tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89153132560084675252011-08-01T14:06:00.750-04:00Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-71931858087891124002010-06-22T15:37:00.014-04:002010-06-22T15:50:59.819-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/TCES7C3cjMI/AAAAAAAAAKM/an9QbD5lzfY/s1600/Name+of+Honor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485686626704985282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/TCES7C3cjMI/AAAAAAAAAKM/an9QbD5lzfY/s200/Name+of+Honor.jpg" border="0" /></a><u>Library Journal:</u><br /><br />Paul Terry, on the verge of leaving the army to become a highly paid attorney, is tasked with defending the youngest member of a legendary army family. Lt. Brian McCarran is accused of committing the worst crimes in the military's code of honor but offers minimal help with his case.<br />With his defense hinging on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Terry brings in witnesses who provide graphic details about urban warfare in Iraq. VERDICTPatterson's (The Spire) insights into PTSD are fascinating but never interrupt the story's flow to its explosive ending, and his courtroom drama is as intensely engaging as the most action-filled thrillers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=%5E%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=9780805087741" searchoper1="'AND&amp;srchfield2=">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-7193185808789112400?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-46217220391128894572010-02-03T08:07:00.007-05:002010-02-03T08:25:54.315-05:00<u>Synopsis:</u><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/S2l2Td5fU1I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/P6Uwj09bCY8/s1600-h/45422839.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434004502214562642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/S2l2Td5fU1I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/P6Uwj09bCY8/s200/45422839.jpg" /></a><u><br /></u><div><br />What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men have done so. For Will, a mere boy, that symbol of honor has long felt out of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes word that the Skandian leader has been captured by a dangerous desert tribe. The Rangers are sent to free him. But the desert is like nothing these warriors have seen before. Strangers in a strange land, they are brutalized by sandstorms, beaten by the unrelenting heat, tricked by one tribe that plays by its own rules, and surprisingly befriended by another. Like a desert mirage, nothing is as it seems. Yet one thing is constant: the bravery of the Rangers.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=%5E%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=9780399252051" searchoper1="'AND&amp;srchfield2=" searchdata2="Flanagan">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-4621722039112889457?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-52518356776342811032009-08-19T12:27:00.007-04:002009-08-20T09:46:40.649-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/So1QtHyddAI/AAAAAAAAAHA/oD6hgzo4nmg/s1600-h/LFS.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372038666637898754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/So1QtHyddAI/AAAAAAAAAHA/oD6hgzo4nmg/s200/LFS.jpg" /></a>In this tale told in rhyme, Smitty has missed his carpool. Now he must navigate the streets of New York City, through snow, robots, even escaped zoo animals, to make it to school on time.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Late%20for%20School&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Reiss">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-5251835677634281103?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-44651520315343762852009-06-16T15:00:00.006-04:002009-06-16T15:22:00.406-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/Sjfui5s8LxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/hDAQWj3Uvvg/s1600-h/lightningth.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348005365898030866" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/Sjfui5s8LxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/hDAQWj3Uvvg/s200/lightningth.jpg" /></a><u>From the Publisher:</u><br /><div>Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends — one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena — Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=Lightning+Thief">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-4465152031534376285?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-16199359495890967492009-05-13T15:30:00.006-04:002009-05-13T15:38:09.789-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/Sgsga6QlJqI/AAAAAAAAAIw/n1EG1v1vUzQ/s1600-h/marked.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 165px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335393830237972130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/Sgsga6QlJqI/AAAAAAAAAIw/n1EG1v1vUzQ/s200/marked.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div>It is an awesome book with action, romance, and comedy! It is one of the best vampire books I have ever read! I would highly recommend it to others, <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SgsgRqWmHbI/AAAAAAAAAIo/xD4FFqFPYsE/s1600-h/marked.jpg"></a>but it's best for high school students (and higher) and possibly 8th graders. READ IT!<br />(If you like this one, there are more in the series!!!)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Anonymous review)<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^words+anywhere+&amp;&amp;searchdata1=9781410410214">Find this book in the catalog</a></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-1619935949589096749?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-52949837613875283752009-03-30T11:57:00.007-04:002009-04-02T10:16:43.885-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SdDsjboIQlI/AAAAAAAAAG4/Fh9D_acvPhw/s1600-h/TightLie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319011253380203090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SdDsjboIQlI/AAAAAAAAAG4/Fh9D_acvPhw/s200/TightLie.jpg" border="0" /></a>If you enjoy a good murder mystery and golf, join Huck Doyle, a professional golfer who also holds a Private Investigator license.<br /><div></div><br /><div>A good friend and professional baseball player is accused of killing two women and asks Huck to help him.