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Unpacking the Boxes : a Memoir of a Life In Poetry
Kirkus Reviews: Former U.S. Poet Laureate Hall (White Apples and Taste of Stone, 2006, etc.) applies his magical way with language to a history of self. To be published on his 80th birthday, this memoir roves among a lifetime of memories, many of them unearthed by unpacking a collection of boxes inherited after his mother’s […]
The Willoughbys
School Library Journal: Gr 4-7- Timothy, twins Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and Jane Willoughby live in an imposing Victorian house. Their uncaring parents would like to get rid of them, and the feeling is mutual. The adults go off on vacation, leaving the young Willoughbys in the care of a nanny, and try to […]
Flamingos On the Roof : Poems and Paintings
Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Johnson Nahum Anthony Lemire. Synopsis: In the very near future you will find yourself dining on Snow Flurry at the famous Weatherbee's Diner. Everyone will be there?Bob and Bossy Casey, Medusa's sister Sally, both of the Appleton Twins, and Mr. Andy Mandolin […]
Emi and the Rhino Scientist
School Library Journal Review: Gr 5?8?Through lively prose and stunning full-color photographs, readers learn how Terri Roth, an expert in endangered-species reproduction at the Cincinnati Zoo, helped Emi to give birth to the first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years. One of five rhino species, the Sumatran rhino is relatively tiny […]
Living Color
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. K-Gr 5?Cleverly organized around seven colors, including purple and pink, this book is jam-packed with visual and written information about scores of animals. Jenkins's signature vivid paper collages, startling in their detail and realism, have a sense of depth that was created by layering materials. Each image is accompanied […]