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December 23, 2008

The Rope Walk by Carrie Brown

Let me give a plug for the All Iowa Reads book for 2009. I have just begun reading The Rope Walk by Carrie Brown. From Publishers Weekly: The Rope Walk sets themes of tolerance and understanding in a picture-postcard setting. In a Vermont town, where a description of the local library racks up a dozen adjectives (including "tall," "bracing," "rippling," "silvery" and "delicious"), children collect butterflies and recite "Hiawatha."

Speaking of delicious, this is a book to be savored. I have found myself becoming immersed again in the enthusiasm and wonder that is childhood.

You are invited to join readers across Iowa in reading and talking about the 2009 All Iowa Reads book. Find out more by calling the library or going to the Iowa Center for the Book website at
http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/air/

December 17, 2008

New Movies 12-17-08
  • Hancock
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Fred Claus
  • The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
  • The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
  • Get Smart
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • The Women, It's all about Men! c1939





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