Author: Holly
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Magic Potato
Big Bob and the Magic Valentine’s Day Potato Pinkwater 1999 Submitter: Our Valentine’s picture book collection is more than a little bit sad. I found TWO copies of this little gem mixed in with a dozen or so other titles. Even with that small number of Valentine’s books, this one still…
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But I Might Need It Someday!
Photo (Creative Commons) Courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/drzuco/6664693057 Do you save extra copies of books just in case they may be needed in the future? When you see something popular, classic, unique, or expensive in the donation pile, but you know you already have one in the collection, do you save it…
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Hat Tricks
45 Fine and Fanciful Hats to Knit: Berets, Toques, Cones, Stars, Pentagons, and More Zilboorg 1997 Submitter: These hats are genius. But the kind of genius that comes all rolled up in crazy. I work at a public library and put this book on hold for myself because I was…
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Bogus POTUS
The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln Reiss 2003 Submitter: (Warning… 12 year old boy humor alert : ) This book is about an unusual looking boy whose parents send him away to camp where he meets other unusual looking children & realizes he’s ok. So heartwarming, right? Nope. We were…
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The Teen Vegetarian
The Teen Vegetarian: A Teen Nutrition Book Salter 1991 Submitter: I don’t know how this one has managed to survive on the shelf for this long. I’m usually very strict with the health and diet collections. While the content of this one isn’t terribly bad, no teen is ever going to…
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Sexy Therapy
Should a Therapist Have Intercourse With Patients? Seagull Psychology Today [197-?] Submitter: This surprising 35 min cassette recording could have been compressed into a 5 second recording comprised of 1 word : NO Holly: Was this actually something that the profession was questioning in the 1970s? It gives “sex therapy”…
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