Author: Holly
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Lively Libraries
250 tested ideas for lively libraries or GO, PEP, and POP! Baeckler and Larson 1976 Submitter: Not only is this book ancient, but it was also still on the shelf. We are a small, rural public library. Holly: The sample suggestion card (first image below) is fantastic. At first I…
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Opportunities for Minorities in Librarianship
Opportunities for Minorities in Librarianship Josey and Peeples 1977 Submitter: It always exciting to see librarian career guides at my local public library. I am always talking up our career to people who would make great librarians. So it’s good to have books that better help people understand what we do. Sadly,…
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Poultry in the Pulpit
Poultry in the Pulpit: Further Revelations of the Vet in the Vestry Cameron 1988 Submitter: Not sure what to make of this from the cover. Holly: This is the memoir of a veterinarian who became a minister. Here’s the Publishers Weekly review. It also got good reviews on GoodReads. The…
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Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids
Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids: Where You Came From, How Your Body Changes, and What Sex Is All About Westheimer 1993 Submitter: The cover image attached features an endearing but very old lady who looks way too much like my grandma. I saw this one and laughed because I could…
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What’s Wrong With Timmy?
What’s Wrong with Timmy? Shriver 2001 Submitter: This book is part of a series by Shriver for helping kids accept the fact that bad stuff happens to people and no one knows why. There is another book we own by Shriver about Alzheimer’s. Kate, our main character, learns through colored pencil…
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Psychic Pets
Submitter: The eyes of the dog and cat on the cover are very disturbing. If glowing ink had been on offer from the publisher, I’m sure this book would have used it. Inside there are few pictures, none of them seemed to “capture” phychic-ness, in my opinion. I have included…
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