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<![CDATA[your neighborhood librarian added 'In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78002801
to: In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton (Hardcover)byRebecca Bond bookshelves: children-s,
great-nonfiction-for-kids,
nonfiction,
picture-books
Richard and Cherry Kearton - brothers, cap-wearers, English guys - loved the outdoors, and they loved taking pictures. They published the very first natural history book illustrated with photographs instead of drawings. How can I put this without sounding boring?
Their work democratized the study of nature in England and abroad. Ok that does sound boring. But it's not.
Zeke, I promised it to PG... but I can't find it now! I might have given it to a 7th grader I know. It's out in May I think.
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<![CDATA[your neighborhood librarian added 'All the World']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77387880
to: All the World (Hardcover)byLiz Garton Scanlon bookshelves: children-s,
great-books-for-kindergartners,
picture-books,
your-neighborhood-librarian-s-fetis
One of the things I have always thought was odd about hard-line Waldorf School philosophy - and before you email me, let it be known that I have one marvelous little cousin and one fantastic grown-up niece who are Waldorf products, and I have no problem at all giving the Waldorfers some of the credit for how beautifully they have turned out so far - but as I said, one of the odder dicta of Waldorf founder Rudolf Steiner, and he had a LOT of dicta, guy was just Mr. Ruley Rulemonger, and some schools are all like, "Yes SIR Mr. Steiner sir - we'll build our classrooms with NO CORNERS," and some schools, like my cousin's school in Hawaii, are all kind of like, "Oh yeah, but knitting? Oh, brah, it's hot here like, we don't really need knitwear. How about we teach em all how to juggle?" and that works for them.
But one of the Waldorf things is that there should be no shadows in a child's early life. And hence, there is no black crayon in the crayon box at a Waldorf school.
Actual review (as opposed to my Waldorf-inspired ramblings) on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2009/1...
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<![CDATA[your neighborhood librarian added 'The Monstrumologist']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78251643
The Monstrumologist (Hardcover)
byRichard Yancey bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[your neighborhood librarian added 'Smells Like Dog']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78238576
Smells Like Dog (Hardcover)
bySuzanne Selfors bookshelves: children-s,
currently-reading
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<![CDATA[your neighborhood librarian added 'Pretty Dead']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78238445
to: Pretty Dead (Hardcover)byFrancesca Lia Block bookshelves: if-you-liked-twilight,
young-adult
Reading Francesca Lia Block is like standing in front of your grandma's jewelry box and putting on every necklace and all her rings. Mmm, charm bracelets! And what are these green beads! And yes, please, the big pearls, whether they are real or fake. In fact, I get the distinct impression that writing Francesca Lia Block is a lot like standing in front of grandma's jewelry box and loading it all on. The clothes! The houses! The beautiful boys and the beautiful girls!