![]() In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try. ![]() ![]() She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Many enslaved workers got their longest break of the year-typically a handful of days-and some were granted the privilege to travel to see family or get married. It was in these Southern states and others during the antebellum period (1812-1861) that many Christmas traditions-giving gifts, singing carols, decorating homes-firmly took hold in American culture. In the 1830s, the large slaveholding states of Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas became the first in the United States to declare Christmas a state holiday. ![]() ![]() ![]() How did Americans living under slavery experience the Christmas holidays? While early accounts from white Southerners after the Civil War often painted an idealized picture of owners’ generosity met by grateful workers happily feasting, singing and dancing, the reality was far more complex. ![]() ![]() ![]() From what I understand, this is a memoir/journal of a character who travels places and does things with certain people. Since I can't un-read it, I'll complain about it. I'm glad it was audiobook format, or I would not have managed it. This book already started pretty bad, so the only reason I finished it was because I could not believe it could continue being that bad and still have the reputation it has. This edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication of the novel in 1957 and will be a must-have for any literature lover. ![]() Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon, and imbued with Kerouac’s love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up. ![]() Based on Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose four cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Pulsating with the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, illicit drugs, and the mystery and promise of the open road, Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be “beat” and has inspired generations of writers, musicians, artists, poets, and seekers who cite their discovery of the book as the event that “set them free”. ![]() Few novels have had as profound an impact on American culture as On the Road. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The opening stanza brings the reader up to speed with Maggie providing a glimpse at marital life during the 1860’s, the simple things that kept her days full and the sheer newness of life in Victoria nothing short of atmospheric, the town, people, their predicaments and place of residents be it tent or more structurally sound dwelling were clearly articulated, the mud paved streets and tobacco-infused air instantly transporting the reader to a simpler and dangerous time in Australia. With the gold mining town akin to Deadwood, this outlaw-like frontier on the surface seems lawless, or at least law-ignorant such is the ineptitude of the police force, a unit that had failed to land a conviction for the previous 5 murders prior to the killing of 17yr old Maggie Stuart in a manner reminiscent of Jack the Ripper. The Unfortunate Victim is a historical crime fiction novel set in Daylesford, outside of Melbourne in 1864. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Events or details that are not always historically accurate. He centers his thesis on three primary realizations that challenged him to re-think the nature of Scripture. The book is divided into seven chapters that each have multiple, short readable essays. But before, I provide my own reflection, here are the stats. There are both positive and problematic aspects of Enns’ work. Instead of diminishing reverence for the Bible, Enns seeks to affirm it by accepting it for what it really is: an inspired but messy text. He wants to help his readers understand the nature of Scripture and, therefore, how to correctly read and apply it. To be clear, Enns affirms the value of Scripture-we know God better by reading it-but he believes we have erroneous expectations of it. Instead of a rulebook, Enns suggests we read Scripture in the genre of storytelling with inspired examples of how God-fearers of the past have wrestled with their faith. He specifically sees this occurring among Christians who treat the Bible like a rulebook of fixed, timeless truths. Enns is concerned that instead of honest engagement with Scripture some segments of the Church have made untenable attempts to cover up or explain away the challenges. How do we make sense of difficult passages in the Bible? What about the violence or apparent contradictions? Peter Enns addresses these concerns in his book The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable To Read It. ![]() ![]() ![]() This event is both in-person and on Zoom. To reserve your spot, please scroll down and complete the registration form below. ![]() To learn more, visit our Lake Forest Reads page. This event is part of Lake Forest Reads, our One Book, One Community program. Franklin, and partly because her contribution to a crucial. ![]() Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright, and tempestuous young woman who, at the age of fifteen, decided she was going to be a scientist, but who was airbrushed out of the greatest scientific discovery of the twentieth century." Franklin’s DNA research was widely thought to be Nobel-worthy, she continued to be mostly overlooked, prompting her biographer, Brenda Maddox, to dub her The Dark Lady of DNAbased partly on a disparaging reference a coworker once