</div><div></div><br /><div>Don Dahler's prose is so good that once you open the book it is hard to put down and you may end up finishing the book in one sitting. Enjoy a very good novel.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reviewed by R. M. Gordon)</span></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=A%20Tight%20Lie&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Dahler">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-5294983761387528375?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-4547958088378048722009-03-26T09:47:00.003-04:002009-03-26T09:56:52.291-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/ScuIn6_g0AI/AAAAAAAAAGw/YvnIxjVcLe8/s1600-h/Bargain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317494004472926210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/ScuIn6_g0AI/AAAAAAAAAGw/YvnIxjVcLe8/s200/Bargain.jpg" border="0" /></a>I first read this book when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I enjoyed it very much then, and have enjoyed it just as much every time I’ve read it since then.<br /><br />The story is based on a pioneer practice of marrying a very young girl to a much older man, so that the man could claim twice as much land as if he were single. Since the girl was really too young to be a wife, she continued to live with her family until she was in her mid teens. Women were scarce in the west, so the girl’s family might get quite a bit of money out of the deal. But if the bridegroom were a successful farmer, and then suddenly died, the bride could be a very young and very eligible widow. And how would she deal with greedy relatives, winter isolation, local Indians, and suitors of all ages and varieties? How would she know true love when she found it?<br /><br />This is a fun book to read aloud, full of memorable characters and vivid historical details.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Bargain%20Bride&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Lampman">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-454795808837804872?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-65396791341980751692009-03-23T09:01:00.001-04:002009-03-23T09:27:39.476-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SceNQa11uDI/AAAAAAAAAGo/hoYWoFtEOTA/s1600-h/black.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316373198356723762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SceNQa11uDI/AAAAAAAAAGo/hoYWoFtEOTA/s200/black.jpg" border="0" /></a>This book is a remarkable picture book in which the author ask us to imagine being blind. The illustrations of this book appear on the right-hand pages and consist of black-on-black embossed graphics. The raised texture of leaves,feathers and raindrops usher us into a world without color. On the left-hand pages spare lines of text are printed in flat white type against a solid black background beneath a Braille translation. Readers who turn to the last page can teach themselves the Braille alphabet, then go back and read the text by touch.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The%20Black%20Book%20of%20Colors&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Cottin">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-6539679134198075169?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-56221191085372788952009-03-23T09:00:00.001-04:002009-03-23T09:28:10.972-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SceLWEoxuxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/TPgRNN_7OrY/s1600-h/Heinie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316371096452315922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SceLWEoxuxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/TPgRNN_7OrY/s200/Heinie.jpg" border="0" /></a>Belzer is a loser with a capital L. He does everything for Bernie Bridges--washes his dirty underwear, finishes his homework, even walks his smelly dog! Bernie has it good! But now Belzer's parents are taking him out of Rotten School. Bernie has to make Belzer stay! ( How else will he get his breakfast in bed every morning?) Bernie has only one choice--he has to help Belzer win the Heinie Prize for Most Outstanding Student. But can Bernie really make Belzer worthy of a Heinie?<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=The%20Heinie%20Prize">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-5622119108537278895?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-27777023621050411102009-03-04T17:33:00.003-05:002009-03-05T08:33:35.183-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/Sa_UJzoToUI/AAAAAAAAAGY/p6t2Mrd3QJY/s1600-h/graveyard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309695750636282178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 83px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/Sa_UJzoToUI/AAAAAAAAAGY/p6t2Mrd3QJY/s200/graveyard.jpg" border="0" /></a>2009 Newbery Medal Winner<br /><br />Hear this tragic tale: a sleeping family, a talented murderer, and an adventurous toddler-----orphaned, but not assassinated. Small and alone, by accident and luck he escapes the scene of the crime and climbs a grassy hill to safety. At the top of the hill the boy finds a fence, and on the other side, a dark , quiet place...... The Graveyard is a sacred place and well tended by its various attendants. It is quiet and homey, and there are worse places by far where a boy might grow up. Here and there lurk dangers unexpected and perils uncharted by the living.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The%20Graveyard%20Book&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Gaiman">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-2777702362105041110?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-39689971614973205172009-02-03T15:46:00.007-05:002009-03-23T09:27:22.008-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SYsa8Cn-ECI/AAAAAAAAAGI/OdALw78GFf8/s1600-h/HouseInTheNight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299359005330509858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SYsa8Cn-ECI/AAAAAAAAAGI/OdALw78GFf8/s200/HouseInTheNight.jpg" border="0" /></a>The House in the Night is the 2009 Caldecott Medal winner.<br /><br />Inspired by a cumulative poem found in The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Swanson's words are short simple. "Here is the key to the house / In the house burns a light / In that light rests a bed."