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Star Stuff, by Stephanie Roth Sisson
This may be the best picture book biography I've ever read. It doesn't hurt that it is about the redoubtable Carl Sagan.
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Meet the Dullards, by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
This was pleasant, but not especially remarkable. I wouldn't refuse to read it to a kid for the umpteenth time, but I won't be buying it for any of the kids I know either. The Clementine books by the same author are MUCH better.
(179)
The Cinder-Eyed Cats and A Kitten Tale, by Eric Rohmann
Read these because I liked the illustrator's work so much in other books. The Cinder Eyed Cats was completely unimpressive in the plot department (though *gorgeously* illustrated); A Kitten Tale was both pretty and charming.
(180, 181)
All Men of Genius and Depth, by Lev A.C. Rosen
All Men of Genius is Twelfth Night in a steampunk science academy, and Depth is a PI story in a drowned nearish-future New York. Two quite different plots, but sharing some resonances due to having the same author. Wit, and enthusiasm for technology, and interesting female characters, in both books. Rosen wrote a YA novel next - I'm quite looking forward to reading it.
(182, 184)
Frogs and the Ballet, by Donald Elliott, illustrated by Clinton Arrowood
It really is what it says on the tin, lots of drawings of frogs illustrating different ballet positions, with commentary on the side. You are now either wondering where this book has been all your life, or wondering why on earth I would want to read such a thing :D. Obviously I fall into the first category.
(183)
Dead Beat, by Jim Butcher (unabridged audiobook, reread)
This was a lot of fun. The heist aspects were still delightful, and the dread generated by the multiplicity of bad guys works really well on audio.
(185)
Start a Revolution, by Ben Bizzle
This was fine, but not actually better than his 45 minute ALA presentation that I'd already listened to. So I was disappointed, but if anyone else was looking for a good primer on library marketing, they'd probably be thrilled.
(186)
This may be the best picture book biography I've ever read. It doesn't hurt that it is about the redoubtable Carl Sagan.
(178)
Meet the Dullards, by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
This was pleasant, but not especially remarkable. I wouldn't refuse to read it to a kid for the umpteenth time, but I won't be buying it for any of the kids I know either. The Clementine books by the same author are MUCH better.
(179)
The Cinder-Eyed Cats and A Kitten Tale, by Eric Rohmann
Read these because I liked the illustrator's work so much in other books. The Cinder Eyed Cats was completely unimpressive in the plot department (though *gorgeously* illustrated); A Kitten Tale was both pretty and charming.
(180, 181)
All Men of Genius and Depth, by Lev A.C. Rosen
All Men of Genius is Twelfth Night in a steampunk science academy, and Depth is a PI story in a drowned nearish-future New York. Two quite different plots, but sharing some resonances due to having the same author. Wit, and enthusiasm for technology, and interesting female characters, in both books. Rosen wrote a YA novel next - I'm quite looking forward to reading it.
(182, 184)
Frogs and the Ballet, by Donald Elliott, illustrated by Clinton Arrowood
It really is what it says on the tin, lots of drawings of frogs illustrating different ballet positions, with commentary on the side. You are now either wondering where this book has been all your life, or wondering why on earth I would want to read such a thing :D. Obviously I fall into the first category.
(183)
Dead Beat, by Jim Butcher (unabridged audiobook, reread)
This was a lot of fun. The heist aspects were still delightful, and the dread generated by the multiplicity of bad guys works really well on audio.
(185)
Start a Revolution, by Ben Bizzle
This was fine, but not actually better than his 45 minute ALA presentation that I'd already listened to. So I was disappointed, but if anyone else was looking for a good primer on library marketing, they'd probably be thrilled.
(186)
