Book Description
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.
An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.
Customer Reviews:
My favorite book of the decade.......2007-10-11
This book was amazing. After reading it, I have bought copies for at least 2 other friends and recommended it to many others. I loved the book and really related to the characters. I highly recommend it! While it did take a chapter or two to understand how the time traveler concept worked, the story is heartfelt and I really became emotionally connected with the characters.
Very clever story.......2007-10-09
I got this book as an audio book for my ipod, and listened to it during my my daily commute to and from work. I honestly thought it was great. It was the kind of story you can get lost in. The subject matter is interesting, and despite what a lot of the people here who didn't like the book think, I found the character development to be very engaging. I disagree completely with people who didn't like the end of the book. I felt that it was completely appropriate. Some people just want an expected, "happy" ending I suppose. If they're going to judge this book based on one aspect, that is their right...but I recommend it completely.
Creative and entertaining - not much more.......2007-10-08
Story is about a man who mostly involuntarily travels through time. He has numerous interesting encounters. He meets his wife when she was a child. Time travel is never logical if you think hard about it, but this author does a fantastic job making it as believable a possible. Despite all the time travel back and forth the story is not confusing at all and easy to follow. It is very creative and I genuinely had fun reading it.
On the downside, the character development is poor. You don't really care about the main characters. The love story is unconvincing and not particularly romantic. Go ahead and read it specially if you like science fiction but don't expect to be moved.
huh......?.......2007-10-08
I have no idea why folks are gushing over this book! Why all the hype over this drivel?
I personally adore reading anything that has a time travel story line in it, but this story was total garbage. I will admit that the first couple chapters had me intrigued but it never......well...that's just it. It never amounted to anything. The backbone of the story could have been fantastic. This book was anything BUT. Such a disappointment.
An intellectually stimulating unique story of enduring love.......2007-10-06
5 out of 5. I read this book over 18 months ago, so I need to refresh my memory. But, if you can get over the time traveler's visits to his current self, and perhaps the older man spending time with a young girl, then you will find it a rare book that leaves you wanting a love like that. Imagine meeting your true love -- and being able to share in that love before that shared love existed. A story that will evoke laughter as well as tears.
Book Description
Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. After all, the scenery is lovely, the people are charming—but where are the books? The rolling library's 15,000 volumes have mysteriously gone missing, and it's up to Israel to discover who would steal them . . . and why. And perhaps, after that, he will tackle other bizarre and perplexing local mysteries—like, where does one go to find a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?
Customer Reviews:
Quirky mystery about books and libraries.......2007-09-23
The first of the "Mobile Library Mysteries" series is an easy and entertaining read, filled with quotes and literary trivia from famous and not so famous books and poetry. It also features the lead character, a bumbling 29-year-old Jewish librarian from London, using tomes like a Harry Potter novel and Yann Martel's Life of Pi as objects in his sleuthing rather than as works of literature. Case in point - the occasionally intrepid Israel Armstrong uses the Harry Potter novel to break a window in a noteworthy breaking-and-entering scene. I wonder if Mr. Sansom, like Mr. Armstrong, dislikes these titles.
The plots or mysteries - missing books and persons - aren't the main draw of the books. No, it's the witty writing, the hilarious scenes, and the roundabout thoughts of Israel that made me blaze through the book. I love his love of books and libraries. And it tickled me how he described driving a mobile library as the absolute low point of a librarian's career.
Sansom has a wonderful ear for conversation, sets a great scene, and often fills it with hilarity.
A "keeper".......2007-08-19
There are many books I don't mind giving away or swapping when I'm done reading them. "The Case of the Missing Books" is one I'd like to keep in my collection, however, and it surprised me when I finished it that I felt this way.