<br /><br />Richly detailed black-and-white scratchboard illustrations expand this timeless bedtime verse, offering reassurance to young children that there is always light in the darkness. Iluminated touches of golden watercolor evoke the warmth and the comfort of home and family, as well as the joys of exploring the wider world.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The%20House%20in%20the%20Night&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Swanson">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-3968997161497320517?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-16554251731513000592009-01-04T16:15:00.007-05:002009-03-09T10:11:54.527-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SZBBGCsFTGI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/sv3wUO4dR04/s1600-h/Temp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300808333471861858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SZBBGCsFTGI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/sv3wUO4dR04/s200/Temp.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Tales of Beedle the Bard first came to our attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This book is a collection of stories written for wizards and witches. In many respects Beedle's stories resemble our fairy tales. In muggle fairy tales , magic tends to lie at the root of the heroine's and hero's troubles. In The Tales of Beedle the Bard, on the other hand , we meet heroines and heroes who can perform magic themselves, and yet find it just as hard to solve their problems as we do.<br />Reading these tales gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=The%20Tales%20of%20Beedle%20the%20Bard">Find this book in the catalog</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-1655425173151300059?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-72216792547656644852008-12-06T16:26:00.005-05:002008-12-09T13:00:13.012-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/ST6xbfSMEkI/AAAAAAAAAFs/u7716OFwtRM/s1600-h/Red+Sled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277850899137172034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 102px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/ST6xbfSMEkI/AAAAAAAAAFs/u7716OFwtRM/s400/Red+Sled.jpg" border="0" /></a>This beautiful story is about a boy and his father who are feeling sad. They pull on hats and coats and climb a snow covered hill, pulling their red sled. They zoom down the hill under a starlit sky. With their spirits high once again, they go home for a mug of hot chocolate.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Red%20Sled&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Thomas">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-7221679254765664485?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-8089616748272709622008-12-03T12:53:00.005-05:002008-12-03T13:06:20.989-05:00Meet the Swallows and the Amazons, the D’s and the Coot Club. Whether they are camping or sailing, climbing mountains or escaping pirates, charting unknown waters or taking risks to protect wildlife, dealing with unexpected crises or learning new codes, they are sure to be resourceful, adventurous, and imaginative.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Swallows+and+Amazons&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Swallows and Amazons </a>begins the series with the four Walker children, sailors of the <em>Swallow</em>, meeting the <em>Amazon</em> pirates (Nancy and Peggy Blackett) and their fearsome Uncle Jim (AKA Captain Flint), fighting for the rights to camp on Wildcat Island, and recovering a stolen treasure.<br /><br />In <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Swallowdale&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Swallowdale</a>, an accident forces the Walker explorers to camp on shore—and what a perfect place they find for playing hide-and-seek with their piratical friends!<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Peter+Duck&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Peter Duck </a>takes the Swallows, Amazons, and Captain Flint on a real seafaring voyage (or is it a tale of their own invention?), pursuing pirate treasure, and pursued by very real pirates bent on taking the treasure for themselves—at all costs!<br /><br />In <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Winter+Holiday&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Winter Holiday</a>, the D’s (Dick and Dorothea Callum) are introduced. The holiday is extended when Captain Nancy comes down with the mumps. But who will plan the adventures with their fearless leader in quarantine?<br /><br />The D’s meet the <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Coot+Club&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Coot Club </a>in the book of that name, and they learn to sail while helping their new friends defend the local waterfowl from horrible summer people called the Hullabaloos.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Pigeon+Post&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Pigeon Post </a>finds all the young adventurers (except the Coot Club) camping out in the hills and searching for gold in abandoned mines.<br /><br />Through a chain of accidental circumstances, the Walker children find themselves sailing across the North Sea alone in a borrowed yacht in <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=We+Didn%92t+Mean+To+Go+To+Sea&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Secret+Water&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Secret Water</a>, the adventurers meet new friends and tidal adventures while they learn the science of mapping uncharted waters.<br /><br />In <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The+Big+Six&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">The Big Six</a>, the D’s return to their Coot Club friends, and help them to solve the mystery of who is trying to get them all in trouble with the law.<br /><br />Another adventure which, like Peter Duck, takes the fictional aspects of the story to a higher level, is <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Missee+Lee&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Missee Lee</a>, in which the Swallows, Amazons, and Captain Flint take a trip around the world and get mixed up with some Chinese pirates.<br /><br />In <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The+Picts+and+the+Martyrs&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">The Picts and the Martyrs</a>, the D’s become "Picts," hiding out from the Blacketts’ formidable Great-Aunt, who is making "Martyrs" of them. Can the children accomplish all their summer plans without giving away their secret?