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Entries Tagged as 'Book Geek'

YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Voting Now Open!

August 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Voting Now Open! · Book Geek, Contests & Prizes

Please go to Survey Monkey, teenagers, and vote for your favorite books of the past year. This is for the 2011 Teens’ Top Ten. Voting is open now through Sept. 15.

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Summer Reading in Greece

August 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Summer Reading in Greece · Book Geek

No, not me! These kids. Good job, y’all.

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Thank you, Harry

July 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Thank you, Harry · Author! Author!, Book Geek, Events & Readings

Love this post and we’re looking forward to next week’s release of the final movie! — Ms. Nancy

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Pottermore…

June 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Pottermore… · Author! Author!, Book Geek

…coming soon…

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A Few Words About Young Adult Literature…

June 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on A Few Words About Young Adult Literature… · Author! Author!, Book Geek, Library Politics

…from our friend, Sherman Alexie.

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Evaluating Kids’ Book Apps

June 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Evaluating Kids’ Book Apps · Author! Author!, Book Geek

How can you quickly tell if you’ve found a good book app? Here is a checklist.

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HarperCollins vs. The Librarians

May 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on HarperCollins vs. The Librarians · Book Geek, Library Politics

A few friends sent this one along; thought I’d share. — Ms. Nancy By day, Andy Woodworth is a mild-mannered librarian. By night, he’s still a librarian, just less mild-mannered. Andy is kind of famous in the librarian community, mostly for getting the Old Spice guy to do a video about how great libraries are, […]

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from Publishers Lunch:

May 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on from Publishers Lunch: · Author! Author!, Book Geek

Next Wimpy Kid Set for Some Time in November “Jeff Kinney’s sixth installment of the bestselling Wimpy Kid series from Amulet Books will go on sale this November. There is no additional information being released yet on laydown, cover or title, except that it will have a “winter theme” and “features the Heffley family being […]

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QOTD: Frost

March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on QOTD: Frost · Book Geek, Quote of the Day

“All the fun’s in how you say a thing.” — Robert Frost, poet If you are looking for a fun book blog, check out Bookie Woogie.

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in honor of Beverly Cleary, who is alive and well and living in Carmel, Calif.

March 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on in honor of Beverly Cleary, who is alive and well and living in Carmel, Calif. · Author! Author!, Book Geek

Announcement, annoucement! The 2011-2012 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award Nominees are (drum roll, please): “Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet,” by Graham Salisbury “Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist, Book 1),” by R. L. LaFevers “How Oliver Olson Changed the World,” by Claudia Mills “Judy Moody and Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt,” by […]

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