CCRLD News Blog

Picture books:

• The Three Gifts (Gifford)

Chapter books:

• Cypher the Mountain Giant
• Forno the Fire Dragon
• You Have to Stop This (Bosch)
• The Bear (Curwood)
• Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, vol 7 (Hunt)
• The Flint Heart (Patterson)
• Around the World (Phelan)

Non-Fiction:

• Eyewitness: Forensic Science
• Eyewitness: Natural Disasters
• Eyewitness: Spy
• Face to Face with Grizzlies
• In Search of Sasquatch
• Lego Ideas Book
• Life Cycle of a Koala

Graphic novels:

• Hardy Boys: The Ocean of Osyria
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Baum)
• Black Beauty (Sewell)
• Peanuts (Schulz)

Fiction:

• Cloudburst (Andrews)
• Zero Day (Baldacci)
• The Snow Angel (Beck)
• The City of Fallen Angels (Berendt)
• Down by the River (Carr)
• Just Over the Mountain (Carr)
• Stormchild (Cornwell)
• Crackdown (Cornwell)
• Wildtrack (Cornwell)
• Alone (Estleman)
• The Litigators (Grisham)
• Dangerous Mercy (Herman)
• Sleeping with Fear (Hooper)
• Once a Thief (Hooper)
• Sense of Evil (Hooper)
• Whisper of Evil (Hooper)
• Always a Thief (Hooper)
• Kindness Goes Unpunished (Johnson)
• A Christmas Homecoming (Perry)
• Hotel Vendome (Steel)
• Cup of Gold (Steinbeck)

Non-Fiction:

• American Emperor
• Ben-Gurion
• Charles Dickens
• Dear Carey
• Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
• Falling Upward
• How to Buy Bank-Owned Properties for Pennies on the Dollar
• Jerusalem
• Midnight Rising
• Muzzled
• Nearing Home
• Outnumbered
• Steve Jobs
• Suicide of a Superpower
• Thomas Sewell Reader

If you missed last week's "Lego-Rama!":

We had three participants in the 4-8 age group, six participants in the 9-12 age group, and three adult participants.  The People’s Choice prize went to Keegan Haag, age 7, for his Lego project called “Head factory.”

A few Lego projects will be on display at the library for one week.

Fun was had by all and refreshments followed the judging.  And if you enjoyed "Lego-Rama!," you're in luck: there will be a Lego event on the first Friday of each month beginning January 6th, 2012! The Lego event would be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thank you to our judges:  Donna Helsius, Aimee Rosenberg, Dale Slack, and Bonnie Williams.

5 out of 5 stars

The author doesn't write history as it may be thought of universally, but searches for actual facts. This is a refreshing look at the Civil War that is not bent by the propaganda of then and today. The author presents history just like history happened, with a fair view of both sides. He (the author) writes with an open mind and does not tarnish his writing with his own preconceived notions.

Review by Sebastiana Radebaugh

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If you wish to reserve "The Rebels" by Jack Cavanaugh, please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131

http://www.squeakycleanreads.com/

Squeaky Clean Reads is a website specializing in content reviews of books for middle grade (10-14) and teen (14-19) readers. An excellent resource to help the reader (or parent!) find "clean" books.

Regarding their reviews, Squeaky Clean Reads says:

"In our review process, we give an overall review (a review of the book's literary qualities), and then a content review (a discussion of possibly objectionable material found in the book).  We want to let our readers know that our overall reviews and ratings are NOT affected or influenced by the book's content.  We aim to provide a professional, literary review of each book, and then go on to simply provide the book's content for your consideration."

Books are separated into lists organized by star rating, age level, topics (fiction, non-fiction, paranormal, mystery, etc), and the ones that make the cut are put on their Squeaky Clean Book List. 

Entertainment:

• (500) Days of Summer
• Any Which Way You Can
• Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again
• Every Which Way But Loose
• Honkytonk Man
• In Harm's Way
• National Treasure
• Nights in Rodanthe
• North to Alaska
• The Undefeated

Children's:

• A Dog of Flanders
• A Little Princess
• Jumanji
• Nancy Drew
• The Lion King
• The Neverending Story
• The Secret Garden

Fiction:

• Birds of Paradise (Abu-Jaber)
• The Sense of an Ending (Barnes)
• Hot Water (Brokovich)
• Lost Melody (Copeland)
• All the Pretty Hearses (Daheim)
• Love Finds You in Nazareth, Pennsylvania (Dobson)
• Christmas in Sugarcreek (Gray)
• Deed of Murder (Harrison)
• Only His (Mallery)
• Attracted to Fire (Mills)
• The River Queen (Morris)
• 1Q84 (Murakami)
• The Cat's Table (Ondatje)
• Hang Him High (Patten)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot)
• At Home by the Sea (Skye)
• Black Thunder (Thurlo)
• Baby, It's Cold Outside (Warren)
• The Christmas Singing (Woodsmall)

Non-Fiction:

• Whites, Blacks, and Racist Democrats

Fiction:

• Battle of the Bands (Denman)
• Comeback (Grant)
• B Negative (Grant)
• The Protectors (Karlsson)
• Flying Feet (McCann)
• Fallout (Tate)
• Boarder Patrol (Thomas)
• The Darwin Expedition (Tullson)
• Grind (Walters)
• Messages from Beyond (Watson)
• The Club (Watson)

Non-Fiction:

• Clara Barton
• Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
• Guitar for Everyone
• Write Your Own Fantasy Story
• Write Your Own Mystery Story

Picture Books:

• World's Most Dangerous Jobs
• Thomas' Read-Along Storybook (Awdry)
• Coral Reefs (Chin)
• Princess Justina Albertina (Davidson)
• Oodles of Animals (Ehlert)
• The Queen Bee (Grimm)
• Mythical Creatures (Hammond)
• The Lucky Sovereign (Lees)
• The Scallywags (Melling)
• One Lucky Duck (Moloney)
• The Race (Repchuk)
• Alia's Mission (Stamaty)

Chapter Books:

• Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (Barry and Pearson)
• The Ogre of Oglefort (Ibbotson)

Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5

[I gave it three and a half stars] because I thought it was cool how it was all about Adam's theatre life, as a techie, and how he tries to save the show and get the girl.

by an anonymous teen

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If you wish to reserve "My Life, The Theatre, and Other Tragedies" by Allen Zadoff, please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131