When I began the book, I was amused, interested, and didn't mind the storyline, yet I wasn't completely enthralled or won over. Some of the humor in the beginning felt a little too much - and kind of slapstick. At first I thought, "Oh no! Poor Israel!" and then I started thinking, "OK, this is a little much." I almost stopped reading it, but in spite of myself, I continued and as the story progressed, and I couldn't even tell you exactly where in the book it was, but I got hooked, and the clumsy misfortunes of Israel began to be balanced with one good thing happening here... another two good things happening there... and the whole story seemed to improve, too - by the end, I understood more why the book began as it did - Israel, a "Highly Sensitive Person," undergoes a slow, but sure, transformation. Characters (including Israel, to a point) I didn't particularly like in the beginning change, evolve, and become empathetic and likable.
As for the mystery - it does begin laughably, but remember - Israel isn't a detective and doesn't claim to be one. He's pushed into this, and so I think it makes sense that some of his hypotheses are silly or funny. And one of his mistakes brings about something quite good, as a matter of fact. I love how the mystery is resolved - but that could be because I quite value books and having access to them (and I'm also one of those people who has a bookcase in every room of my home!) ... someone who doesn't mind having a good book to read but who's not really upset if he/she does NOT have a book, either, may be neutral about the whole missing books mystery idea.
A 'laugh out loud' book!.......2007-08-03
My Book Club will be reading this later this year. I'm not sure there's a lot to 'discuss' but it was really fun to read. My husband is now reading it - he couldn't wait to do so because I was constantly laughing as I read it. It is a rather improbable story but the British humor is a riot.
This Book will Make you Smile!.......2007-05-26
Israel Armstrong is a Jewish vegetarian from London who takes a job in rural Northern Ireland as librarian of a mobile library. It is a laugh-a-minute as Israel goes from one disaster to another but even this can't keep him from his job. The one thing that does keep him from doing his job is the fact that all 15,000 library books are missing. Israel must find the books. He blunders around the countryside looking for them, wrecking havoc and making enemies as he goes.
The locals in the book are all charmingly eccentric. There's his boss Linda Wei a large Chinese lady who loves to eat and will not take no for an answer. Next we meet Ted who runs Ted's Cabs and initially seems like an idiot but turns out to be a very intelligent, well read, lovable guy. The character of George is played by a beautiful woman who runs a farm and the list goes on and on. It is truly a delightful set of characters that Sansom brings to life and one can only hope they all return in the next book.
The storyline is fast paced and very amusing. There are many twists and turns as Israel stumbles his way about Ireland. Israel is irreverent and silly and you will be amazed by the things he does and says. If you are looking for a refreshing, light-hearted, comical read then this is the book for you.
the annoying protagonist.......2007-05-24
The main character is highly annoying- a squishy bookdweller who has no concept of how to interact with other human beings. Despite this- I found I couldn't put the book down. The plot is compelling, the setting and characters are amusing and interesting. The resolution is a bit anticlimactic, but leaves room for the series to continue. The author wets your whistle for the next book with a teaser at the end of this novel. I enjoyed the book, and really hope that the protagonist develops along with the series.
Customer Reviews:
Easy to Understand.......2006-03-16
This is a great entry-level book. It's well-written with easy-to-understand case studies and pertinent examples.
Complete and Very Well Explained.......2004-09-18
Copyrights used to be so simple. The U.S. Constitution says: to promote the progrss of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors exclusive right to their respective writing and discoveries. From there it gets a lot messier. For instance a book copyrighted and published in 1930 was under copyright for 28 years. If the copyright was not renewed it expired in 1958. But if in 1958 the copyright was renewed for an additional 28 years, or 1986. But the law was changed so that if the copyright was not renewed the book is in the public domain. But if it was renewed the copyright now goes until 70 years after the death of the author, or maybe 95 years after it was first published, or possibly 120 years after it was created.
And if you think that is a mess, wait until you get into digital, like the web. If a book is still in copyright in the US, but available on an Australian web site, can you download it, can you print a copy, can you sell it?
This book clearly, and using an interesting format explains these and lots more points.
