Cee's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/149038 en-US Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:08:53 -0700 60 Cee's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 28060412 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:08:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Don't Drink Your Milk!: New Frightening Medical Facts About the World's Most Overrated Nutrient]]> Don't Drink Your Milk!: New Frightening Medical Facts About the World's Most Overrated Nutrient
author: Frank A. Oski
name: Cee
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/23/08
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I'd love to see this book updated to include more current research, but it is still full of information every dairy-eating or -drinking person in the world should read!
]]> 2471098 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:20:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Maniac Magee]]> Maniac Magee
author: Jerry Spinelli
name: Cee
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 2457611 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:23:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs]]> Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
author: Tomie dePaola
name: Cee
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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date added: 04/17/08
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]]> 14602696 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:34:24 -0800 <![CDATA[Woman in Residence]]> Woman in Residence
author: Michelle Md Harrison
name: Cee
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at: 01/00
date added: 02/05/08
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]]> 14602635 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:33:26 -0800 <![CDATA[Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women]]> Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women
author: Jean Shinoda Bolen
name: Cee
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 12/07
date added: 02/05/08
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]]> 6541970 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:33:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Wuthering Heights (Enriched Classics)]]> Wuthering Heights (Enriched Classics)
author: Emily Brontë
name: Cee
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1847
rating: 4
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]]> 6541759 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:29:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Franklin Has a Sleepover (Read, Play, and Learn!)]]> Franklin Has a Sleepover (Read, Play, and Learn!)
author: Toni W. Linder
name: Cee
average rating: 2.00
book published: 1999
rating: 2
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]]> 6541547 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:26:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Puppy Who Wanted a Boy (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Puppy Who Wanted a Boy (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Jane Thayer
name: Cee
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 6541482 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:26:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants: (Reading Rainbow Book) (Dragonfly Edition)]]> Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants: (Reading Rainbow Book) (Dragonfly Edition)
author: M.K. Brown
name: Cee
average rating: 3.25
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 6541372 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:24:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Pete Seeger
name: Cee
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 6541357 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:23:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Trinka Hakes Noble
name: Cee
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 6541354 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:23:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Our Big Home (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Our Big Home (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Linda Glaser
name: Cee
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 6541333 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:23:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Is This a House for Hermit Crab? (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Is This a House for Hermit Crab? (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Megan McDonald
name: Cee
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 6541318 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:23:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Water, Water Everywhere PB (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Water, Water Everywhere PB (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Cynthia Overbeck Bix
name: Cee
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 6541307 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:22:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Here Is the Coral Reef]]> Here Is the Coral Reef
author: Madeleine Dunphy
name: Cee
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 6541277 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:22:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Spanish edition): Las bellas hijas de Mufaro (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Spanish edition): Las bellas hijas de Mufaro (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: John Steptoe
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> 6541262 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:21:55 -0700 <![CDATA[How Many Stars in the Sky? (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> How Many Stars in the Sky? (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Lenny Hort
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 6541253 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:21:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Pig William (Reading Rainbow)]]> Pig William (Reading Rainbow)
author: Arlene Dubanevich
name: Cee
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> 6541241 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:21:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Shoes (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Shoes (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Elizabeth Winthrop
name: Cee
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> 6541197 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:20:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Sam the Sea Cow (Reading Rainbow Bks.)]]> Sam the Sea Cow (Reading Rainbow Bks.)
author: Francine Jacobs
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 6541194 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:20:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Imogene's Antlers (Reading Rainbow Books)]]> Imogene's Antlers (Reading Rainbow Books)
author: David Small
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1945
rating: 4
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]]> 6541172 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:20:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Pigs On A Blanket (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Pigs On A Blanket (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Amy Axelrod
name: Cee
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 6541143 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:20:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Liang and the Magic Paintbrush (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Liang and the Magic Paintbrush (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Demi
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> 6540974 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:18:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Just Us Women (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Just Us Women (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Jeannette Caines
name: Cee
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> 6540966 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:18:00 -0700 <![CDATA[The Piggy in the Puddle (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> The Piggy in the Puddle (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Charlotte Pomerantz
name: Cee
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> 6540856 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:16:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Somewhere in the World Right Now (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Somewhere in the World Right Now (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Stacey Schuett
name: Cee
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> 6540849 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:16:19 -0700 <![CDATA[The Three Little Javelinas (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> The Three Little Javelinas (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Susan Lowell
name: Cee
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 6540833 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:16:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Barn Dance! (Reading Rainbow)]]> Barn Dance! (Reading Rainbow)
author: Bill Martin Jr.
name: Cee
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> 6540831 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:16:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Bill Martin Jr.
name: Cee
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 6540826 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:15:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Gregory The Terrible Eater (Reading Rainbow)]]> Gregory The Terrible Eater (Reading Rainbow)
author: Mitchell Sharmat
name: Cee
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> 6540812 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:15:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Amazing Grace (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Amazing Grace (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Mary Hoffman
name: Cee
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 6540803 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:15:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Miss Nelson Is Back (Reading Rainbow)]]> Miss Nelson Is Back (Reading Rainbow)
author: Harry Allard
name: Cee
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> 6540786 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:15:29 -0700 <![CDATA[How Much Is a Million? 20th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> How Much Is a Million? 20th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: David M. Schwartz
name: Cee
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 6540562 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:12:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting]]> Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
author: Jon Kabat-Zinn
name: Cee
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 6540522 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:11:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot]]> Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
author: Al Franken
name: Cee
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> 4807402 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:18:49 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pursuit of Alice Thrift]]>
The weak conclusion was disappointing, and I wasn't happy with the way the author hints that Alice will likely end up with her good friend Leo. I liked that they were good friends who cared so much for each other but without any sexual tension between them. It almost felt as if the author just grew tired of the whole story and wanted to wrap it all up neatly and predictably in a few final pages.

