Friends of Library ready for Labor Day weekend book sale (Herald & Review)

DECATUR – More books. More donated books. More special value books.

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The Home Phone Gets Pumped Up (US News & World Report)

New services and devices seek to reinvent conventional handsets.

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Review | ‘Closing Time’: Memories of … – MiamiHerald.com

Review | 'Closing Time': Memories of beatings by dad, neglect from mom
MiamiHerald.com
This blunt book, told with anger, is an honest look at living with an alcoholic. BY SCOTT EYMAN Joe Queenan's memoir of his youth is basically an extended

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Story for all ages: KU alumnus writes… – Lawrence Journal World

Story for all ages: KU alumnus writes children's book on John Brown
Lawrence Journal World
By Terry Rombeck This might be the only illustrated children's book that has the hero hanged at the end. But, true to history, that's how it goes in “John

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Children’s Corner: New books from New… – Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Children's Corner: New books from Newbery Medal authors
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Roberts' illustrations are pitch-perfect, further teasing out the book's natural humor. (Ages 7-10.) • When author Susan Patron won the 2007 Newbery Medal

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Marvel Meets the Mouse (The Emory Wheel)

The amazing Spiderman has lost his power to impress critics. Seemingly indestructible Wolverine faced a vicious onslaught of unfavorable reviews. Even the Hulk, in both his 2003 and 2008 outings, was deemed fairly average at best — certainly not incredible.

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Richmond Memorial Library book review… – Examiner.com

Richmond Memorial Library book reviews: "Nory Ryan's Song," by
Examiner.com
While the characters' speech is modified so as to be made understandable to young children in the United States, other historical details are not

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The grim reader – guardian.co.uk

The grim reader
guardian.co.uk
Anne Fine's musings about the effects of the bleakness of some of today's children's books on vulnerable youngsters at the Edinburgh Book Festival last week

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Puffin set to nurture new breed of ch… – Irish Times

Puffin set to nurture new breed of children's authors
Irish Times
GREAT NEWS for the authors of children's books in Ireland: Puffin, the children's imprint of the Penguin publishing group, is setting up in Ireland.

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‘Puppy’ author Kate Feiffer doggone e… – Boston Herald

'Puppy' author Kate Feiffer doggone excited about working with dad
Boston Herald
Television producer-turned-children's book author Kate Feiffer, 45, was still giddy after President Barack Obama's victory when her agent
Island team salutes first pup questCape Cod Times

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