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1. Fast Five: Picture Book Biographies
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 3/8/2013
Blog: Caroline by line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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ELECTRIC BEN: THE AMAZING LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Robert Byrd

"A beautifully realized labor of love and affection brings to life one of our brightest founding fathers." – Kirkus Book Reviews, starred review

"With a jacket showing Benjamin Franklin as a cross between a mad scientist and a superhero standing amid wild lightning bolts and surrounded by all manner of electrical devices, this book shimmers with excitement, begging to be read." – The Horn Book, starred review

"It's a fascinating and comprehensive portrait, and an asset for student research." – Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Large in format and ambitious in scope, this appealingly designed book spotlights Benjamin Franklin and his times." – Booklist, starred review


HERE COME THE GIRL SCOUTS!: THE AMAZING, ALL TRUE STORY OF JULIETTE "DAISY" GORDON LOW AND HER GREAT ADVENTURE - Shana Corey

"Deft storyteller Shana Corey knows that good history writers pick rich details to paint a life story. That’s exactly what she does in ‘Here Come the Girl Scouts!’.” —The New York Times

"Corey tells Low’s story with few words, but a lot of energy. This is an exuberant celebration of Low’s work just in time for the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary.” —School Library Journal, starred review

"Corey’s gung-ho prose conveys Low’s gumption and optimism. Hooper’s folksy mixed-media art, much like Corey’s prose, portrays the Scouts and their history in a fresh, unstuffy manner.”—Publishers Weekly

“Girl power, all the way around.”—Booklist


THOSE REBELS, JOHN AND TOM - Barbara Kerley

"A witty and wise portrait of strength being born out of difference. " --Starred Review, Publisher's Weekly

"A graceful and good-humored account introduces the very human sides of the disparate duo who came together in the Continental Congress to give birth to American independence in an extraordinary achievement in 1774-1776. Humorous, respectful and affectionate: a solid invitation to learn more."
 --Kirkus Review

“Forthright and dynamic....authoritative yet child-friendly.” — School Library Journal

“Light-hearted but eminently humane.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?: HOW ALICE ROOSEVELT BROKE THE RULES, CHARMED THE WORLD, AND DROVE HER FATHER TEDDY CRAZY! -  Barbara Kerley

"Irrepressible Alice Roosevelt gets a treatment every bit as attractive and exuberant as she was....The large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for spectacular art." --Starred Review, Booklist

"Theodore Roosevelt's irrepressible oldest child receives an appropriately vivacious appreciation in this superb picture book.... Kerley's precise text presents readers with a devilishly smart, strong-willed girl who was determined to live life on her own terms and largely succeeded." --Starred Review, Kirkus

"Kerley's text gallops along with a vitality to match her subject's antics, as the girl greets White House visitors accompanied by her pet snake, refuses to let leg braces cramp her style, dives fully clothed into a swimming pool, and also earns her place in history as one of her father's trusted advisers. Fotheringham's digitally rendered, retro-style illustrations are a superb match for the text."--Starred Review, SLJ


ANNIE AND HELEN - Deborah Hopkinson

“...What is breathtakingly shown here, through accurate, cross-hatched watercolor paintings; excerpts from Sullivan’s correspondence to her former teacher; and concise and poetic language, is the woman’s patience and belief in the intelligence of her student to grasp the concepts of language....elucidating the brilliant process of educating the deaf and blind pioneered by Annie Sullivan.” --Starred Review, School Library Journal

"Combining short excerpts from Annie Sullivan's letters with lyrical prose, Hopkinson succeeds in making the early years of the relationship between Helen Keller and the woman she called Teacher feel newly remarkable." -- Publisher's Weekly

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2. Blog Break Best Of: Week I
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 7/2/2012
Blog: Caroline by line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I'm taking a blogging break during the month of July. Stop by weekly to access links to some oldies but goodies. I hope you find some things of interest to you. Enjoy!