<br /><br />Finally, the Swallows, Amazons, and D’s are all reunited in <a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Great+Northern&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Ransome">Great Northern?</a> in which they seek to identify and protect a rare pair of birds in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275625495755873826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 49px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/STbJb9qF3iI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0AZtYxsNUaY/s400/Swallows+and+Amazons.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-808961674827270962?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-77973963504559196742008-11-25T08:08:00.008-05:002008-11-26T10:50:12.061-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SSv6-z2zIHI/AAAAAAAAAFM/jqVgxzP-RrU/s1600-h/gilead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272583745746182258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SSv6-z2zIHI/AAAAAAAAAFM/jqVgxzP-RrU/s400/gilead.jpg" border="0" /></a>Sad but sweet, rough but beautiful, innocent but wise—these were my impressions of this touching story about faith and fatherhood. It is the memoire of a small-town preacher, reminiscing about his own life and the lives of his father and grandfather, his best friend, and his best friend’s children. The memories are written for his son, and the book is full of fathers and sons loving and misunderstanding and sometimes rejecting each other and each other’s faith, but always connected by a special bond. Mixed in with it all are some startling, sometimes funny, and sometimes shocking and heart-wrenching, historical anecdotes. And through it all runs the current of a deep love of life, the natural world, and the people who hurt and help and shape and bless one another.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Gilead&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Robinson">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-7797396350455919674?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-14431042468372434072008-11-04T10:51:00.018-05:002008-12-03T13:41:48.721-05:00If you enjoy feel-good stories in a small town setting, you are likely to enjoy this series, full of picturesque scenery and happy endings. There are ministers and medical students, mysteries and miracles, cranks and cooks, calamities and career changes… There are singles, married couples, and familes. There are people to love and to laugh with as they overcome obstacles, find romance, persevere through hard times, and find joy in helping others.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>The books are sequential, as follows. Click on a title to find the book in the catalog.</p><ol><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Cape%20Light&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade&amp;pubyear=2002">Cape Light</a></li><li>Home Song</li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Gathering%20Place&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A Gathering Place</a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=New%20Leaf&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A New Leaf </a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Christmas%20Promise&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A Christmas Promise </a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Christmas%20Angel&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">The Christmas Angel </a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Christmas%20to%20Remember&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A Christmas to Remember </a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Christmas%20Visitor&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A Christmas Visitor </a></li><li><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=A%20Christmas%20Star&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kinkade">A Christmas Star</a></li></ol><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264840973425977858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 70px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SRB4-JP6KgI/AAAAAAAAAE8/DMS3y5nrXiE/s400/CL_All.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-1443104246837243407?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-59437627334266225352008-10-20T09:14:00.007-04:002008-10-24T09:17:22.996-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPyEw7L_Q4I/AAAAAAAAADA/G1Eq8e6u2GQ/s1600-h/BeccasStory.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259224440918459266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPyEw7L_Q4I/AAAAAAAAADA/G1Eq8e6u2GQ/s320/BeccasStory.jpg" border="0" /></a>Authentic letters and diaries give haunting realism to this extraordinary Civil War story of two ordinary soldiers and the girl they both love.<br /><br />Living in Michigan, far from the issues tearing the country apart, none of them wants the war. Responsible Alex feels duty-bound to serve his country when called, yet he hates the thought of killing anything, even an animal. Free-spirited Charlie doesn’t care about fighting the South—he wants to go West, not to join the army. Becca believes it would be dishonorable for them not to fight, but she loves them both dearly and can scarcely bear to choose one over the other. And none of them has any idea what a long and bloody war is before them.<br /><br />Both boys will join the army, endure the daily hardships and the terrors of battle, and become experienced soldiers with a growing enthusiasm for the cause that brings them back to enlist a second time. But only one of them will come home. <div><br />This is neither a romantic adventure novel nor a cynical protest against war, but a moving story about common soldiers, unsung heroes, true friendship, and the uncertainties of life.</div><div></div><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Becca%27s+Story">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-5943762733426622535?