Still, the book was engaging and a nice summer read. I laughed, I cried, and I got mad. One of the saddest lines I've ever read was in this book when Alice says, before she finds out what a liar he is, that she married Ray because he recognized something about her that others seemed to miss. He saw how lonely she was. Unfortunately, he saw it and exploited it; but Alice was just grateful that someone recognized her loneliness and acted on it. Very sad.

The title of the book is quite clever and appropriate. We start out thinking the pursuit is the con man Ray's pursuit of his mark, Alice Thrift the Doctor; but it becomes clear at some point that the real pursuit is Alice's search for herself and her place in the world.]]> The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
author: Elinor Lipman
name: Cee
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 08/07
date added: 08/22/07
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Pleasant enough read, but I felt that the book was ending just as I really started caring about the protagonist, Alice. It was exasperating to watch her make some really stupid decisions, especially since the author chose to reveal the end of the story at the beginning of the book (Ray is a liar, and their marriage was short-lived).

The weak conclusion was disappointing, and I wasn't happy with the way the author hints that Alice will likely end up with her good friend Leo. I liked that they were good friends who cared so much for each other but without any sexual tension between them. It almost felt as if the author just grew tired of the whole story and wanted to wrap it all up neatly and predictably in a few final pages.

Still, the book was engaging and a nice summer read. I laughed, I cried, and I got mad. One of the saddest lines I've ever read was in this book when Alice says, before she finds out what a liar he is, that she married Ray because he recognized something about her that others seemed to miss. He saw how lonely she was. Unfortunately, he saw it and exploited it; but Alice was just grateful that someone recognized her loneliness and acted on it. Very sad.

