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Melanie’s children-s-literature shelf

Fergus and the Night-Demon by Jim Murphy

The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye by Nancy Springer

Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap

Groggle's Monster Halloween by Diana Murray

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Melanie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (2002)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (5615)
children-s-literature‎ (4664)
picture-book‎ (3686)
humorous-stories‎ (1212)
friends‎ (1133)
families‎ (1122)
5th-grade‎ (764)
stories-in-rhyme‎ (720)
animals‎ (718)
parent-child‎ (699)

6th-grade‎ (683)
storytime‎ (630)
multicultural‎ (603)
historical-fiction‎ (494)
schools‎ (486)
young-adult-literature‎ (484)
illustration-digital‎ (433)
4th-grade‎ (415)
brothers-sisters‎ (321)
imagination‎ (306)
dogs‎ (302)
fantasy‎ (279)

siblings‎ (268)
adventure‎ (249)
african-americans‎ (248)
grandparents‎ (238)
family-tragedy‎ (229)
strong-women‎ (227)
good-books-for-boys‎ (221)
7th-grade-and-up‎ (220)
mothers-daughters‎ (210)
cats‎ (208)
bipoc‎ (204)
diversity‎ (202)

non-fiction‎ (193)
interactive‎ (192)
bears‎ (190)
fathers-daughters‎ (187)
audiobook‎ (182)
birds‎ (182)
death‎ (178)
bedtime‎ (174)
interpersonal-relationships‎ (174)
transition‎ (174)
illustration-watercolor‎ (173)
grief‎ (169)

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Melanie’s Quotes

“Librarians and archivists and teachers are the Fort Knox of memory, history, and truth. We must defend them with everything we’ve got.”
― Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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“One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself.”
― Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

tags: fascism

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“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
― Barack Obama

tags: activism, commitment, politics

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Multicultural Fiction for Children and Teens — 47 members — last activity Dec 29, 2009 02:17PM
We can discuss about collection development of the much needed multicultural literature in many libraries nationwide. Topics include the Bulpre Award ...more

Public Librarians — 536 members — last activity Jul 26, 2022 10:08PM
Yet another way to connect and work on our Readers' Advisory. ...more

Bulpre Award Group — 21 members — last activity Aug 23, 2008 01:32PM
This is a place where we can share information and discuss those books who won the Bulpre Award. If you are looking for quality hispanic fiction for ...more

Wow It's Actually Good!!! — 15 members — last activity Sep 30, 2008 12:33PM
Here you can list the books that you tried for the heck of it and ended up liking it. These are the books that you were either forced to read either f ...more

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