![]() Amanda saves the day by explaining to Alligator, “No one wanted to buy you because they knew you were meant to be my best friend.” Imagine his disappointment when he finds out he was in the sale bin and only worth 7 cents nobody wanted him. My favorite scene is when Alligator realizes he has a price tag on his tail and is thrilled to find out how much he is worth. ![]() This story is deceptively simple, providing young children with a really nice model of friendship. The two stuffed friends realized that neither was very good at waiting alone, but together they could have loads of fun. One day Amanda returns from the zoo with a present from her Grandpa, a stuffed panda! He was way too cute and fluffy and Alligator was not happy with this surprise. But Alligator does a lot of waiting for Amanda while she is out, and he isn’t very good at waiting. Alligator puts on his thinking cap to think of new surprises for Amanda and Amanda rushes home to surprise Alligator with new books. The story follows a typical day in the life of these two friends. Alligator and Amanda have a lovely friendship. Meet two entirely new characters, Amanda and her Alligator, best friends who love to surprise each other. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now, I mean, that’s usually the point of Robin Hood, but I’ve seen all those obnoxious characterisations where he’s noble from the get-go and that’s just so annoying. I appreciate that Lawhead used one of my favourite characterisations of Robin Hood, and that is that he’s a spoiled brat beforehand. (I’m… I’m probably going to get pretty sketchy on the names here, they’re really accurate, thus really difficult to remember). He’s set it in Whales during the invasion of the Franks and the role of Robin Hood is one Bran ap Brychan, the Prince of Elfael. I have the first two books in that series and…. I love his historic twists on well known legends (He’s pretty famous for the take he does on Arthurian stories, I…. Lawhead’s books, in that I own A LOT of them, but haven’t read them… (I think I have 6 or 7? Yeah it’s a little strange). ![]() I have this weird relationship with Stephen R. BUT my dad got me the complete trilogy for Christmas so finish them I shall! And I remember really liking it then, but just never got around to finishing the series. I’d read it before about 5 years ago (or whenever it first came out, it was back then). ![]() So, this is actually my second time reading this book. Please, don’t ask me why, we don’t question these things. I frequently have meltdowns while thinking about Robin Hood. Robin Hood! Ok, I admit, I have a lot of general feelings about Robin Hood. ![]() ![]() The history of the saga's Big Bad is detailed, as are new insights (as experienced through the eyes and actions of the Sith) to galactic events that lead to the Empire's rise in Revenge of the Sith. ![]() The remainder of the book concerns itself with the relationship between these two Sith Lords and how their pursuit of power disrupts The Force and inevitably leads their fruitful partnership to a lethal conclusion.ĭarth Plagueis is pivotal in that its content is heretofore unexplored. Sensing enormous potential in the youthful malcontent, Plagueis ensnares Palpatine in the Sith ways and grants him the Sith title of Darth Sidious. After betraying and murdering his way to the head of the Sith Order, Plagueis's journeys lead him to discover a young noble named Palpatine. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character Darth Plagueis and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midi-chlorians that connect the Force to its users. ![]() "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?"ĭarth Plagueis is a Star Wars Legends novel by James Luceno set during the final decades of the Old Republic (beginning approximately 67 years before the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since then, Sy has practised true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters. It went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. In 2011 Sy Montgomery wrote a feature for Orion magazine entitled 'Deep Intellect' about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death. ![]() There is clearly something about the octopus’s weird beauty that fires the imaginations of explorers, scientists, writers' Daily Mail 'Charming and moving.with extraordinary scientific research' Guardian 'Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors' New Statesman ![]() ![]() ![]() It is told from the point of view of Basil who is a witch and head librarian and one day he encounters Sebastian who wants to film in the library looking to see if it’s haunted. Overdues and Occultism is a sweet paranormal romance story. Having enjoyed some of Jamie Sands books under another of their pen names I was excited to pick this one up. When Sebastian, a pararnormal investigator filming a web series starts snooping around Basil’s library, he stirs up more than just Basil’s heart.