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Syndicated Content

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  • (Just One More Book!)
    Author: Wallace Edwards (on JOMB) Illustrator: Wallace Edwards Published: 2007 Kids Can Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1553377206 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Mind boggling puzzles, optical illusions and layer after layer of fascinating detail draws the reader into a visual vortex that rivals any handheld game console — and not a single moving part! Other books mentioned: The Rich Man and the Parrot Monkey Business The Sound [...]
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  • (Just One More Book!)
    It will take a few weeks to go through the hours of audio and video recordings and photographs we gathered while on our road trip to Connecticut and Massachusetts.  In the meantime, we’ve uploaded a small number of photos, 25 to be exact, as a teaser of the content yet to come. Click [...]
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  • (The Schlowdown - CDT)

    I have felt like there's a void in my life lately. When I turn on the TV, I've been surprised to see ads for household cleaners, cereal and toys instead of suits (or rolled up sleeves) telling me how horrible candidate A will be for America/Pennsylvania/Centre County and how candidate B is the only answer, but will only share it if elected. My mailbox is a bit lonelier lately, the shiny, oversize post cards no longer fill it. In the past 2 weeks, neither Chelsea Clinton, Jay Paterno, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama or Scott Conklin have called & left messages.

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  • (NextReads)
    Looking inward, outward, or upward? All manner of devotional and spiritual books will be featured in this newsletter, to inform, enlighten, and engage. Bi-monthly.
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  • (NextReads)
    Walk a mile in someone else's shoes--immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.
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  • (Just One More Book!)
    We’re back from six unbelievable days of revelry and reverence in Massachusetts and Connecticut with some of Children’s Literature’s greatest authors and illustrators. Over the next many weeks, we’ll be publishing audio and video coverage of some of our fun and festivities. What you will see and hear on JustOneMoreBook!! in the coming weeks: studio [...]
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  • (Just One More Book!)
    On Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators held an event in Ottawa, Canada that focused on the relationship between children’s book creators and agents.  The day included presentations, group discussions and private meetings with agents to review manuscripts. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with author/illustrator [...]
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  • (NextReads)
    Take a walk through the aisles of our general fiction section and discover a range of fascinating characters and stories to engage and enlighten. Monthly.
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  • (NextReads)
    Unimpressed by reality? No matter what kind of fantasy you like--dark or fairy-tale, comic or romantic--you'll find something of interest here. Monthly.
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  • (Just One More Book!)
    Author: Mona Kerby (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynne Barasch (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Farrar, Straus and Giroux (on JOMB) ISBN: 0374356858 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Neither wind nor rain nor the dog-catchers of Quebec can keep the unofficial mascot of the America Railway Mail Service from crisscrossing the continent and, eventually, the globe in this surprising but true tale of a nineteenth century [...]
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