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-77966478082950260832008-10-17T14:26:00.004-04:002008-12-09T12:59:35.342-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPyD1goAYTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/NZTfcTlxp4c/s1600-h/Temp2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259223420175933746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPyD1goAYTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/NZTfcTlxp4c/s320/Temp2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Tony Dungy grew up in a home encouraged by his parents to have faith ...and dream big! Tony knew early on that football was going to be his dream. His sisters, Sherri and Lauren, always knew that becoming a nurse and a doctor were their dreams for the future . But his younger brother, Linden, couldn't seem to find a dream of this own...until a very special day when he stops being a class clown and becomes a kid on a mission. And Tony is always there to encourage him...well, in a big brother sort of way.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=You+Can+Do+It&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Dungy">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-7796647808295026083?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-25054616064553473952008-10-13T11:30:00.002-04:002008-10-15T10:17:23.322-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPNqH9Q9QVI/AAAAAAAAACw/sn9vF9AeVTE/s1600-h/FreddyPerilousAdventure.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256661875008815442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SPNqH9Q9QVI/AAAAAAAAACw/sn9vF9AeVTE/s320/FreddyPerilousAdventure.jpg" border="0" /></a>Freddy, the world’s most talented pig, has no idea what he’s getting into when a fast-talking balloon man convinces him to make an ascent with his two duck friends, Alice and Emma. First, they have to go up alone (or at least nobody else knows that they have two spider stowaways), and second, the valve to release the gas and let them back down again is broken. And even if they can make a safe landing, the balloon man wants them arrested for stealing his property…<br /><br />As usual, there is no stopping Freddy, who uses his wits and the aid of his friends (animal and human) from the Bean farm, Boomschmidt’s circus, and the surrounding countryside, to see that all ends as it should.<br /><br />A great read-aloud and laugh-aloud book about courage, honesty, and friendship.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Freddy%20and%20the%20perilous%20adventure">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-2505461606455347395?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-80641328075047223202008-10-06T15:31:00.004-04:002008-10-15T10:18:00.230-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SOpn-zkKJAI/AAAAAAAAACo/kpJJa2ns-HI/s1600-h/CookesAmerica.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254126243972523010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SOpn-zkKJAI/AAAAAAAAACo/kpJJa2ns-HI/s320/CookesAmerica.jpg" border="0" /></a>This must be the most interesting history of America that I have ever read (and possibly the only one I have voluntarily read from start to finish). Alistair Cooke, though an Englishman, spent so many years as a reporter in this country that he had a remarkably broad understanding of her geography, people, and history, and he writes with candor and charm. He also writes with the impartiality of someone who has discovered America as an adult and an ally, neither overly cynical nor shamelessly patriotic. Gently, he pokes fun at some of the assumptions we make, and the biases we learn from grade school, yet he shows that the truth is often as impressive as the historical fiction. As I read, I found myself repeatedly wanting to share fascinating tidbits with my family (sometimes to their annoyance!)—and the book reads aloud very well. Not a textbook, it has a frankly subjective quality, leaving out details that are included in most history books, perhaps because they did not fit the story line, or perhaps because they were not well known at the time the book was published (1973). But, on the whole, the book appears to be very well researched, and is an excellent read for anybody interested in a refresher course on American history.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Alistair%20Cookes%20America%20">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-8064132807504722320?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-6629995614760234122008-09-29T08:59:00.006-04:002008-10-15T10:18:32.066-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODSRu-SuPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/lx4Aip2-7Kg/s1600-h/flush-carl-hiaasen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251428367622912242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODSRu-SuPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/lx4Aip2-7Kg/s320/flush-carl-hiaasen.jpg" border="0" /></a>A father in jail for taking the law into his own hands. A mother using the dreaded “D” word with her lawyer. A casino boat dumping raw sewage into protected waters—and getting away with it. A mysterious disappearance—possibly murder. How much worse could the outlook be?<br /><br />When a clever brother and sister, with the aid of an angry waitress, step forward to do their part, everything really gets moving. But it will take a couple of bullies to really do the job in this surprise ending, which just goes to show that “what goes around comes around.” <div></div><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Flush&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Hiaasen" searchoper1="'AND&amp;srchfield2=" searchdata2="Hiaasen">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-662999561476023412?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-83032671934377689482008-09-28T14:42:00.007-04:002008-10-15T10:19:03.263-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODdFCcwEgI/AAAAAAAAACA/zRr2foNeJeQ/s1600-h/temp1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251440244140544514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODdFCcwEgI/AAAAAAAAACA/zRr2foNeJeQ/s320/temp1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Elijah isn't known for his bravery. As his father says, his imagination tends to get the better of him. But Elijah's imagination isn't to blame when his two strange aunts arrive at Dredmoore Hollow and whisk him away to stay with them, right after his parents suddenly leave town.<br /><br />Elijah discovers that secrets and magic are part of the Dredmoore family legacy and there's no hiding from your roots--no matter how deep and dark and tangled they may be.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=The%20Witches%20of%20Dredmoore%20Hollow">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-8303267193437768948?