Year: 2013
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Make Your Own Record
How to make and sell your own record: the complete guide to independent recording Rapaport 1984 Submitter: This book needs to go! Aside from the horrible physical condition this particular copy is in (back cover fell off as I was handling it!), the content is terribly outdated. According to WorldCat, there…
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Scary Children’s Decor
Children’s Rooms : how to decorate them to grow with your child Levine 1975 Submitter: I have attached copious images to truly understand how scary the designs of these rooms are. Creepy dolls galore. Holly: Wow, those are some extremely overstimulating designs for sleeping children! Mary: Now I am going…
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Dancing with Cats
Dancing with Cats Silver and Busch 1999 Submitter: If you thought “Why Cats Paint” qualified for Awful Library Book status, I give you its sequel “Dancing with Cats!” And yes, we had both of them on the shelves of our medium-sized Midwestern public library. Unlike it’s hilarious predecessor, Dancing with…
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Super TV Stars
Super TV Stars Meyers 1977 Submitter: Wow. Why was this book in my library? I understand that teens and preteens enjoy media and like to look at magazines or websites about their favorite stars, but I’m pretty sure none of my students is crushing on William Shatner. Yikes. Holly: Kids…
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Friday Fiction: An Original Sin
An Original Sin Bangs 1999 I have no idea if this book is any good. I am not much of a fantasy/time travel romance person. Therefore, I will leave it to others to discuss the literary merit of this book. Most of the reviews I looked at were pretty positive.…
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The Big Salad
Salads Famous Recipes of America 1968 You know I love a cookbook. I don’t actually cook, but I like to “window shop.” Well, straight from the 1960s we have a lovely array of salads. Truth be told, there are not a whole lot of fresh veggies in the recipes, but…
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