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Saturday, January 31, 2015

2015 Contenders: The Right Word, by Jen Bryant

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Although the earliest work that could be considered a thesaurus was written almost two millennia ago ( On Synonyms , a volume written by P...
Friday, January 30, 2015

2015 Contenders: Winter Bees, by Joyce Sidman

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After last year's unorthodox but effective What the Heart Knows , Joyce Sidman returns to familiar territory with Winter Bees & Ot...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

2015 Contenders: Santa Clauses, by Bob Raczka

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Santa Clauses is a slim volume of 25 haiku -- one for each of the days in December leading up to Christmas. The entire book is written in...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

2015 Contenders: Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century, by Carole Boston Weatherford

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Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century is a spare, poetic biography of the woman who would eventually become (according to a BBC Music criti...
Friday, January 16, 2015

2015 Contenders: Eyes Wide Open, by Paul Fleischman

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Environmental issues, challenges, and disasters seem to occupy an ever-increasing percentage of the news. Clearly, we have problems, and Pau...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

2015 Contenders: Saving Lucas Biggs, by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague

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Margaret O'Malley's father, a corporate whistleblower, has been sentenced to death, wrongfully convicted of arson and murder. The ...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

2015 Contenders: Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight, by Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer

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Today, Archie Morningstar turns eight years, eight months, and eight days old. It's also Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is fina...