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-27936073437018379842008-09-28T14:30:00.008-04:002009-03-05T08:35:36.702-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODirlx363I/AAAAAAAAACY/XAI9xTKeSrs/s1600-h/temp4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251446404017548146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODirlx363I/AAAAAAAAACY/XAI9xTKeSrs/s320/temp4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A novel full of adventure, romance, and mystery, a story about learning to trust the things we know but cannot see. </div><div><br />Alicia's total blindness is a harsh fact. But she still sees what's going on. She sees how her parents want her to be independent, but can't quite let go. She sees Bobby edging closer, sees their relationship approaching new territory. And she sees William, at first just another invisible form, a voice. Except William is invisible to everyone, not just Alicia.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=%5E%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata1=9780399246913">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-2793607343701837984?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-43933971810366674632008-09-28T14:23:00.005-04:002008-09-29T10:08:41.328-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODhViGbNxI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gR2AwjIrMTM/s1600-h/temp3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251444925561255698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODhViGbNxI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gR2AwjIrMTM/s320/temp3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Come take a look------it's creatures galore! You will find crawlers,creepers,a green-legged leaper:Quackers, cluckers, a red-headed cheeper. A barker, a pincher a big-eared thinker: Honkers, howlers and oodles more.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Oodles%20of%20Animals%20">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-4393397181036667463?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-85508083112189952592008-09-28T14:10:00.005-04:002008-10-15T10:21:47.736-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODp0IkjGmI/AAAAAAAAACg/HWpGKftop4o/s1600-h/temp1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251454247377246818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SODp0IkjGmI/AAAAAAAAACg/HWpGKftop4o/s320/temp1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Ms. Wiz Spells Trouble is the first book in a best selling series that was originally published in the United Kingdom.<br /><br /><br />Describing herself as a paranormal operative, the delightful Ms. Wiz uses her magic to rescue the students at St Barnabas School from one disaster after another - with outrageous results.</div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Ms.%20Wiz%20Spells%20Trouble">Find this book in the catalog</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-8550808311218995259?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-55794001754829769942008-09-22T10:25:00.007-04:002008-11-26T10:50:27.789-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SNevlxa8MjI/AAAAAAAAABI/mRdQ6PG4zr0/s1600-h/Jewel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248856954179957298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SNevlxa8MjI/AAAAAAAAABI/mRdQ6PG4zr0/s320/Jewel.jpg" border="0" /></a>Knowing my fondness for historical novels and for England, a friend recommended the Gresham Chronicles to me. Titles include <em>The Widow of Larkspur Inn</em>, <em>The Courtship of the Vicar’s Daughter</em>, <em>The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark</em>, and now <em>The Jewel of Gresham Green </em>(which appears to be the only one available at PPL as of this writing). <div></div><div>Technically, I was a little disappointed in the way the stories portray Victorian England (at least, I think it is supposed to be Victorian). The author obviously did a lot of research, but 21st Century American viewpoints have a way of slipping in anyway (typical of this kind of novel). But, forgetting the technicalities, I found I enjoyed them all immensely as a fun and entertaining read. The people are almost all likeable, though not impossibly perfect—and the author loves to invent characters with amusing quirks. The plots and sub-plots are interesting, but not overly agonizing. Although not all of the characters are sweet and innocent types, the content is "family friendly." And the “bad guys” almost all either ultimately reform, or get their come-uppance. So what if they’re not entirely realistic? That’s the fun of fiction!</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=the%20jewel%20of%20gresham%20green">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-5579400175482976994?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-859120055516435402008-09-16T19:55:00.008-04:002008-10-15T10:32:43.237-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SNBLMG81vII/AAAAAAAAAG4/QzZvKP5jAyY/s1600-h/cover-large.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246776237282933890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" height="200" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SNBLMG81vII/AAAAAAAAAG4/QzZvKP5jAyY/s200/cover-large.jpg" width="142" border="0" /></a>This book is a great addition to the Batman mythos. Along with Batman and Son, Morrison is taking risks and from a creative and artistic standpoint, succeeding admirably in proving that even the oldest of comic book icons can be as fresh and interesting as the newest creator owned characters.<br /><p align="left"><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=The+Black+Glove&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Morrison">Find this book in the catalog</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-85912005551643540?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-62094413931853865252008-08-13T15:47:00.006-04:002008-10-15T10:33:23.119-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SKM6dDgtKvI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ojwZ3ANcdV8/s1600-h/sail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234091462767749874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" height="200" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SKM6dDgtKvI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ojwZ3ANcdV8/s200/sail.jpg" width="144" border="0" /></a>Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Sail&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Patterson">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-6209441393185386525?