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		<title>Memorial Day books for kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 05:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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THE WALL, by Eve Bunting
A boy and his father have come to the Vietnam War Memorial to look for the boy&#8217;s grandfather&#8217;s name among those who were killed in the war. They find his name surrounded, but far from lost, in the rows of print that &#8220;march side by side, like rows of soldiers.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m proud that your grandfather&#8217;s name is on this wall,&#8221; says the boy&#8217;s father. The boy agrees, adding, &#8220;but I&#8217;d rather have my grandpa here.&#8221; Before this powerful book is half finished, readers will be deeply moved. Bunting&#8217;s understated prose captures the meaning of the memorial to the American people, especially to those who lost loved ones, without being maudlin or heavy-handed. Himler&#8217;s gauzy watercolors are a perfect accompaniment: impressionistic enough for the characters to appear as everymen. A sensitive and moving picture book, and a great discussion book as well. &#8211;Catherine vanSonnenberg, San Diego Public ...]]></description>
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		<title>Partners in prose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to be very clever and find something that rhymed with &#8220;crime&#8221; for the title of the post, but it&#8217;s o-dark-thirty in the morning and I couldn&#8217;t come up with anything. Alliteration will have to do.
Anyhoo, I mentioned earlier I&#8217;m doing NaNo again this year. But this year, I&#8217;ve got a fabulous writing buddy to do it with me: Sir Buffalo Sushi! (Applause, applause.) We&#8217;ve got a very cool salt rock lamp that we turn on when we&#8217;re in writing mode. It starts the inner creativity juices flowing and alerts Mister and Big Fish to tiptoe past us very quietly because we&#8217;re working on our masterpieces. When this light&#8217;s a-burnin&#8217;, don&#8217;t come&#8230;uh&#8230;okay, still can&#8217;t rhyme this early.
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		<title>MIA again?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oy, it&#8217;s been several days since I&#8217;ve polka-dotted. I&#8217;m so bad. My excuse is that I was finishing up my fifth book. I know I say this every time, but this one was So Much Fun!
I know I&#8217;ve still got the edits and the tweaks and the &#8220;forgot this!&#8221;s to go through, but phew &#8212; I&#8217;m happy to be finished with this first round. Fun stuff, though. Sometimes it seems like writing can get a little mechanical, so it&#8217;s always fun to have some zing in there.
Speaking of zing and fun writing&#8230;my wonderful agent has been working hard to shop my baby around. It&#8217;s a book proposal that I cannot *wait* to turn into a book. Wise writing experts always advise you to send out queries or book proposals and then move on. Think about something else. Better still, work on something else. But seriously. That&#8217;s a joke. We writers ...]]></description>
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		<title>Top four books with Sir Buffalo Sushi</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/08/top-four-books-with-sir-buffalo-sushi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sir Buffalo Sushi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here.
I&#8217;ve been reading  a lot lately, and have some favorites. *= 1 star, **= 2 star, ***=3 star, etc., etc.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
This is my favorite book of all time. It&#8217;s around 500 pages, but 280 something are pictures. I think all ages would love this. I rate it: *****
Diary of a Wimpy kid
Coming in second on my list is Diary of a Wimpy kid. I read this in about three and a half hours, but I&#8217;m a fast reader. It&#8217;s like reading the the funnies. Or watching Homer Simpson eat two dozen pink doughnuts in five seconds&#8230; It&#8217;s so innocent, but extremely funny. I rate this: *****
Among the hidden
This is the kick off book of a great series of seven. Great readings! The ending was predictable, but still a good book. I rate this: **** 
Animal Ark
Rounding out my four is Animal Ark. ...]]></description>
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