Highest recommendation for libraries and librarians .......2004-09-06
Published in a sprial bound format, Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide For Librarians by Carrie Russell is a project of the "Office for Information Technology Project" of the American Library Association and is enhanced with contributions by thirteen specialists and experts in copyright law and its relevance to academic and public library systems. Color illustrations, highlighted passages, a dash of humor and situational questions enhance the basic study of American copyright law, making the information easier to assimilate. Covering modern-day legal issues and coverage especially as apply to libraries ranging from the concept of "fair use" to the "first sale doctrine" that allows the resale or donation of lawfully purchased or acquired books, etc. to issues specific to copyright in the digital age, and much more, Complete Copyright carries the highest recommendation for libraries and librarians everywhere in the rapidly changing twenty-first century.
Book Description
THE CAMEL BOOKMOBILE is a fictional tale of an American librarian who leaves Brooklyn to work for a relief organization in Africa that sends books on the backs of camels to forgotten villages. Her intentions are entirely pure but, when the bookmobile causes a feud among the nomadic tribe it aims to help, she realizes her good deeds may come with a high price.
The actual Camel Bookmobile made its first run almost a decade ago. Three dromedaries trudged through arid northeastern Kenya to bring a library to settlements so remote they had become nearly invisible. Lacking roads, clean water, and food, those who inhabited these villiages had never been to school much less held a book in their hands. The books that came to them were rare and precious gifts, allowing them to briefly escape the reality of squalor and destitution.
Appealing to the fans of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Bookseller of Kabul, The Camel Bookmobile captures a time and place that is unknown to many but relevant to all.
Customer Reviews:
A Moveable Feast.......2007-09-22
This book succeeds on a variety of levels. It is first of all enjoyable fiction. The factual quotes before chapters lend a bleak reality to the stark conditions of the environment wherein the story transpires. It is, however, the richness of the characterization that makes the novel soar. Each character sings in a proud triumphant voice, as the bookmobile enters, leaves and then returns to the complexity of African life.
beautiful!.......2007-07-02
It's been a long time since the characters in a story have continued to live on for me after I've finished the book. This is one of those stories. As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, I could both identify with Fi Sweeney and ponder the larger questions of what happens when one tries to bring progress to another culture. No easy answers, but lots to think about, long after you've finished reading.
Beautifully Accomplished........2007-06-09
I bought this book as a recommendation from a friend as he knew my interests and thought this would be perfect. I wasn't in the least bit disappointed. Hamilton unravels the tale of Fiona Sweeney, a modern librarian from the states, who has a mission and a goal: bringing education to the tribal peoples of Africa.
With multiple twists and turns to the plot that I didn't foresee when I first picked up the book, I was pleasantly surprised. Hamilton's writing is not only beautiful and captivating, but also brings forth a sense of importance. It's a book with awareness and a deep spiritual connection that left me with a 'united' feeling. I was both enamored and amused by the supporting cast, but also left with a feeling of kinship with Fi who has a strong belief in what she does. She's the type of woman who wont go down without a fight, strong but still emotional. She has a certain need to fulfill this mission and even when turned away, she is assertive and determined in her belief.
From the dusky, romantic setting of Africa to the sense of balance in Fi Sweeney's heart, this book was a delight. The awareness of the subject matter is brought into strong focus, yet still maintains a balance of wonderful writing. A true success.
A remarkable achievement.......2007-06-05
In The Camel Bookmobile, Masha Hamilton tackles important philosophical and cultural questions with sensitivity and grace. This book is anything but abstract, though. Librarian Fiona Sweeney; her Kenyan counterpart, Mr. Abasi; and especially the members of the Mididima tribe are complex, intelligent, passionate individuals whom we come to care about and root for, and whose fragile future assumes heartbreaking importance.
