Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All I am the Book Bear and I approve of this message. My oldest daughter, an intermediate grade reader, and a lot of her friends love and relate to the protagonist of this book. Eighth-grader Nikki Maxwell is already more than a little cynical. “I’m definitely not the kind of…
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Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis provide LAST LAUGHS: ANIMAL EPITAPHS, illustrated by Jeffrey Stewart Timmins
“Last Laughs” Here at Amen Creature Corners, beasties weep like misty mourners, but when they read an epitaph, it always brings them one last laugh. Forget the hankies. Read the words of bugs and fishes, beasts and birds. They know it’s not all gloom and doom that’s written once upon a tomb. –from LAST LAUGHS:…
The Pix Foundation Launches Kickstarter Video Campaign
The Pix Theatre has been a silent reminder of simpler times when movies were an easy way to fantasize about adventures, or cheer you up with a good comedy. For the past 10 years The Pix Foundation has been working hard to renovate and reopen this piece of Downtown Nampa history as a multi-use performing…
Just Us Books celebrates the diversity of Black history, culture and experiences
If you’re familiar with Black children’s book publishing, then you might know why Just Us Books was founded. Parents Wade and Cheryl Hudson were tired of searching for books that featured little brown boys and girls, and coming up with the same handful of titles. So they combined their experience in writing, marketing and art…
Liveblog: Benefit Concert at Rembrandts Coffee House Supports “Buckle Up for Bobby”
LIVE: 8:37 p.m. I just won Basket #1 outside in the raffle. LIVE: 8:35 p.m. A check for $500 was just presented by the Grotto Group. LIVE: 8:25 p.m. The Kimberly Trip is playing a song from Napolean Dynamite. LIVE: 8:20 p.m. Mark Robert Nielebeck just announced that the silent auction is about to close….
Coach Pete Congratulating Finishers @BoiseStateRec #BeatCoachPete #photo
Pete congratulating finishers at #beatcoachpete twitter.com/JCorrKTVB/stat… — Justin Corr (@JCorrKTVB) April 13, 2013 __ @jcorrktvb It is another great day for Boise State Bronco sports and the entire community! Go Blue! #BeatCoachPete — YoungPeoplesPavilion (@Young_Pavilion) April 13, 2013
#beatcoachpete could be the biggest field ever #photo
Off they go to #beatcoachpete could be the biggest field ever. twitter.com/JCorrKTVB/stat… — Justin Corr (@JCorrKTVB) April 13, 2013 I’m heading over to the finish line. How many people will Beat Coach Pete this year? #beatcoachpete — YoungPeoplesPavilion (@Young_Pavilion) April 13, 2013
Liveblog: Follow the Beat Coach Pete Race Here!
by Michael Strickland “The Book Bear” It is rainy in Boise, but that hasn’t stopped people from marching in for this race. A representative from Boise State university recreation services just confirmed to me that 2,200 people have registered. I’m here and will be doing a Liveblog. My posts will be on our Twitter account….
Read a lovely interview with Lee Bennett Hopkins about his book AMAZING FACES
Amazing Faces is a new poetry anthology celebrating the faces all around us—girls and boys, women and men revealing the universal feelings we all share. Here, Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poet who gathered these poems, and Chris Soentpiet, the painter who illustrated them, share their thoughts on poetry, diversity, and the challenges and rewards of…
Seeds of Rebellion: The thrills continue in the second action-packed adventure in the Beyonders trilogy
The thrills continue in the second action-packed adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling Beyonders trilogy. After the cliffhanger ending of A World Without Heroes, Jason is back in the world he’s always known—yet for all his efforts to get home, he finds himself itching to return to Lyrian. Jason knows that the shocking…
