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Best Books: For Kindergarten Through High School | Donna L. Hess

Personally, I find the NYT to be rather snobby about books. Anyhoo, I've read 9. Out of the 9 I bailed on 3, loved 3, and found the others ok.
There are 4 I want to read. The rest I either never heard of or purposely ignored.
BUT! I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to see Random Family on the list. I loved this book, it's such an unknown gem. I've never seen this book mentioned anywhere nor heard anyone talk about it. I highly recommend it!

Ruthiella That‘s one that I‘d never heard of! I‘ll put it on my TBR. 4mo

Cathythoughts Stacking Random Family 👍🏻❤️ 4mo

bookandbedandtea I feel the same way about NYT and their snobbishness. 🙄 Random Family does sound good; I'll add it to my virtual TBR. 4mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Ruthiella @Cathythoughts Oh good 😊 Hope you like it! 4mo

TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea It might be a good one to get you out of your slump. 4mo

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Cuilin

Penguin Classics: A Complete Annotated Listing | Penguin Books

#CoverLove #Black

Anyone else have shelves of Penguin classics?

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Fantastic!!!🖤📚🖤 5mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 5mo

Ruthiella Yup! So annoyed that they changed the font color and penguin logo on the spine, though. Why? Why? Why? (edited) 5mo

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Cuilin @Ruthiella so true. 😩 5mo

kspenmoll My son does! He read so many for HS & college! 5mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll that‘s hilarious because this is my daughter‘s shelf. The ones she left behind. 5mo

kspenmoll @Cuilin Oh I love that! Shelf twins! 5mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

Australian Women Writers: A Bibliographic Guide | Debra Adelaide

This was on my tbr pile of books I bought at an op (thrift) shop because it looked interesting… not sure how long I‘ve had this one - but it absolutely sent me down an internet rabbit hole to discover what I could about Ruth M. Hawker - which I‘ve since added to her GR page. Put my GR librarian powers to good use.

I‘ve never seen this kind of notice before! Truely a glimpse into a different time.

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Australian Women Writers: A Bibliographic Guide | Debra Adelaide

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A rather gorgeous slice of life fiction about town girl, Heather, who gets sent to spend her holidays with her uncle who lives on a remote outback farm when her mother is called away to take care of a sick relative. Heather makes a friend, learns to ride a horse, writes a brilliant essay about her holiday and overcomes several sticky situations with good cheer.

Originally published in 1950 - this is a nostalgic look at (white) rural life in 🇦🇺

thegirlwiththelibrarybag 📕 Heather at Magpie Creek by Ruth M. Hawker, first published in 1950 by Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press. 10mo

LeahBergen This sounds like my cup of tea! 🥰 10mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, probably not the easiest to find - I bought it in an op shop ages ago because I thought the cover was cute. 10mo

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LeahBergen Oh, I just realized that this is by the same author as the cute vintage children‘s book that @CarolynM sent to me! You can see my post here:

The Warrens of Wombat Flat

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, oooh! That‘s too good! Would you like this one too? I wasn‘t planning on keeping it, I‘d be happy to send it on. 10mo

LeahBergen Oh, you‘re so thoughtful! I live in Canada so it would be too pricey to send it along to me. Thanks for the kind offer, though! 😘😘 10mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, I don‘t think it would be too bad (looking at the Australia Post website) - so I really don‘t mind. I‘m hoping to visit Canada this year ☺️ my leave has all been approved but November feels very far away at this point. 10mo

CarolynM @LeahBergen How fun! I‘d never heard of her when I found the Wombat Flat book, but apparently she published 14 books! A name to look out for in the second hand bookshops🙂 10mo

LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I would love to have it! And I‘ll send you a little something in return. 😊 10mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, got it ☺️ 10mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, there is precious little information about her online, the State Library of South Australia looks like they‘ve got almost all of her books. Not the easiest to access! Makes you wonder how many authors (and lady authors especially) have been almost completely vanished without a trace. 10mo

LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM This seems like a common occurrence for many mid 20th century children‘s authors. 😕 10mo

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200 Books | Keith A. Smith

My daughter has read 200 books for the program #1000booksb4k!!! 🥰📚👏🏻

Her aunt designed the onesie. And on the back is the “spine” of the open book 📖!!!

LeahBergen So cute! ❤️ 12mo

Ruthiella Adorable little reader! 🤩 12mo

Texreader What a sweetie!! 12mo

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Librarybelle Hooray!! 12mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 12mo

Bluebird 👏👏👏😍 12mo

Gissy Adorable💖 12mo

marleed Nice! 12mo

CrowCAH @LeahBergen @Ruthiella @Texreader @Librarybelle @dabbe @Bluebird @Gissy @marleed she‘s the little listener reader! Loves trying to eat the board books more than looking at the pictures, but she is only 7.5 months old, what can one expect from such a cute baby?! ☺️📚👶🏻 12mo

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kelli7990

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction | Neal Wyatt

I‘m sharing the prompts for #nonfictionnovember and what I might choose for these prompts.

1. I‘ll probably choose one of my Christian nonfiction books for this one because Christian nonfiction makes me feel uncomfortable.

2. I‘ll probably choose a True Crime book for this one.

3. I haven‘t decided yet. I‘ll have to see if I can find something for this.

4. I‘ll probably read a nonfiction book about something I‘m interested in.

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kelli7990

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction | Neal Wyatt

I‘m so excited about Nonfiction November. I participated once a few years ago but didn‘t participate again for some reason. I don‘t remember the exact year I participated but I had so much fun. I like fiction but I also like nonfiction so this event is perfect for me. I know it‘s October but I‘m already starting to think about what I might want to read for this. I‘m going to try to find books to fit the 4 prompts.

#nonfictionnovember

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