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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

This book is an absolute must-read! I don’t care if you say that nonfiction is not your thing.  This book is your thing. Rebecca Skloot has written riveting story of both family and science.  You won’t be able to put this … Continue reading →

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Tom Thumb: A Man in Minature

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I love nonfiction! Here’s a book you won’t want to miss. Not just a book about smallness, it’s a big story of a remarkable man, who happened to be small.  He also happened to make a hell of a good … Continue reading →

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Get Low & The Importance of Telling Our Stories

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

Recently I watched Get Low starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek,Bill Murray, and the adorable Lucas Black. IMBD says: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw … Continue reading →

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The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

This delightful, picture book biography is up for an Oregon Book Award tonight.  I’ll be in the audience clapping loudly for Barbara Kerley. As a nonfiction writer myself, it has been gratifying to watch picture book biographies and history come … Continue reading →

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Hanging with the Mozarts

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

My divine critique group member, Elizabeth Rusch, celebrated the release of her newest picture book biography with a powdered wig! For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart is a must read! When she got to … Continue reading →

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Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

“The dancer and choreographer. The composer. The artist. Together they created a ballet about a new home, a new family, a new life. A dance about America.”   Such a lovely book.  Dense with information yet light and lyrical to … Continue reading →

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