Carrie Finison
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| This is a quiet, thoughtful, and deep story about learning to observe the world around us. As a child walks their dog each day, they pass by a woman sitting in her living room window, working. The two begin to exchange hellos and begin a cordial rela ...more | |
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| This is a fun story with a great message -- you can do or be anything you put your mind to. Emily wants to win a cooking competition, but her short height causes some issues as she can't reach everything like the bigger and older kids. Just when she' ...more | |
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| Kids will adore this clever book about a very unusual babysitter. Freddie has never liked his babysitters, but there's something odd about this new one. The ensuing fun is irresistible as text and illustrations combine to make it *just* plausible tha ...more | |
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| This book made me want to go fly a kite! Mini wants to fly a kite like her big brother Bhai during the Indian festival of kites. I like that this book focuses on a brother/sister relationship - at first competitive, but then friendly as Bhai finally ...more | |
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| Young Cher is excited to participate in her Louisiana family's tradition - catching fish in the Cane River and frying it up to eat. With patience, she successfully catches a bucketful of fish, but an accident with the bucket and Grand-Pere's fishing ...more | |
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| Although I've read many poems by Mary Oliver, this book was my first introduction to her life. This biography captures the essence of Mary – how she drew inspiration from nature, especially the woods, and how she wrote for the love of words and poetr ...more | |
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| I guess kids really haven't changed much since the Middle Ages. In this medieval twist on the traditional bedtime routine, a young knight denies fatigue, demands more jousting, and flees the castle when it is time for bed, chased by a patient caretak ...more | |
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| This book uses rhyme, humor, and wordplay to grab and keep readers' attention while informing them of the various sounds that fish and other creatures make underwater – only recently recognized and studied by scientists. I loved the fun language and ...more | |
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| I loved this story about a Chinese holiday that I wasn't familiar with -- Ching Ming, a festival during which families gather to honor ancestors, and to remember where they came from and where they are going. This story realistically depicts a modern ...more | |
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| Alpacas make terrible librarians -- but they make for a very good story! This humorous take on library etiquette puts a surprise alpaca in charge of the library. Her human students aren't quite sure what to make of her. She offers haircuts to match h ...more | |
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