(in a very sing songy voice) "Oh Librarian I would like lions and tigers and sharks please"
We were not disappointed!
Most recent books for the Kiddo:
1. Sharks, Gibbons, Gail –One of our favorite animal authors. We’ve read Penguins and Dinosaurs by her.
2. Sharks!, Schreiber, Anne-This is another favorite. This one is a National Geographic Reader Level Two book so short sentences but solid information for Wylie to absorb and enjoy.
3. Face to Face with Sharks, Doubilet, David—This is one of a series that we really enjoy. Full color photographs of the animals mixed with drawings and descriptions of the different varieties of sharks. Did you know there are over 350 kinds of sharks?
4. Tigers, Squire, Ann—Good but not keeping Wylie’s attention. It could be the shark books are much more interesting.
5. A Tiger Cub Grows Up, Hewett, Joan—IN LOVE! Wylie loves learning about the tiger cub and checking to see if Hobbs agrees or has similar features. He wants to read it more and more.
6. Tiger Tales and Big Cat Stories, Chancellor, Deborah—Haven’t read this one yet but maybe tonight.
7. Deep in the Jungle, Yaccarino, Dan—Fun story with a moral. The lion is prideful and goes to the circus only to realize the big mistake. He then comes back to the jungle and his friends.
For the Grownup:
1. Cast a Road Before Me, Collins, Brandilyn—I thought it was a cool coming of age book. I didn’t notice it was Christian literature. I started reading it and while it had a good initial story, the overt use of God and religion as explanation not as part of the story was annoying. The story is that a young girl in the 60s loses her mom and moves to a small town where she is angry at everyone and tries to find her way. Unfortunately every other page she is in church and someone is preaching God to her. This is another one that is going back because it just didn’t do it for me.
Still on Hold for the Grownup:
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Okrent, Daniel
(Professional Review) While the story of Prohibition (1919–33) is not suspenseful, since we know how this social experiment turned out, Okrent (former public editor, New York Times) helpfully fills in details, explanations, and lessons to be learned while supplementing the familiar story of how legislated temperance did not succeed. He mines archival and published sources and adds memories acquired through interviews and reference to previously unavailable private papers. Okrent emphasizes that the 18th Amendment was a long time coming, passed by the efforts of progressives, populists, nativists, and other morally motivated reformers. Temporarily ending the fifth-largest industry in America, Prohibition transformed the alcoholic beverage business as well as American culture generally. Okrent admits that, although Prohibition promoted criminality and hypocrisy, it did cut the rate of alcohol consumption. He book-ends his work with historical explications of Prohibition's enactment and its eventual demise owing to lack of both sufficient political will and enforcement funds.
Books Returned:1. Mind for Murder, P.D. James--This one took awhile mostly because I was distracted with reading the Hawaii Guide Book. It was good. I had read the first book and it was the least obvious suspect as the culprit. So in this one I went with my initial thought but this time it was the most obvious and the one with the most to gain as the culprit. Interesting twist. General story: 1960s Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. General Manager is found murdered. All the psychiatrists, nurses and orderlies are in the building at the time along with one patient who is under the effects of LSD (which is explained as a psychiatric treatment!). There are devious characters hiding behind lies that while seemingly connected are simply just the characters hiding from each other. Very interesting.
2. Hawaii travel guide. We made up our minds and booked our trip to Hawaii! It was very informative and helpful in making our decision.
Books Currently being read by the Grownup:
1. The Night Trilogy, Wiesel, Elie -- I was moved by Night the first time I read it in high school. I remember feeling the cold and experiencing the pain and confusion of the images Elie Wiesel saw in the camps. He continually is questioning how "God" can be doing this and facing his elders who were denying their faith. He struggles with the fact he was destined to by a Kabbalist at a young age and then ended up in the camps.
Dawn is his fictional experience post war as a part of the Israeli terrorists. I'm mostly through the story and it is equally horrifying and questioning as to why this is happening to him.
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