![]() So I did look at, you know, copy for that that I could do, but I’m also now thinking about how to finish this trilogy of books. I’m working on the second in the Merci book series coming out next year. Meg Medina: When it came to sitting down to trying to find that sort of that place of childhood that’s both joyful and vulnerable, like both of those things at the same time, I couldn’t find that exact voice for a little while. On today’s episode, Jennie and Marcy talk with Newbery Medal-winning author Meg Medina (again!) and discuss her recent work, dealing with racism and pandemics, and the BEST recipe for ham croquetas. NewberyTart is a podcast about kids’ books, for adults, and is recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, by two friends who approach the Newbery thing from very different, but surprisingly complementary, directions. ![]()
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BIG MISTAKE I couldn't stop listening to it and ended up having to download another book for my journey I bought this book specifically to listen to durring a long journey I had to make and thought I'd have a sneaky listen the day before. I almost did and had to fight myself not to. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Have you listened to any of Peter Hook’s other performances? How does this one compare? If you could sum up Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division in three words, what would they be? A great listen regardless of being a fan or not ![]() ![]() ![]() Their lives intertwine until the violent revolution that overtook an entire nation engulfs them all as well.ĭickens' story has stood the test of time remade frequently since the release of this1935 version. One of the most beloved of Dickens' stories, finding not only countries and conditions compared, but also two individuals thrown up in stark contrast to one another: - the dissolute barrister Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman) and the young, somewhat callow aristocrat Charles Darnay (Donald Woods), both in love with Lucie (Elizabeth Allan), daughter of a victim of the French Regime. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"- Charles Dickens juxtaposes England and France, George and Louis, tradition and revolution. It is a tale known well, filmed many times over the years, but never better than this early black and white version from the MGM Studios, David O. ![]() ![]() By shining a light on the invisible, Thammavongsa is able to convey the universality of the desire to be loved and understood. Her stories highlight the hopes and desires of groups often undiscussed and ignored, like nail technicians, agriculture workers, and immigrants. Many of these characters navigate challenging workplaces, romance, and changing family dynamics as immigrants or refugees, undergoing experiences that Thammavongsa draws from her own life. In How To Pronounce Knife, Thammavongsa’s short stories focus on the seemingly mundane aspects of different peoples’ lives: a former boxing champion getting a job at his sister’s nail salon, friendships formed while working at a chicken plant, and a mother obsessed with a country singer. After completing her undergraduate degree in 2003, Thammavongsa published her essays and poems in various publications and completed a number of writing residencies. She is a University of Toronto alum, where she studied English literature. Thammavongsa was born in Nong Khai, Thailand in a Lao refugee camp and was raised in Toronto, where she still resides. In early November, the novel earned Thammavongsa the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Tender but never nostalgic, Thammavongsa breaks down essential parts of love and intimacy with precise prose. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a series of short stories, Souvankham Thammavongsa’s How To Pronounce Knife explores the textures of the daily lives of immigrant families, elderly neighbours, curious children, and more. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In stories of sixteenth-century galleon excavations, panther-tracking in Florida swamps, ancient African rainforests, Neanderthal tool-making, and cryogenic DNA banks, O'Connor investigates the philosophical questions of an age in which we "play god" with earth's biodiversity.Įach chapter in this beautifully written book focuses on a unique species-from the charismatic northern white rhinoceros to the infamous passenger pigeon-and the people entwined in the animals' fates. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. ![]() Paradoxically, the more we intervene to save species, the less wild they often become. Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things is written by M. She is the author of two books: 2015’s Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things, which was one of Amazon’s Best Books of the year, and 2019’s Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and genetic management to de-extinction. O’Connor covers the politics and ethics of science, technology, and conservation. In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. ![]() **A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September** Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things / M.R. ![]() ![]() ![]() We went out and bought copies of Radio Silence, before we received copies from the publisher and this is definitely a book I’m happy to own more than one copy of!īecause we loved Radio Silence so much, this review will be a list of everything we loved and why we loved it. Basically, the book asserted that everything is normal, and completely fine, which is exactly what teenagers need to hear. Radio Silence continues this trend, and includes messages about doing what you really want to do, regardless of what others expect from you and sometimes what you think you’re future should be, isn’t what it will be, and that’s OK. After reading, we’d consider Radio Silence a necessary read for any teenager stressing about university and school expectations. ![]() Solitaireestablished her as an author that understood teenagers and what they went through on a daily basis, the struggles and the successes. After Solitaire made it to the top of our favourites list in 2015, we couldn’t wait to see what Alice Oseman would write next. ![]() Radio Silence was one of our most anticipated releases of 2016. We received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() My all-time favorite page/layout in children's literature is the are the two pages of all seaweed. Knowing what ensues between the bear and the rabbit (and thanks to Travis at 100 Scope Notes, we actually, truly, really do know!), had me on pins and needles as I read this book. The sense of foreboding and suspense in This Is Not My Hat is remarkable. ![]() This book is similar to I Want My Hat Back but unique at the same time. I was entirely the opposite of disappointed. That's exactly how I felt holding This Is Not My Hat in my hands. I felt like a five-year-old on her birthday all over again: that moment when you have waited and waited and mingled with family and posed for pictures and eaten cake and now it's finally the time for you to open your presents.and then you know that it'll be over once you actually rip into the first package so you hesitate. I ran my hand over the cover and took a breath before I actually opened the book. After the countless discussions and debates I have participated in over I Want My Hat Back, I was beyond ecstatic to be holding This Is Not My Hat. I vividly remember standing at the Candlewick Press booth back in April and finally holding this long-awaited story from Jon Klassen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews" Bean Blossom offers much-needed insights into one of the most important bluegrass music festivals. Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and the meaning of this venue to the music's many performers-both professional and amateur-and its legions of fans. Adler's history of Bean Blossom traces the long and colorful life of the Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festival. Over the years, Monroe's festival featured the top performers in bluegrass music, including Jimmy Martin, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, the Goins Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and many more. Widely recognized as the oldest continuously running bluegrass music festival in the world, this June festival's roots run back to late 1951, when Monroe purchased the Brown County Jamboree, a live weekly country music show presented between April and November each year. ![]() ![]() About the BookBean Blossom, Indiana-near Brown County State Park and the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana-is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, I did not totally care for Scott Brick's reading-I felt it was overwrought and entirely too dramatic at times, yanking me out of the dust of the Great Depression and on to a Shakespearean stage. Odie plays the harmonica and is quite the storyteller, providing a meta-narrative within the book itself. Krueger includes a whole host of characters-some who occasionally border on caricature-but all of whom are as engaging as Minotaurs and Sirens. At the center of everything is Odie, who is twelve-going-on-thirteen, a thoughtful-yet-precocious courageous young person who in addition to his own very personal journey, fits the Campbellian monomyth archetype pretty well. history, notably the abuse and murder of indigenous peoples. ![]() The story is engaging and it is tough in its truths pulled from actual U.S. Odie O'Banion, his brother Albert, their friend Mose, and little Emmy, travel along the Mississippi River in what is a bit of a coming-of-age story, but more truly along the lines of an epic odyssey. Set in a summer in 1932, four "vagabond" children set out on an "odyssey," escaping the horrors of the Lincoln School in Minnesota - a residential Indian school run by the deceitful and abusive Brickmans. ![]() |