Not as good as the real thing!.......2007-05-31
Although the real Camel Book Drive that is a new and wonderful charity organization now going on in Africa is an exciting event that brings books to the people of that country, the novelization of the story is not as riveting. I struggle to see why other reviewers are raving about this boring and disastrous tale. Perhaps they feel the actual real story of the bookmobile merits giving the book flying colors. I was expecting so much more from this promising title and felt very misled by the descriptive blurb on the front inside jacket flap. I was expecting to hear how these books and authors were going to change the lives of these people, I was waiting to see how the people would react and wonder about the various stories that are brought to them across the dry dusty desert by a caravan of camels. Not so. We have one trip, the first trip, into one village, that soon causes trouble and disaster to the future of the camel book mobile. The entire rest of the book is one long affair with our heroine the librarian to straighten out the problem one villager has caused. The reader then has to suffer through the rest of the novel hearing about the trials and tribulations and petty social and family ordeals of the locals, instead of the promised literary input the books are supposedly suppose to create for these villages. I truly struggled to finish it and when I finally turned the last page I felt I had wasted the entire day that it took to read this slow and disappointing story.
Book Description
Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel is an intimate portrait of three women whose lives collide during a brutal Texas summer.
In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen Lowens awaits her execution with a host of convicted serial killers on death row. In Manhattan, Dr. Franny Wren, also twenty-nine, tends to a young cancer patient, and resists the urge to run from her fiancé and her carefully crafted life. In Austin, Texas, brassy Celia Mills, a once-vibrant librarian, mourns her murdered husband.
Over the course of the summer, fate pushes these eerily recognizable women together, culminating in a revelation of the possibility of faith, the responsibility of friendship, and the value of life. Sleep Toward Heaven is a luminous story of murder and desire, solitude and grace -- a rare literary page-turner where redemption seems perpetually within arm's reach.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Story!!!.......2007-09-30
I couldn't put it down! The characters are well developed and the plot is well thought out. Never boring! A MUST READ!!!
Great Read.......2007-09-09
I read this book in 2 days. Just could not put it down. My only complaint is that I wish it had been longer. Wonderful writter. Looking forward to future works.
Totally Compelling..........2007-08-03
I read this book in 2 days. If I didn't have to work in the middle of that (darn it!) would've been a few hours! What an amazing first novel. Ward brings 3 women together in a very believable set of circumstances. You feel each woman's pain so clearly you feel you know them. I actually teared up at the end! It leaves you wanting more: what happened next with Franny and Celia? Questions on the death penalty, forgiveness and life itself will haunt you. If you like books like Memory Keeper's Daughter and Time Traveler's Wife, you will become as totally engrossed in this book as I did. I'll definitely seek out Ms. Ward's next book.
Good Quick Read.......2007-04-16
Worth reading. If you want a quick, easy, entertaining story, you've got it here!
Sleep toward heaven.......2007-03-15
This book had me from the first page. It is a story that I never would have thought would capture my attention but it really is a page turner. You are enveloped in the lives of the women and it is quite a poignant book.
Book Description
Respected YA services consultant Patrick Jones has teamed up with two of today's most popular YA workshop leaders to redesign, update, and expand the "bible" of YA service. Addressing every aspect of library service to teens, the book's twelve chapters cover customer service, collections, booktalking, programming, spaces, promotion, technology, youth involvement, and more. Chapters filled with hundreds of "best practices" culled from the authors' workshop presentations, ready-to-use forms, checklists, and documents--teen secret shopper forms, teen information literacy handouts, reading interest surveys, graphic novel booklists, booktalk evaluations, teen volunteer job descriptions, and much more--make this edition an all-in-one resource. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, 3rd Edition, contains over 70% new material for previous editions including an all-new glossary for librarians serving teens that helps with understanding adolescent development terms, teen slang, literary definitions, and library terminology. A brand-new technology chapter provides practical, readable explanations of filters, teen Web sites, instant messaging, blogs, online book discussions, virtual author chats, streaming media--as well as suggestions for using these with teens. The collection development tools--including advice for selecting books, magazines, music, movies, videogames, and more--have been updated and expanded. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, Third Edition, is a must-have for every librarian serving teens.