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-1378146197383399052008-07-25T14:08:00.005-04:002008-10-15T10:34:07.476-04:00What goes u<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227015569015608226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" height="200" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SIoW91Kck6I/AAAAAAAAAEw/Xe36sVSOOlk/s200/snakehead.jpg" width="168" border="0" />p must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be—in outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet . . . and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.<br />From the slums of Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the Timor Sea, Snakehead is Alex Rider's most action-packed adventure yet<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Snakehead&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Horowitz">Find this book in the catalog</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-137814619738339905?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-38530546049984421292008-07-25T13:43:00.005-04:002008-10-15T09:18:40.319-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SIoUXyrDsdI/AAAAAAAAAEo/2oX3TyQfmqM/s1600-h/on+the+night+you+were+born.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227012716488798674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px" height="202" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SIoUXyrDsdI/AAAAAAAAAEo/2oX3TyQfmqM/s200/on+the+night+you+were+born.jpg" width="185" border="0" /></a>"On the night you were born, the moon smiles with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, 'Life will never be the same.' " With clear, poetic text and soothing pictures, On the Night You Were Born celebrates the birth and worth of every wondrous child. A superb parent-and-child bedtime read-aloud; a soothing tone for the holidays.<br />For ages 3 to 6.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=On+the+Night+You+Were+Born&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Tillman">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-3853054604998442129?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-46922457292874262502008-06-19T08:58:00.010-04:002008-10-15T10:34:48.076-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SFpYj_Cqw3I/AAAAAAAAAEY/lAnsUl9sAaw/s1600-h/Acheron.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213576893876061042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px" height="200" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SFpYj_Cqw3I/AAAAAAAAAEY/lAnsUl9sAaw/s200/Acheron.jpg" width="148" border="0" /></a>The god of final fate and the leader of the Dark-Hunters, Acheron Parthenopaeus is used to being in charge... at least in this lifetime.<br />He answers to no one and no one questions him. Yeah, right.<br />Enter a woman on a forbidden quest out to answer an ancient mystery who won't take no for an answer. Not even from Acheron himself.<br /><br />In spite of his impugning her reputation and foiling her attempts at every step of the way, she will not be denied.But when ancient guardians and old enemies threaten them, the only hope they have is to stand together or be destroyed individually. The only problem is Acheron isn't sure he can trust anyone with his past, but as the Fates have foretold, in your past lies your future. The time for truth is at hand...<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Acheron&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Kenyon">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-4692245729287426250?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-13061028957696969942008-06-19T08:36:00.004-04:002008-10-15T10:35:43.467-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SFpU3zwgXSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/TNdLA6SZd3o/s1600-h/New+moon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213572836397964578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px" height="200" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SFpU3zwgXSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/TNdLA6SZd3o/s200/New+moon.jpg" width="156" border="0" /></a>I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES…For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is eve<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SFpTlb0vHRI/AAAAAAAAAEI/_y6ViHdLlfI/s1600-h/New+moon.jpg"></a>n more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. . . .<br /><br /><div><p><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=New+Moon&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5Eauthor&amp;searchdata2=Meyer">Find this book in the catalog</a></p><br /><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-1306102895769696994?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-34141961012049061262008-05-16T13:07:00.004-04:002008-06-19T09:07:43.773-04:00<a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Elephant%20quilt"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203234634419460834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px" height="182" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SDWaVQOU2uI/AAAAAAAAAEA/i3bYz3zhNEo/s200/Lowell,+Susan.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></a>The year is 1859, and Lily Rose and her family are on their way to California.“We’re going to see the Elephant!” That’s what people say when they head West on a journey promising to be “something powerful strange. Like a real live elephant, but even bigger – stranger – wilder – scarier!” Lily Rose is raring to go. Along the way she’ll help stitch her family’s adventures into a grand and glorious quilt.Come along on this exciting journey. It's sure to be,as Lily Rose would say,BO-dacious!<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Elephant%20quilt">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-3414196101204906126?