Review: Neverwhere

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Couldn't put it down. So many interpretations of doors.
Hero & Herione sympathetic & compelling.

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Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Intriguing, spooky, enchanting.

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Review: American Gods

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Wild ride.

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Review: Border Voices 17: What We Dreamed Of

Border Voices 17: What We Dreamed Of by Jack Webb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Find any of the 20+ Border Voices anthologies, buy it or borrow it, and keep it near a place you sit when you want stillness. Be curious, and take in the ideas of San Diego children (K-12) voiced in poems and art. As a classroom teacher who hosted this program for many years, I have seen and felt the alchemy achieved with a Border Voices teaching poet, a group of students, and a teacher supporting behind the scenes.

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Review: Old Turtle

Old Turtle by Douglas Wood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book just came to me in "Recommendations". I know this book, and it is a treasure to me in its physical form, and in the mood it evokes in my mind even now, years since I've read it.
The illustrations are watery and soft. The text moves slowly and peacefully.

Read this for yourself, then read it to a child or two or even an entire classroom.


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Review: Old Turtle

Old Turtle by Douglas Wood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book just came to me in "Recommendations". I know this book, and it is a treasure to me in its physical form, and in the mood it evokes in my mind even now, years since I've read it.
The illustrations are watery and soft. The text moves slowly and peacefully.

Read this for yourself, then read it to a child or two or even an entire classroom.


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Review: Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions

Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions by Pema Chödrön
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I will read and listen to this book several times more. Pema Chodrun is a wise woman with a sense of humor and a sense of what's important in human interaction. I'm not many years from 60, and still learning more about how effectively to contribute my part in the world; how to stand tall in what I know in a way that does not discount what others know.
Pema Chodrun's actual voice on the audio book versions allows the listener a fuller experience of the author's ideas.
Don't Bite the Hook. Read the book.

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