Product Description
Being a solo librarian or managing with a small staff can be a massive challenge. This unique "how-to" is written from the perspective of the small library and its particular challenges and constraints. Tasks ranging from programming and outreach to cataloging and circulation are all part of the job, and Moorman s advice about how to approach this multi-tasking deluge is brilliant. A resource section is included listing furniture, automation, book/periodical vendors, listservs and discussion groups, professional organizations, and more. Whether you are in a small academic, public, school, or special library, you will want this unique manual by your side.
Average customer rating:
- Will Touch Any Bibliophile's Heart
- PLEASE!
- Agree to disagree
- A rare portrayal of a strong Muslim woman
- 4 1/2 The Woman Who Saved a Library
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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Jeanette Winter
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
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Rosa
ASIN: 0152054456 |
Book Description
"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"*
--Alia Muhammad Baker
Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever.
In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
Includes an author's note.
*From the New York Times, July 27, 2003
Customer Reviews:
Will Touch Any Bibliophile's Heart.......2007-06-08
The courageous story of one dedicated librarian, her friends, and how they saved the majority of books from Basra's Central Library from destruction. I have shared this book with folks from five to 50, and every last one of them was touched. It's simply a must for every classroom, library, and anyone who loves books, libraries, and reading.
PLEASE!.......2007-02-08
My wife and I brought our 5 year old son to an interview at a private school we were interested in. They had a box full of this particular book sitting there in front of us while the head-master was evaluating our son. My wife and I each picked-up a copy and flipped through it. I have no problem with childrens books about what's going on in Iraq if done properly. This isn't one of them. At one point, the iraqi woman (Alia) who saved the books shuttles them to her friends restaurant, and they hide them in sacks and curtains. Here's a sample of the story (and I'm paraphrasing - not for effect or an attempt to exaggerate anything, but only because I don't have the book in front of me): "Soldiers [the illustration depicts an american soldier] came to the door of the restaurant and asked Anis [the owner] why he has a gun. 'To protect my business' he replied. The soldiers didn't enter the restaurant, and so Alia and Anis knew the books would be safe." So that's the "hint of the United States' involvement" that the paid reviewers spoke of: Apparently, the evil americans were prepared to destroy all the books if discovered. Garbage.
Agree to disagree.......2006-06-08
I think this book will always divide its readership. I have worked in the past with a Lady from Iraq. A well educated, literate and articulate woman, who was educated in Iraq by Iraqi's so for those who think the Iraq was liberated rather than invaded and through the actions of George and Tony et al they will always believe that it was only those actions that allowed the people, women in particular a greater amount of freedom. That is not always the case... should we see ourselves as "saviours"? This will always be a matter for debate. As a Librarian myself I agree that given the right set of circumstances I would indeed take and look after the stock from my Library as I believe that information IS the key to power. So to this title's detractors yes, read in isolation it could be misleading, yes the "invasion/liberation" will have done some good and after many a long discussion with my former colleague, it has, HOWEVER for those who fall on the invasion side, I agree does any government have the right to do what ours (and I include the british here) have done? We are not Iraqi - we are not there, we will never PERSONALLY know. But read this book whichever camp you fall into, read it to your children, explain it to them in context. That is what you should do. Remember, BOOKS ARE POWERFUL I'm glad this book is generating so much discussion. This is what books do, the Librarian in the story understood this, that is what THIS book is about.
A rare portrayal of a strong Muslim woman.......2006-05-13
There are many wonderful things about this book which have already been mentioned by 27 of the other reviewers. However, what struck me the most was that Alia Muhammad Baker, the main character of The Librarian of Basra, is a strong Muslim woman who becomes a heroine in her struggle to preserve her faith and country's heritage at her cherished library.
This is very critical considering that most readers of this book probably view Muslim women as oppressed and passive as opposed to strong and committed to their faith.
Anyone who wishes to offer a more balanced presentation of Muslim women in their classroom or to their children should get this book and read it themselves and to kids.