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-29026882773671786012008-05-07T18:41:00.002-04:002008-10-15T10:36:48.043-04:00<a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=%20Diamond%20Willow%20"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199494736515894114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4Qf8OQbbTsY/SChQ6i2LC2I/AAAAAAAAAD4/kZITcwavDyw/s200/diamond+willow.jpg" border="0" /></a> Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants, more than anything, to mush the dogs out to her grandparents’ house, by herself, with Roxy in the lead. But sometimes when it’s just you, one mistake can have frightening consequences . . . And when Willow stumbles, it takes a surprising group of friends to help her make things right again.<br />Using diamond-shaped poems inspired by forms found in polished diamond willow sticks, Helen Frost tells the moving story of Willow and her family. Hidden messages within each diamond carry the reader further, into feelings Willow doesn’t reveal even to herself.<br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=%20Diamond%20Willow%20">Find this book in the Catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-2902688277367178601?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-22553473917956484482008-04-28T16:56:00.003-04:002008-10-15T10:37:28.286-04:00Poor Ba<a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=bandit%20"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" height="161" alt="" src="http://i6.ebayimg.com/05/c/000/77/4b/4927_7.JPG" border="0" /></a>ndit! His couch is being moved. His toy basket, fuzzy mouse, blanket, and bed are gone. So is his litter box, food bowl, and tuna. Then his owner carries him to the car. What’s happening? Is he going to the vet, or on vacation, or … is he moving? Really cute story.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/5?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=TI%5ETITLE%5E%5E%5Etitle&amp;searchdata1=Bandit&amp;searchoper1=AND&amp;srchfield2=AU%5E%5E%5E%5E&amp;searchdata2=Rostoker-Gruber">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-2255347391795648448?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-68597894546297343492008-04-20T14:44:00.001-04:002008-10-15T10:38:05.279-04:00<a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=school%20out%20forever"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" height="228" alt="" src="http://www.hha.com.au/imagesweb/9780755321995.jpg" border="0" /></a>Meet Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel,six absolutely unforgettable kids with some major problems. <strong>THEY'RE BEING HUNTED</strong> <strong>BY KILLERS. BUT WHO?</strong> It's even worse than that. Max is sure that a microchip has been inserted under her skin--leading freakish forces of evil to ambush them at any moment. She and others are suposed to save the world. <strong>FROM WHAT? WHEN ? AND HOW?</strong> Max will stop at nothing to find answers. One thing she does know: it's got something to do with an astonishing ability they have that no others can claim.<strong>THEY CAN FLY. </strong>Max's heart-stopping quest to protect her " family," and investigate the mind-blowing mystery of her ultimate destiny continues in the scariest, strangest, and funniest James Patterson thriller yet.<br /><br /><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=school%20out%20forever">Find this book in the catalog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-6859789454629734349?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-61400046608844401952008-04-16T12:06:00.004-04:002008-10-15T10:39:02.666-04:00<a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=tiny%20little%20teeth"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189878935484628194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" height="200" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/SAYnZQjX_OI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/tSywTu3Tr48/s200/Jacket.jpg" width="133" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Aaron Elkins' Gideon Oliver forensic mysteries employ an old device - the closed room mystery - with fresh settings and interesting characters. Oliver is known as "The Bone Detective," a man who can discern a world of information from old bones. He travels extensively, and usually manages to stumble upon a murder in some exotic location.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/042521530X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link"></a></div><br /><div>In "Tiny Little Teeth" the location is a boat in the Amazon jungle. With a limited number of suspects and no way to add or subtract from them, Oliver is faced with a perplexing series of events, including disappearances, reappearances, and pirhana-chewed bodies. If you enjoy classic mysteries combined with unique locales, you will enjoy this and the other of the Gideon Oliver series.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Raymond Ranier</div><div></div><div><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=tiny%20little%20teeth">Find this book in the catalog</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-6140004660884440195?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423779686453305742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915313256008467525.post-71231772143095151292008-04-02T14:31:00.002-04:002009-08-20T09:49:57.087-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/So1UZfxZaRI/AAAAAAAAAHI/z_8fXYvQTpo/s1600-h/Spirit+Bear.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372042727525017874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FY2MwDMtzM/So1UZfxZaRI/AAAAAAAAAHI/z_8fXYvQTpo/s200/Spirit+Bear.jpg" /></a>Cole Matthews is filled with anger, rage and hate. He has been lying and stealing for years, This time all of his rage and anger comes out in a vicious attack on Peter Driscal, which leaves Peter with possible brain damage. Is there any hope for Cole? Cole is offered his choice of jail or Circle Justice, a Native American system based on the tradition that tries to provide healing for the criminal offender, the victim and the community. Cole has been conning the legal system for years. Can he fool the Circle Justice council into giving him one more chance? Read the story and find out.<br /><br /><div><div align="left"><a href="http://ibistro.ppl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&amp;user_id=webserver&amp;password=&amp;library=ALL&amp;srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+title+&amp;searchdata1=Touching%20Spirit%20Bear">Find this book in the catalog</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8915313256008467525-7123177214309515129?l=ppl-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peabody Public Librarynoreply@blogger.com0