īetween Basil’s own self-doubt, a ghost who steals books and Sebastian, an enthusiastic extrovert bent on uncovering secrets, Basil’s life is about to get a lot more complicated. That might raise more than a few eyebrows. That Basil is a librarian comes as no surprise to his Mt Eden community. Overdues and Occultism (Mt Eden Witches #1)Ī witch in the broom closet probably shouldn’t be so interested in a ghost hunter, right? ![]() ![]() ![]() If you don’t like a book you have the right to keep your kid from reading it but not all the other kids & teens who need it. Kids and teens need to see themselves in books to know they’re not alone, especially traumatized & marginalized teens. It goes against the freedom to read and is censorship. Do you know of an instance where SCARS was banned or challenged? Please let me know. These are only the book challenges I know of because they were mentioned in news articles or someone told me. SCARS was challenged at Timber Creek school district in Florida. SCARS was challenged at Manatee County in Florida.Īpril 2023. Tammany Parish Library system, Covington, LA, with 79 titles under review.Ģ022. SCARS was challenged at Horry County School libraries, South Carolina, by Moms for Liberty of Horry County along with 76 other books.ĭec 22, 2022. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike Gregor, who cannot wait to leave, readers will likely find the Underland] to be a fantastically engaging place."-Publishers Weekly, starred review " An] exceptional debut novel, a well-written, fast-moving, action-packed fantasy. ![]() Creature depictions are soulful and the plot is riveting.Wonderful."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Collins does a grand job of world-building, with a fine economy of words. PRAISE FOR Gregor and the Curse of the WarmbloodsKirkus Reviews Editor's Choice, 2003NY Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing "Gregor's luminous, supremely absorbing quest takes place in a strange underground land of giant cockroaches, rideable bats, and violet-eyed humans. Suzanne Collins is also the author of the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy. Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, the New York Times-bestselling Underland Chronicles unfold the fate of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor. Print Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles #3) ![]() ![]() ![]() Beagin may sooner be hotter than a farm-to-table restaurant in a bougie upstate town, but her work will be around much longer. ![]() “One of the funniest books of the last few years. “A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel” ( Bustle), Big Swiss is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more-from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she’ll do anything to sustain the relationship… While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. ![]() ![]() Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. “One of the funniest books of the last few years” ( Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist’s transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. “Wild…hilarious…so good.” - Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * “A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong.” - Oprah Daily * “Always interesting…too fun to stop.” - Vanity Fair ![]() ![]() ![]() There was a good blend of action and mystery which was addictive I always wanted to know what happened next. ![]() I did guess the ‘big reveal’ right from the start but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the story. The story was interesting and had plenty of twists and turns to keep me entertained. I’m not usually a fan of forbidden romance but I didn’t find myself wanting to hurl into a bucket, so that was a good sign. ![]() Their relationship was slow-building and not in any way over-the-top like so many YA books. He too was a well-rounded character that actually acted like a normal person and not this perfect, romantic ideal that we so often picture when we see the word “prince”. I also really enjoyed the relationship between her and Kai, the Prince. Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult 12+ hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends ISBN-10. I really wanted things to go her way as you find out further on, poor Cinder really didn’t have the best start in life. She was a funny, smart, determined protagonist and not once did I get fed up of her or roll my eyes like I did with the original character. ![]() ![]() or perhaps surrender his own heart for the very first time in the name of true love. She will never become just another of the dashing libertine's callously discarded broken hearts - which means Sebastian will simply have to work harder at his seductions. Certainly an aristocrat with a fine eye for beauty could do far worse.īut Evie's proposal comes with a condition: no lovemaking after their wedding night. ![]() Still, this bewitching chit appeared, unchaperoned, on his doorstep to offer her hand. Sebastian's reputation is so dangerous that thirty seconds alone with him will ruin any maiden's good name. Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage! Because she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives, Evie has approached the rake Viscount St. ![]() ![]() Has the third "Wallflower" now met her match?Įasily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once her inheritance comes due. ![]() Librarian Note: Alternate cover for ISBN: 006056251X/9780060562519įour young ladies enter London society and band together to each find a husband. ![]() |