about all the 2024 ALA Youth Media Award Winners here. … How …
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Are you looking for a book that is slightly quirky, and will leave you thinking about it even after you have finished reading? Then Magic Candies by Heena Baek may be just what you have been looking…
Last updated 4 months ago
… book that is slightly quirky, and will leave you thinking about it even after you have finished reading? Then Magic … opening to get older children thinking and maybe writing about who or what they might like to have a magic candy …
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Kids app
Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics. Join Tim and his robot friend … that your kids will love to watch while learning more about the topics that interest them most. … BrainPOP …
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I loved the snowy Scottish Highlands setting of Lucy Foley's last murder mystery, The Hunting Party. If you haven't read it, save it for New Year's. It's about a group of college chums reuniting for…
Last updated 4 months ago
… . If you haven't read it, save it for New Year's. It's about a group of college chums reuniting for a holiday of … a glamorous wedding with lots of feral guests wandering about drunk on Guinness and fine Irish whiskey! Imagine the …
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Gosh, I loved this book. I really, really loved it. I am so happy that it exists. A sincere thank you for the ARC, @KokilaBooks!
Last updated 4 months ago
… lines that are just BRILLIANT, that will make you think about love, humanity, religion, family, identity, HOPE. You’re reading about Jay and his experience traveling to the Philippines to …
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Marley Dias Gets it Done: And So Can You! is an up close look at the amazing girl who founded the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign. She talks about how the campaign got started (“If only there’d been one…
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… who founded the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign. She talks about how the campaign got started (“If only there’d been one book at school . . . just one . . . about a black girl and her dog . . . “), her own personal …
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When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts at a new school, he feels anxious about introducing himself to new people with a long name and decides to shrink his name to "Zim." But between his new friend…
Last updated 4 months ago
… starts at a new school, he feels anxious about introducing himself to new people with a long name and … up practicing skateboarding, he begins to gain confidence about himself and his full name. This uplifting story will …
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Book club kit
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… books have been banned--and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter …
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