The title of the book is quite clever and appropriate. We start out thinking the pursuit is the con man Ray's pursuit of his mark, Alice Thrift the Doctor; but it becomes clear at some point that the real pursuit is Alice's search for herself and her place in the world.
]]> 3555353 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:23:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Leaves of Grass (Enriched Classics)]]> Leaves of Grass (Enriched Classics)
author: Walt Whitman
name: Cee
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1855
rating: 5
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]]> 3555269 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:22:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series)]]> Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series)
author: Richard Carlson
name: Cee
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1997
rating: 2
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]]> 3502246 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:06:03 -0700 <![CDATA[The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure]]> The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure
author: James Redfield
name: Cee
average rating: 3.23
book published: 1993
rating: 3
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date added: 07/25/07
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]]> 2826502 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:36:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Tiger Eyes]]> Tiger Eyes
author: Judy Blume
name: Cee
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 2826500 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:36:03 -0700 <![CDATA[It's Not the End of the World]]> It's Not the End of the World
author: Judy Blume
name: Cee
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 2826492 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:35:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Saraband for Two Sisters]]> Saraband for Two Sisters
author: Philippa Carr
name: Cee
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1976
rating: 4
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]]> 2826487 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:35:45 -0700 <![CDATA[The Witch from the Sea]]> The Witch from the Sea
author: Philippa Carr
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1975
rating: 4
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]]> 2517934 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:44:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Jamberry with Paperback Book(s)]]> Jamberry with Paperback Book(s)
author: Bruce Degen
name: Cee
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> 2517925 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:44:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead]]> Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead
author: Ruth Krauss
name: Cee
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 2517917 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:43:58 -0700 <![CDATA[You're Just What I Need (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))]]> You're Just What I Need (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
author: Ruth Krauss
name: Cee
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 2517859 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:41:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Elmer's Friends (Urdu- English)]]> Elmer's Friends (Urdu- English)
author: David McKee
name: Cee
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 2517848 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:41:28 -0700 <![CDATA[Elmer]]> Elmer
author: David McKee
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> 2517782 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:36:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Music, Music for Everyone]]> Music, Music for Everyone
author: Vera B. Williams
name: Cee
average rating: 3.20
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> 2517773 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:35:23 -0700 <![CDATA[A Chair for My Mother (25th Anniversary Edition) (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> A Chair for My Mother (25th Anniversary Edition) (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Vera B. Williams
name: Cee
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 2517771 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:35:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Book)]]> Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Book)
author: Vera B. Williams
name: Cee
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 2517768 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:35:06 -0700 <![CDATA["More More More," Said the Baby (A Caldecott Honor Book)]]> "More More More," Said the Baby (A Caldecott Honor Book)
author: Vera B. Williams
name: Cee
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> 2517761 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:34:41 -0700 <![CDATA[The Stars Will Still Shine]]> The Stars Will Still Shine
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 2517749 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:33:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Long Night Moon]]> Long Night Moon
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 2517738 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:33:26 -0700 <![CDATA[When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)]]> When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> 2517734 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:32:43 -0700 <![CDATA[The Old Woman Who Named Things]]> The Old Woman Who Named Things
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 2517731 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:32:37 -0700 <![CDATA[Night in the Country]]> Night in the Country
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 2517730 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:32:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Henry And Mudge First Book]]> Henry And Mudge First Book
author: Cynthia Rylant
name: Cee
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> 2517719 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:32:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Crocodile Smile]]> Crocodile Smile
author: Sarah Weeks
name: Cee
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> 2517700 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:31:40 -0700 <![CDATA[In My World]]> In My World
author: Lois Ehlert
name: Cee
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 06/28/07
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]]> 2517698 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:31:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art]]> Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art
author: Lois Ehlert
name: Cee
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 06/28/07
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]]> 2517693 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:31:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Waiting for Wings]]> Waiting for Wings
author: Lois Ehlert
name: Cee
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 06/28/07
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]]> 2517688 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:31:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Eating the Alphabet]]> Eating the Alphabet
author: Lois Ehlert
name: Cee
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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date added: 06/28/07
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]]> 2517686 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:31:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On]]>