We’ve created a special What to Give, What to Get Guide with you in mind --- it’s just for kids! We have books that we know you’ll love to unwrap this season, so check it out. We’re sure you’ll end up spotting a title or two that you can add to YOUR holiday list.
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The Claudia Ann Seaman Award for Young Writers was created by the Seaman family in memory of their daughter and sister, a young poet. The CAS Award acknowledges excellence in teen writing in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.
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Each year, the editors of the New York Times Book Review narrow down the best 100 books of the year and refine that list to the top 10 Best Books of the Year from that selection.
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Annually since 1952, the Book Review has asked a panel of judges to select 10 winners from among the several thousand children’s books published during the year. The judges this time around were Robert Sabuda, a co-creator of the best-selling “Encyclopedia Prehistorica” series and twice the recipient of a Times Best Illustrated award; Elizabeth Bird, a children’s librarian with the New York Public Library, whose first picture book, “Giant Dance Party,” is due out next year; and David Barringer, a novelist and designer who is the author of “There’s Nothing Funny About Design.”
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It’s December!? Where did this year go? I can’t believe this is our last ReadingGroupGuides.com Monthly Newsletter of the year. Looking back through this year’s newsletters, I found myself reminiscing about the books we shared with you. It was quite a year!
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December 1, 2010, 324 voters
Three years ago, comics and graphics novels first grabbed a significant presence at the Miami Book Fair International. I actually was at the meeting when Mitch Kaplan, one of the founders of the Fair and the owner of the fabulous bookstore Books & Books, asked John Shableski from Diamond Book Distributors to create programming and booth presence for comics creators and publishers. And oh, how the idea has grown since then. This year, there were more than 50 comics folks participating and there was a Comix Galaxy track of programming throughout the weekend, as well as a two-day School of Comics—which used to be one day.
Dec 1, 2010
Set in the year 2165, The Reconcilers takes place in a world where corporations have taken over and become the ultimate leaders of humanity. Humans toil for the good of business, and laws form around corporate needs. The world is bloody, dangerous, and violent too, with death matches broadcast as sport. Life is not much better on the moon, where mining bases have been established. But as the story unfolds, a small mining company named Hansen Lunar Engineering is about to become a major player with the discovery of vast amounts of liberty ore.
November 30, 2010
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I felt like doing something alliterative today and "Two" and "Tuesday" just seemed to go together. It's the second day of the week (if you start with Monday that is) and I just felt like giving you two good books to consider for your book club. And of course since yesterday was Cyber Monday, and apparently, according to Amazon, it is now Cyber Week, I thought I would go with a high tech, robotic type theme. So without further ado...
November 30, 2010
Posted by Anonymous
Sheila Roberts --- the former owner of a singing telegram company and bestselling author of THE SNOW GLOBE