Fast Fives
Favorite Childhood Series
Books That Made Me Laugh
Picture Books
Adult Book Club Finds
Books That Broke My Heart
Books About China and Japan
Novels about Teachers and Their Students
Books I Wish I'd Read as a Kid
Picture Books that Have Influenced our Family Conversations
E-Books on My Kindle

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3. Fast Five: E-books on my Kindle
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 6/4/2012
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Here are five self-published books I've recently purchased:

Mindset for Moms: From Mundane to Marvelous Thinking in Just 30 Days - Jamie C. Martin

Confession: This one's written by a dear friend. I blogged about her first book, Steady Days, and am happy to talk up her newest title! Jamie blogs at Steady Mom and Simple Homeschool.

The No Brainer Wardrobe - Hayley Morgan

I found this via a Facebook comment from a friend (good marketing, Hayley!). Hayley blogs at Tiny Twig Goes Out on a Limb.


One Bite at a Time: 52 Projects for Making Life Simpler - Tsh Oxenreider

This is Tsh's second book. Her first, the wildly successful Organized Simplicity, was published traditionally. Tsh blogs at Simple Mom.

Cinders - Michelle Argyle Davidson

When I found out Michelle's originally self-published book would soon only be available as a part of her fairy tale collection, Bonded (published by Rhemalda), I snatched up a copy while I could. Michelle's other books include Monarch and forthcoming The Breakaway.
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4. Fast Five: On the Nightstand
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 4/11/2011
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I've loved all the middle grade and young adult novels I've read these last few months, but I have to be honest: never have I spent so much time away from adult literature. I'm really missing grown-up books. Here are some I hope to get to soon.

Geraldine Brooks -- The People of the Book
People of the Book: A Novel
I've been invited to join a local book club (hooray!). This will be my first read with this group.


The Tender Bar -- J. R. Moehringer
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
I found this at my parents' house and claimed it (My mom is always generous with a good book).


The Known World -- Edward P. Jones
The Known World
Before I left Louisiana, I made sure to use my used book store credits at Bent Pages, my favorite Houma store. This is a book I picked up there.


Nefertiti: A Novel -- Michelle Moran
Nefertiti: A Novel
Found this one at Bent Pages, too.


Peony in Love -- Lisa See
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5. Fast Five: Books I Wish I'd Read as a Kid
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 1/31/2011
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase


The Misadventures of Maude March
The Misadventures of Maude March


A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
A Drowned Maiden's Hair

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6. Fast Five: Books That Broke My Heart
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 3/25/2010
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Here are five books that have haunted me long after reading them.


God of Small Things The God of Small Things -- Arundhati Roy



Sarah's Key Sarah's Key -- Tatiana de Rosnay


Possession  Possession -- AS Byatt



A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)  A Lesson Before Dying -- Ernest J. Gaines



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7. Fast Five: Adult Book Club Finds
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 2/3/2010
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Here are five favorite books I would have never discovered apart from book club:

  1. I Capture the Castle -- Dodie Smith 
I read about this book in a fabulous recommended reading book called Honey for a Woman's Heart. I don't know if I'd have ever gotten around to it, though, if I hadn't brought it as a book club suggestion. It is romantic, lovely and sweet.

    2.   Fair and Tender Ladies -- Lee Smith

This one I didn't find through a traditional book club but by listening to the Diane Rehm show on NPR. I only caught ten minutes of the discussion but was so intrigued by the Appalachain love story that I hunted it down immediately.

    3.   Pilgrim at Tinker Creek -- Annie Dillard

My first exposure to Dillard's beautiful observations as she conducted a writing experiment much like Thoreau's Walden.

    4.   Life of Pi -- Yann Martel

I missed this discussion while on bedrest with my second child. Still, the story has stayed with me.

    5.   Madame Bovary -- Gustave Flaubert

Though I always meant to read this, I don't know if I would have without the nudge of a group. I found Emma's tragic search for herself very much like the biblical book, Ecclesiastes.

What have you discovered through book clubs?

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8. Fast Five: Picture Books and the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 1/19/2010
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First, I have to congratulate agent-mate Kekla Magoon. Yesterday her book, THE ROCK AND THE RIVER, won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

Here's a quick glimpse into her work:    


CHICAGO, 1968. For thirteen-year-old Sam, it's not easy being the son of a well-known civil rights activist. When he learns that his brother, Stick, has joined The Black Panthers, Sam faces a difficult decision. Will he follow his father, or his brother? His mind, or his heart? The rock, or the river?