made about Dr. HarperCollins, 29.95 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-06-018407-0 More By and About this Authorchevronright. This month's title: "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA" by Brenda Maddoxīook description: "In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery. ROSALIND FRANKLIN: The Dark Lady Of DNA Brenda Maddox. Rosalind Franklin, the biophysicist whose work provided the scientific support for Watson and Cricks development of the structure of DNA, has remained a mystery, her opinions and motivations hidden. You are welcome to attend the discussion even if you haven't finished the book. Join us in person or on Zoom to discuss real reads and true stories. ![]() ![]() This is exciting, because it transforms the terrain and provides an excuse for sleigh-rides. The snow arrives in early December, when Jim wakes to see the fat flakes swirling in the red grass beyond the house. ![]() Its unobtrusive, effortlessly vivid prose leads us from "the windy springs and the blazing summers" all the way to a winter that's so clear, crisp and crystalline it feels as though we're witnessing it for the very first time. It shows how these people were at the mercy of nature how their life and livelihoods hung on the turn of the seasons. Willa Cather was born and raised on the Great Plains and her novel stands as a celebration of the landscape and its settlers (specifically Ántonia, the stoic daughter of a struggling Bohemian family). "All day long, Nebraska," marvels 10-year-old Jim Burden as he trundles across the endless prairie to start a new life with his grandparents. ![]() M y Ántonia is a tale of the American west: of wagon trains and immigrant farmers and a wild, flat country that runs out in all directions. ![]() ![]() When animals on the reef begin to sicken and die, Zoe's personal and professional worlds collide. So the last thing she expects is to fall for her boss's fiancé́, cane king Quinn Cooper. Her work at the Sea-Life Centre provides all the passion she needs and Zoe finds a friend in Bridget, the centre's director. And also by its people - its farmers and fishermen, unhurried and down to earth, proud of their traditions. Zoe is immediately charmed by the region's beauty - by its rivers and rainforests, and by its vast cane fields, sweeping from the foothills down to the rocky coral coast. Moving from Sydney to take up an exciting new role in marine science in the small sugar town of Kiawa is a welcome fresh start. Unlucky-in-love Zoologist Zoe King has given up on men. ![]() ![]() National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia.Turtle reef / Jennifer Scoullar Book Bib IDīook, Online, Online - Google Books ![]() ![]() ![]() Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. ![]() "Josie's strength shines as she handles sadness and loss as well as recovery and progress. Reaching for Sun 1st Edition is written by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens. "Like taking slow bites from a piece of homemade lemon pie-sharp sweet and honest." Tracie lives outside Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children. She is also the creator of more than 80 teacher's guides for numerous publishers and has published poetry books as well as the novel Reaching for Sun. ![]() TRACIE VAUGHN ZIMMER has worked as a special education teacher and reading specialist. Inspired by the riverboat circuses of the nineteenth century, it also brings little known historical facts to life. This is a memorable tale of prejudice, race, and the relationships that transcend them. But it's the menace of slave catchers that poses the greatest danger of all, and that will put Owen's loyalty to Solomon and Little Bet to the test. ![]() A brush with yellowfever in New Orleans and a devastating storm threaten the boat and its crew. But then a free black man named Solomon offers to take him on as an assistant animal keeper, and Owen discovers a family among the ragtag members of the circus-including a young elephant named Little Bet. In 1852 Ohio, twelve-year-old Owen steals aboard a floating circus called the River Palace, with nothing more in mind than catching a little of the show. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think the creepiest thing about this story is the setting. However, it did end up being a very good psychologically twisting story about the unreliability of memory and the lengths some people will go to in order to get exactly what they want. So, did In a Dark, Dark Wood make me lose sleep and jump at every sound? Um, no. I've been on such a kick with scary/mystery/thriller sorts of stories lately, so when I saw In a Dark, Dark Wood on my shelves I thought it was the perfect time to finally read it! It's gotten a lot of attention and the synopsis makes it sound interesting, even given the somewhat vague description, so I was ready and hoping to be scared out of my wits. ![]() But as the first night falls, revelations unfold among friends old and new, an unnerving memory shatters Leonora’s reserve, and a haunting realization creeps in: the party is not alone in the woods. When reclusive writer Leonora is invited to the English countryside for a weekend away, she reluctantly agrees to make the trip. ![]() Sometimes the only thing to fear…is yourself. ![]() What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware’s suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. Genre: Mystery/ Thriller/ Suspense/ Crime Drama ![]() |
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