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Tag: Summer 2012 books
Librarian Preview: Penguin Books for Young Readers – Viking, Philomel and Puffin
On to Viking! Viking This year I have carefully been keeping track of all the books that Kirkus stars. This is partially because Kirkus doesn’t star all that many things and partly because I like their taste. When I get a chance I go out, locate the starred books and read them through. One such […]
Librarian Preview: Penguin Books for Young Readers – Razorbill and Grosset & Dunlap (Summer 2012)
And now the thrilling conclusion! Just kidding. I’ve lots more to do. But if you already read Part One then this should fall along the same lines. Razorbill In the past this imprint was best known for its teen fare. A slow and steady increase in their middle grade offerings, however, has turned it into […]
Librarian Preview: Penguin Books for Young Readers – Dial & G.P. Putnam’s Sons (Summer 2012)
It’s baaaack! Preview season is up and running and to kick it all off we begin with one of the biggies. Thanks to my new fancy dancy job I am now able to stay for a whole librarian preview without rushing back to cover the reference desk. So that’s nice. The downside is that there […]
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Librarian Preview: Little, Brown and Company (Spring/Summer 2012)
There are many reasons to love Little, Brown but at the moment the company has my heart because their last librarian preview consisted of less than thirty books in total. And when you’re dealing with less than thirty books, typing up what they have is much easier on the old post-natal still-carpal-tunnely digits. So it […]
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