4 1/2 The Woman Who Saved a Library.......2006-03-15
This contemporary story about an Iraqi librarian rescuing 70% of the Basra Central Library's books speaks of both individual courage and the irreplaceable value of books. It's based on actual events: With Allied bombers approaching Basra in April 2003, chief librarian Alia Muhammad Baker asks the local government for permission to move the books. For reasons not explained to the reader, official deny her request, "so Alia takes matters into her own hands." At first, she drives small loads to her home, but when the bombing begins and the library staff flees, she adopts a larger plan to save the books. A network of friends and relatives (most notably neighboring merchant Anis Muhammad) race to hide 30,000 books in Muhammad's nearby restaurant:
"'The books must be saved.' All through the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers, and shopkeepers and neighbors take the books from the library shelves, pass them over the seven-foot wall, and hide them in Anis' restaurant. The books stay hidden as the war rages on. Then, nine days later, a fire burns the library to the ground." As first reported by New York Times journalist Shaila K. Dewan, Baker and her friends waited out the bombs and then moved the thousands of books to the homes of friends, where, presumably, many of them still wait out the violence. An afterward explains that Alia Muhammad Baker suffered a stroke not long after and underwent heart surgery; she is "healing, and despite all, she is determined to see that the library is rebuilt."
The story begins weakly, largely due to some rather conventional pictures that evoke Saturday morning TV shows. Smooth, Western-looking faces speak about the impending war ("Will planes with bombs fill the sky?"), but the multitude of talking heads seems flat. (Older readers might like M. A. Stamaty's 32-page "Alia's Mission : Saving the Books of Iraq" for a more detailed and realistic version of the story.) However, Winter's introduction of the librarian personalizes the story, and her increasingly authentic pictures add realism and a sense of urgency to the rescue. In several dramatic scenes, Winter's bombing planes fill the fiery night sky, tanks shoot long lines of gunfire, and citizens flee against silhouetted minarets, domes, and palm trees. No bloodshed is shown, but Winter convincingly and appropriately shows the ensuing devastation. (There's also a 4-page daydream sequence about a peaceful Iraq, beautifully illustrated with colorful colors and motifs.) The Iraqi people who participated in Baker's "underground" book relocation probably risked their lives to save the books, and I expect that their story will evoke emotion and strong emotions and passionate discussion.
Book Description
Finally -- a completely new edition of the classic handbook and text for school librarians! Running a School Library Media Center has been expaded and updated to include each and every aspect of school library media operations.
Here you will learn how to forge better relationships with teachers, students, and administrators. You will understand how to manage better through appropriate policy-setting, procedure development, budgeting, public relations, and staff training. Cataloging, collection development, furniture selection, space planning, circulation, and more are discussed in detail.
Checklists, sample forms, and templates are included to make every task and procedure simpler. Among the special sections are directories of book, periodical, and nonprint vendors; learning skills inventories; important professional statements; and a listing of key listervs and electronic resources.
This major work -- a goldmine of practical information -- is a must have for all school libraries.
Customer Reviews:
Practical help!.......2007-07-30
RASLMC is a great practical helper for the school librarian/media specialist. It contains websites, forms and practical ideas. It is a bit dated though, 2002.
Recommended Manual.......2007-05-15
I purchased this book for a Library Science class that I am currently taking. This manual is very useful and informative for any veteran or new comer to the library media center. It covers all aspects of the library media center from forms used to helpful vendor listings. I highly recommend this manual for anyone working in a library media center.
Fundamentally recommended for all dedicated school librarian.......2002-09-08
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Running A School Library Media Center: A How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians by Barbara L. Stein (Professor, University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences) and Risa W. Brown (Library Media Specialist, Lake Highlands High School, Dallas, Texas), is a highly practical, "user friendly", how-to guide for librarians charged with developing, maintaining, and operating a private, parochial, or public school library media center. Individual chapters cover key issues including the efficient maintenance, building a collection, hiring and working with staff, promoting literacy, and much more. A comprehensive selection of appendix provides numerous resources at a librarian's fingertips, from lists of book an periodical vendors, to sources of reviews, to handling software packages that filter inappropriate Internet content. Running A School Library Media Center is fundamentally recommended for all dedicated school librarians.
