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Thursday, March 20, 2008
ALA 2008 Kids Book Picks
Looking for a list of great books for your kids to read? Check out the American Library Associations Book Picks for 2008. This list contains Notable Children's Books, Best Books for Young Adults, Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers. This list is sure to have something for everyone.Labels: KiDS' RooM News, reading suggestions
Saturday, December 08, 2007
New Downloadable Audiobooks @ Your Library!
The following titles have recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection: American Creation by Joseph Ellis
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors by Jenny Nimmo (Kid's)
Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
Double Cross by James Patterson
The Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
The Race by Richard North Patterson
Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books are Here!
Labels: new downloadable audio books, reading suggestions, ReC RooM News
Sunday, September 16, 2007
"Back to School" Reading @ your library
Here are some books about going to school that kids will like to read--stop in and check one out!Picture Books
Arthur’s Back to School Day by Lillian Hoban
Berenstain Bears Back to School by Stan & Jan Berenstain
David Goes to School by David Shannon
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse
Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Second Grade Ape by Daniel Pinkwater
Vera’s First Day of School by Vera Rosenberry (audio)
What do Teachers Do (After YOU Leave School)? By Anne Bowen
Chapter Books
Farewell, My Lunchbag: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye by Bruce Hale
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade by Jack Gantos
Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day by Gary Paulsen
The School Skeleton by Ron Roy
Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger by Wendelin Van Draanen
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Top Ten Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade by Ken Derby
The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
To find other books about going to school, search for the subject "schools" in the library catalog.
Labels: KiDS' RooM News, reading suggestions
Thursday, August 30, 2007
What's TwitterLit?
So, what’s TwitterLit? If you’d asked me that yesterday, I would have said, “No idea.” Being familiar with Twitter (a cross between blogging and instant messaging), I would have guessed that it could be some sort of writing project that comes to you one line at a time. I would have been in the right ballpark.TwitterLit.com is a site the serves up “literary teasers,” twice a day, in the form of first lines from books—without the author’s name or book title. Curiosity will compel you click on the accompanying link (to Amazon.com) so you can find out where the line came from.
Site creator Debra Hamel chooses which first lines to “tweet” for any number of reasons including those that rouse a reader’s curiosity; are funny intriguingly brief, or just plain odd; or come from an unsuspected source. Take, for example, this first line: “My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.” Ring any bells? Try Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I’ve Learned, an autobiography by Alan Alda. (If you’re now interested in reading this book, reserve it now.)
“An intriguingly random way to discover new reads…” (The Guardian Arts Blog), TwitterLit can be read via email, RSS reader, your Google home page, your Twitter reader, on their website, or by mobile phone. Give it a try, and let me know if you become addicted.
Labels: ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions, ReC RooM News, TeeN RooM News
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Which Book to Read Next
Sometimes I know exactly which book I want to read next. Sometimes I just know I want to read a mystery, and sometimes I just want something easy. Sometimes I don’t really know what I want. For days like these, there’s whichbook.net.Whichbook gives you an unorthodox way to find your next read based on your mood. Giving you 12 pairs of words representing extremes, e.g. happy – sad, expected – unpredictable, whichbook let’s you choose up to four pairings to suit your mood. Simply move an arrow along the sliding scale to choose the level of, say, happiness or sadness you desire. Once your selections are made, click on “Go”, and a reading suggestion is generated.
Using an imaginary scale of 1 to 5, I choose about a 4 for funny, a 2 for unusual, and a 3 for optimistic. The resultant suggestion was The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin. I have never read anything by Robert Rankin, but the comments I was given were intriguing. (Reminds me a little of the Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde.)
Unfortunately, the “borrow” function of the website is of little use to us “Yanks,” as whichbook is a UK website, but a quick look at NHU-PAC, our statewide catalog, showed this title is available in 6 NH libraries. Next, I will fill out a request form, Borrow From Another Library (under Library Services in the sidebar of READ 4 THe FuN oF iT), and give it a try.
For those of you who aren’t in the mood to select a mood, you may be interested in whichbook’s alternate selection scheme, which uses the more traditional approach of character, plot, and setting.
Whichever selection method you choose, whichbook is worth a try. With a database of titles that includes “all fiction and poetry in paperback written in or translated into English and published since 1995,” you’re bound to find something interesting to read.
Labels: ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
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