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Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
234 Unique Books Recommended 33 Different Book Bloggers Contributed 1 List of All-Time Favorites Compiled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling City of Bones - Cassandra Clare Twilight - Stephenie Meyer The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Graceling - Kristin Cashore Outlander - Diana Gabaldon Lord of the Rings...
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Book Soup Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Harper Collins has published a collection of children's book picks from over 100 actors, writers, artists, politicians, and activists. These are the books that made a difference to them, the books that changed their lives. I asked the employees at Book Soup for their favorite children's books, and these are the books we picked....some will be familiar, some have been forgotten and some are just crazy!...
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Sean Ashby : Author & Illustrator (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
I've always loved rhyming poetry: I love writing it, and I love reading it out loud (nigh unto performing it). Which means, naturally, that I adore Shel Silverstein. I even had an unusual obsession on Shakespeare as a teenager to the point of memorizing several key monologues. Not for a school assignment, mind you. Just because I liked it.Consequently, I've always been rather disappointed
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The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I'll give you Shel Silverstein and Lewis Carroll for free. But if you wanna see the other ten, you're gonna have to click here .
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Draven99's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
I have never read Where the Wild Things Are , and yes I recognize the effort involved in such an undertaking is quite minimal. Of course, the ideal time to have read this would have been nearly three decades ago. The problem is that my parents were blissfully unaware of this story, instead I was more of a Shel Silverstein The Missing Piece sort of kid. With that said, I was able to see this live action...
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Boswell and Books (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Sandy Ploy has been getting lots of attention for her Iron Cupcake competition in Milwaukee. Here's a feature in a recent issue of Milwaukee Magazine . So I was thrilled (having blogged a bit about getting a cupcake store on Downer Avenue) to be asked to be the guest partner for this month's competition. Each entry this month is basing their cupcake on a book (or in one case, I believe, a poem). Five...
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Meridian Ariel (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
This week is Banned Books Week, a time to celebrate the freedom to read. There shouldn't be a need to have a Banned Books Week but unfortunately there are thousands of books that have been burned, banned and continue to get challenged by individuals, groups and governments that find them offensive. The books we read expand our minds, and make us the people we are. Books have always been an important...
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ecochildsplay (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/18/green-to-the-l…eco-stationarygreen-to-the-letter-giveway-free-eco-stationary/ Last week, Kelli shared with us Green Valentines made by Stubby Pencil Studio . Stubby Pencil Studio offers 100% recycled (post-consumer) coloring, interactive cards, as well as eco-friendly art supplies for children and adults (see Victoria's post on Crafting a Green World about...
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Books for Breakfast - Book Reviews With a Twist (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Based on Marv Gold's lifelong friendship with Shel Silverstein, this memoir gives a glimpse of the mysterious man who lived a juxtaposition. He created art for Playboy and published children's poems. He wrote incredible songs ("Boy Named Sue") but did not have the voice to sing. He barely gave interviews, and when he did, he turned the questions back to the reporter. Do I feel like I know...
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Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
For a twist on the usual "name five people you'd like to have dinner with," the JPS Blog posted this question: Name five Jewish authors (living or not) you'd like to break the Yom Kippur fast with. Sarah's JPS Blog post listed Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead), Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is illuminated), Philip Roth (Portnoy's Complaint) and Shel...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
"One of the UK's most adventurous independent publishers, Marion Boyars, is being forced out of business after more than 40 years by the adverse climate of today's book trade." The firm was "[the UK] publisher of authors including Ken Kesey, Georges Bataille, Nobel prize winner Kenzaburo Oe, Ivan Illich and Shel Silverstein."...
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The Weaver of Grass (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Well, I will say this for you, Bloggy Friends, you are an eclectic lot! So here is a Bloggers'Library, made up of your choices and listed in alphabetical order. First the poetry shelf. There would be works by: William Blake, Roberty Browning, e e cummings, Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney, Alfred Noyes, Tennyson, Wordsworth. Let's say that the top shelf of our bookcase would be the complete works of all...
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Surviving Oz (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
By now any Facebook users (which is pretty much everyone on the planet except Bill Gates , right') have probably seen this. The challenge is to list fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you; the first fifteen you can recall within fifteen minutes. This is my list - they're not necessarily the most profound books (check out #10!), but all of them made an indelible impression on me in...
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The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
The blood is up at The American Scene, as they single out the worst kids' writing. Who have they missed? Yes, yes, we all love Diana Wynne Jones , but what do we hate? A fiery debate is raging over on The American Scene about the worst children's books ever. Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree gets a hammering ("Tree loves boy. Boy loves tree. Boy grows up. Boy exploits tree. Tree takes it all...
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Worth your while (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
The Judy Blume clip made me think of Shel Silverstein. I loved his poems as a child and still do. I think he is one of the reasons I love reading, poetry, and writing. This one's for you Shel!
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