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Category Archives: new stuff tuesdays
Dinosaur! (New Stuff Tuesday)
Plus snakes, reptiles, mammals and all kinds of other cool critters of the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and more. The incredibly detailed CG-illustrations alone makes this one neat book! Each two-page spread is dominated by the colorful illustration, labeled with unique … Continue reading
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (New Stuff Tuesday)
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (Card Game)Created by Dave CampbellNew Arrivals, 2nd FloorCurr Coll, Teaching Tools, 2nd Floor GV1295.T23 T3 2017 Qwixx (Dice Game)New Arrivals, 2nd FloorCurr Coll, Teaching Tools, 2nd Floor,GV1303.Q93 2020 Getting stuck in the same game rut? … Continue reading
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Tagged curriculum collection, games, teaching tools
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Thanku: Poems of Gratitude (New Stuff Tuesdays)
Ahhh. This sweet little puff of dandelion fluff provides a brief respite for the world-weary. Playful artwork complements the punchy children’s poems with titles like “Atta-Dude” and “Roy G. Biv.” Each poem includes a label for the format while the … Continue reading
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Future Home of the Living God (New Stuff Tuesdays)
There are eerie similarities between the world’s COVID-19 pandemic and the premise for this book. Continue reading
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Tagged dystopian novels, Louise Erdrich, native americans
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Awaken (New Stuff Tuesdays)
As we approach a new calendar year, perhaps paging through this gorgeously printed book and reflecting on the art and philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism will help you bring closure to the old year and begin preparation for the new. From … Continue reading
Little Women (New Stuff Tuesdays)
Since I saw this DVD version of the 2019 movie appear on the New Arrivals shelf, I knew I had to watch it, and how convenient that I can also review it for our devoted blog readers (both of you … Continue reading
Dying of Whiteness (New Stuff Tuesday)
This book by physician and sociologist Jonathan M. Metzl travels across America, where he finds that racial resentment has impacted not only the health of people of color, but also the health white people. Particularly impacted are working class whites, … Continue reading
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Tagged healthcare, jonathan metzl, schools, social services, white supremency, whiteness
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The Librarian of Auschwitz (New Stuff Tuesdays)
Most everyone knows by know the horrible story of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, and in this trying year of 2020, one can be forgiven for passing by a story about that depressing time period in our recent past! But (being … Continue reading
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Tagged historical novels, history, new stuff tuesdays, young adult books
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The Force of Nonviolence (New Stuff Tuesdays)
From the book jacket: “Towards a form of aggressive nonviolence. Judith Butler’s new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as … Continue reading
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