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Amy’s Light

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN The storyline and imagery may seem to border on the chimerical, but what takes place in Amy’s Light is a summertime occasion that adults can recollect with the same childlike wonder, joy and fascination as the main character, Amy. Considering that fireflies live mere weeks (a fact I picked up [...]

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I Heard It from Alice Zucchini

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I Heard It From Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden spans the course of all four seasons. The poems are narrated by various garden denizens at different places and times in their growing grounds, and the book offers the opportunity to contemplate gardening from a perspective other than that of a [...]

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Mama, Is It Summer Yet?

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I cringe to find out how Jennifer Gannett, avowed Nikki McClure fan and avid contributor to Vegbooks, will respond when she finds out I snatched up Ms. McClure’s charming new book for myself to review on the site.  But I felt we owed it to you, our readers, to provide another [...]

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Ladybug Girl

April 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Wife-and-husband team Jacky Davis and David Soman have collaborated on a delightful book that follows preschool-aged Lulu through a morning when she must entertain herself. Proclaiming herself Ladybug Girl and flanked by her loyal dog Bingo, Lulu discovers that she’s fearless and powerful. She skips through a “lake” that may or may not [...]

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