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- I wish I could give it five stars
- Entertainment for a wide age range.
- Heaven Stamped Her -- Overdue
- Librarians, race cars, and suffragettes...
- A terrible audio version of a great book
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Here Lies the Librarian
Richard Peck
Manufacturer: Dial
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Book Description
Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dreams of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside down.
This novel, with its quirky characters, folksy setting, classic cars, and hilariously larger-than-life moments, is vintage Richard Peck - an offbeat, deliciously wicked comedy that is also unexpectedly moving.
Customer Reviews:
I wish I could give it five stars.......2007-09-21
but I can't. I thoroughly enjoyed Richard Peck's "A Long Way From Chicago" and "A Year Down Yonder." He is a marvel at recreating another time and another place, and he does a fine job with this rural Indiana town in the early years of the 20th century. And Jake and Peewee (also known as Eleanor) are finely drawn characters - as are most of the others we meet.
My only real problem with the book is that I really, really dislike the first chapter - so much so that I almost stopped reading the book at the bottom of page 11. I'm glad I kept going because all of the remaining chapters are first rate. The offending chapter has to do with a tornado tearing up the town and part of its adjacent cemetary. I thought it was unnecessarily grotesque, and nothing that happens in the rest of the book is dependent in any way on the events in chapter one. It's possible, I suppose, that one could look at the tornado in a metaphorical sense (the only explanation I can come up with) because "winds of change" do blow into town in chapter two. We meet emancipated women who act as role models for Peewee/Eleanor, and we have Eleanor herself coming to terms with her impending maturity and subsequent self-reliance. So, I recommend reading the first four or five pages, then skipping to the first page of chapter two and continuing on to the end of the book. It's a good book - but not a great one like either of the two Grandma Dowdel books I mentioned up front.
Entertainment for a wide age range........2007-08-29
My sons and I listened to this audiobook on a recent trip and we all enjoyed it. There was enough character development and a great plot to keep me interested, and the storyline moved along well and had enough action to keep the attention of both my 10 year old, as well as my 17 year old. We have read and/or listened to several books by this author and he is an excellent storyteller with an elegant style of writing. This is the type of literature I love to share with my children.
Heaven Stamped Her -- Overdue.......2007-07-19
Tongue in cheek wit and picture perfect images of early twentieth century America serve as a trademark to the talented Richard Peck. If Mark Twain were less wordy and told an interesting story with a faster pace, he might tell a story as well as Richard Peck.
PeeWee, better known as Eleanor, is a tomboy by the standards of the early 20th century. She likes fixing cars, wearing overalls, and dislikes wearing dresses or womanly leisures. So when the four sorority girls from Butler University arrive in town to resurrect the library, they also aim to change Eleanor. Yet even as they make her less of a tomboy, not everything about Eleanor has to change. Eleanor believes her brother Jake has eyes for Irene, the girl Eleanor speaks with most frequently. But just when Eleanor thinks she understands men, a twist comes.
Few writers have such a talent for painting a character's image. This is a real strong point for Peck. Peck makes readers feel a part of a simpler time in American history, and make it laugh-out-loud funny at times. This was not Peck's best story, but I still enjoyed it.
Librarians, race cars, and suffragettes..........2007-03-27
Just finished reading this book aloud with my two daughters, ages 10 and 12. Richard Peck can always be counted on to tell a story filled with a sense of history, great characters, and a dry sense of humor. This book doesn't disappoint. We looked forward to our nightly adventure with the Jake and Eleanor (aka Peewee). While some children may be a little confused with some of the vocabulary, it's a great way to learn some history while having a lot of fun. I recommend reading this book aloud to truly enjoy it's full flavor!!
A terrible audio version of a great book.......2006-11-27
Please do yourself a favor and read the book rather than listen to this audio version. The narrator, who speaks with a modern West-coast accent, is the absolute wrong choice for this funny, charming story set in the early 1900's. Peck's humor is nearly lost in this monotone reading.
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