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| Featured
Books o’ the Season |
| September 2008 |
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 Baby Dragon by Amy Erlich; Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand |
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| August 2008 |
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 Warriors: Power of Three #4: Eclipse, by Erin Hunter |
 Maisy Goes to the Museum, by Lucy Cousins |
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 Smelly Locker: Silly Dilly School Songs, by Alan Katz |
 Babar's USA, by Laurent de Brunhoff |
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 Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox, by Eoin Colfer |
 Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, by Jeanette Winters |
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You can put these books and others
in a gift registry or a custom gift basket! |
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2007 National Book Award,
Youg People’s Literature: |
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 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,
by Sherman Alexie |
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2008
Newbery Awards
(for outstanding writing): |
| Medalist: |
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 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,
by Laura Amy Schlitz |
| Honor Books: |
 Elijah of Buxton,
by Christopher Paul Curtis |
 Feathers,
by Jacqueline Woodson |
 The Wednesday Wars,
by Gary D. Schmidt |
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2008
Caldecott Awards
(for outstanding art): |
| Medalist: |
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 The Invention of Hugo Cabret,
by Brian Selznick |
| Honor Books: |
 First the Egg,
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
 Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated Mo Willems |
 The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís |
 Henry's Freedom
Box, illustrated by Kadir Nelson,written by Ellen Levine |
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2008
Coretta Scott King Awards
(outstanding work by an African American
author/ illustrator): |
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| Author Award: |
Illustrator Award: |
 Elijah of Buxton,
by Christopher Paul Curtis |
 Let it Shine,
by Ashley Bryan |
| Author Honor: |
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 November Blues,
by Sharon Draper |
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 Twelve Rounds to Glory:
The Story of Muhammed Ali,
by Charles R. Smith, Jr. |
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| interested
in the books above? |
To order any
of the books listed above, please call (513.731.2665), e-mail (contact@bluemanateebooks.com),
or visit us in person (3054 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45209). |
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Let us know
about it! E-mail us at contact@bluemanateebooks.com
and we'll either agree, respectfully disagree, look into it, or add
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