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Downey Library posted This is Just to Say | 2 days ago
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. Sidman, Joyce. Illus. Zagarenski, Pamela. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2007. William Carlos Williams wrote some of the most important American poetry of last century, and This is Just to Say is one that captures many people's imaginations and young...
Downey Library posted Lady Liberty | Sep 14, 2008
Lady Liberty: A Biography. Rappaport, Doreen. Illus. Tavares, Matt. Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA. 2008. This book is just beautiful. A thoughtful and artfully illustrated homage to one of our nation's most powerful symbols, the Statue of Liberty. Told through a series of short vignettes, we hear...
Downey Library posted Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree | Sep 6, 2008
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Tarshis, Lauren. Dial Books: New York. 2007. It's a pink covered book, which I know means there are few boys who will pick this one up. That's okay; this really isn't a story that I see a lot of young guys connecting to. The connection that I do see, and that I...
Downey Library posted Houdini & Cyr: Graphic Novel Biographies | Aug 30, 2008
Houdini: The Handcuff King. Lutes, Jason. Bertozzi, Nick. Hyperion: New York. 2007. Were you aware that Harry Houdini jumped handcuffed from the Harvard Bridge into the Charles River? During his extreme popularity here in the states, there wasn't a major U.S. city with a bridge that Houdini didn't...
