by Joanne | Feb 25, 2012 | Picture Book
Pooh finds that his honey pots are empty and his tummy is rumbling. What’s Pooh to do? Will he find some honey so that his tummy will get full? An enjoyable board book full of textures to touch and feel. Recommended by Lisa Romans, Information Specialist, Georgia,...
by Joanne | Feb 25, 2012 | Non-Fiction
Blogger’s Note: This book arrived on my doorstep and I had to wrestle it away from my teen-age daughter, who now suddenly wants to learn more about cooking. She wants to make “Fieri Spaghetti and Meatballs” and “Hunter’s Hero.” She...
by Joanne | Feb 21, 2012 | Humor
Piglet gets a new trumpet and tries to play it for Gerald. What song will he try to play? Will Gerald like it? Will Gerald be honest and tell Piglet if it isn’t any good? A wonderful story about friendship. Recommended by Lisa Romans, Information Specialist, Georgia,...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2012 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is a re-release of Rikers. Volponi is a talented writer and in Rikers, he’s covering a topic he knows all too well and this is evidenced in the emotion this book evokes. Yet I have to say I didn’t like this book. I didn’t like that it reads like a jail manual and...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2012 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
He’s everything that she isn’t, so everyone thinks. We read the cover and assume we’ll be reading another good girl/bad boy opposites attracting-type of books. But what we get is a story of what can happen when people get to know one another. When Alex (Latino, gang...