Please stop by her blog today!


Now, on to a list of some of my favorite picture books:
    
   1.    SIXTEEN COWS -- Lisa Wheeler
 
Lisa Wheeler's witty rhymes make this cow mix-up a fun read aloud. I dare you to get through it without turning the cow calls into some kind of song.




        2.  UNDERGROUND TRAIN -- Mary Quattlebaum

This delightful book, which (unfortunately) is currently out of print but available used, focues on Washington, DC's Metro. The lyrical words have become a part of our family conversation:

"The moving stairs roll us down, down, down to the Underground Train, which rushes past like fast water on miles of track."


3.  CORNFIELD HIDE-AND-SEEK -- Christine Widman

This book was a library find. A delight!








4.  RATTLETRAP CAR -- Phyllis Root


Watch a family try to keep their car in one piece as they go on a family trip. Full of repetition and fun car noises.




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9. A Look Back and Anticipating What's Ahead
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By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 12/31/2009
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Happy New Year! I'm not one to make resolutions, but set goals for myself throughout the year. Some I keep. Some I don't. And it's okay. I do, though, love the newness of a new year and anticipating all it might hold. It's also very satisfying to think back over the year just completed.

In my classroom, I displayed a quote by Confucius:  Learning without thinking is labor lost. Not wanting to lose out on all my hard work(!), I thought it would be fun to reflect on my four short months of blogging in 2009.

After leaving my teaching position in May, I knew I had to get serious about my approach to writing if I wanted to do this full time. That meant creating a schedule (I find a lot of freedom in knowing what I'll be doing with my time), stepping up the querying process, and jumping into the blogosphere.

For over a year, I had read a handful of blogs and commented sporadically. I read a couple of books that touched on blogging (HOW TO GET KNOWN BEFORE THE BOOK DEAL, for one, and a How To blogging guide from the library...I'm not super savvy on the computer). My idea was to blog along the lines of Lisa and Laura -- with a partner. I figured I'd have double the readers and half of the work.

I approached a friend to ask if she might be interested in blogging with me (hi, Anna, if you're reading!). Our story, I figured, was a natural draw: childhood friends who wanted to be authors agented in the same year. One writing for adults, one for children. One living in England, one in the US. See all the interesting things we could have discussed? Plus, imagine the pictures we could have unearthed of bookish girls in kilts and knee socks! In the end, the timing wasn't right for my friend, who sent me on my way with best wishes.

I decided to tackle the blogosphere alone. While reading blogs over the previous year, I found I was much more likely to click on a blog with a memorable/quirky name than I was others. Caroline by line came about because of three things:

  • I knew I wanted to blog about writing, reading, and the slow, steady process both involve -- step by step, or in my case, line by line.
  • I thought the byline pun too fun to pass up.
  • I hate being Carolyn-ed. It's always been a mystery to me why CaroLINE, so obviously spelled, would be pronounced Carolyn.  Lyn is lyn and Line is line, right? If I called the blog Caroline by line, there was no way my name could ever be mispronounced again! (So far, this hasn't panned out).
One thing I read about blogging is to stay on topic. I figured my focus should be the things I know and love: writing, reading, mothering, and teaching. Another "must do" I heard was the importance of posting regularly, and along with many of you, started a five day a week goal. Against popular wisdom, I've taken blog vacations over holidays, loving the time away.

Here I am at the beginning of a new year, 103 Blogger followers and 111 followers through Feedburner. Amazing, really. Thank you, everyone, for playing a part.

As for looking forward, I'd love to start some good discussions around here. I'm planning on sharing some quotes from Jeff Vandermeer's BOOKLIFE: STRATEGIES AND SURVIVAL TIPS FOR THE 21ST-CENTURY WRITER and would love to hear what you think. I will continue with Fast Fives (mini lists of books I've loved, arranged by topic or genre) and information on my after-school book clubs. I'd love to be able to say I'll sell a book this year and will have loads of information to share on the process of publication. We'll see on that. I also realize I've neglected to talk about picture books here, a big part of my writing life.

I'd love any insight/suggestions about what any of you would like to read about here.

Here's to a great 2010!
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