tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81659508691765386012024-03-06T01:21:21.430-08:00Rebecca O'ConnellRebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-26219741881123340452022-12-14T04:42:00.000-08:002022-12-14T04:42:11.653-08:00 NPR's Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season, 2022, features "Geek Week"<p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iJ4rQLY2bMoayCGYiSc9EdiUmU8wPG4gHSnwxfdE7HVmeWIbvIjDlRgB3oc6bVWeF96oRtAt9A_1W7j1Y1idsZTfdgLCrjn3RJHmLSxSnuNOOqXAewH0kQGk1gzSKiPBVryy_7_x3yMGGdZsOBpol3IbKi0vBW4dE4g9VTxn3cBcdjCP7qxaGlVe/s173/geek_week_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="119" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iJ4rQLY2bMoayCGYiSc9EdiUmU8wPG4gHSnwxfdE7HVmeWIbvIjDlRgB3oc6bVWeF96oRtAt9A_1W7j1Y1idsZTfdgLCrjn3RJHmLSxSnuNOOqXAewH0kQGk1gzSKiPBVryy_7_x3yMGGdZsOBpol3IbKi0vBW4dE4g9VTxn3cBcdjCP7qxaGlVe/s1600/geek_week_.jpg" width="119" /></a></div><br />Geek Week is vacation science camp for teens. 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When their study of exothermic reactions is threatened by the shadow of an ancient conflict, will the lore of Hanukkah set them on the path to discovery?<p></p><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Listen to Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season at noon on Sunday, December 18 on </span><a data-attribute-index="8" href="https://www.wesa.fm/on-air-programming-specials" style="background-color: white; 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<b>Clap for the babies! It's a baby party!</b><br />
Clap for the babies as they celebrate with oval balloons, in triangle party hats, and with rectangle toys. Join the festivities and pick out all the shapes together.<br />
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"... a wonderful lap sit to share one-on-one or in a small group."<br />
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Learning about shapes is a way to foster <a href="http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids-teens/parents-and-educators/six-early-learning-skills/" target="_blank">letter knowledge</a>, a crucial component of <a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/ldnd/early-literacy/decoding-the-poster.htm">early literacy.</a><br />
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"By the end, they are walking in full baby parade, their round faces
dot-eyed like Gyo Fujikawa's classic kewpies, with easy, repeating text
and soft, lively watercolors to celebrate them."<br />
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“This book is a great choice for anyone who's ever felt like they deserved a parade.” <br />
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“This sweet picture book taps into two things babies love: other
babies and waving…Share this at toddler storytimes for lots of waves and
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“A simple tale involving colors and movement. Vibrantly
illustrated spreads show a diverse variety of babies wearing different
colors and patterns, traveling to a picnic in a park.” <br />
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Adam avoids accidents. Brianna is busy in the bathroom. Caleb is
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with diapers. The fun, familiar examples and Amanda Gulliver's bright, cheery art help kids practice their potty knowledge and learn their letters, too!<br />
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<a href="http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2009/10/21/librarian-preview-albert-whitman-and-company-spring-2010/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Bird calls <span class="italic">Danny Is Done with Diapers</span> "upbeat" and "smart."</a><br />
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Publisher's Weekly says, "most kids (and parents) should be
impressed by the book's comprehensiveness and how author and illustrator
achieve a cheerful frankness."<br />
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<span class="italic">Danny Is Done with Diapers</span> is dedicated to <a href="http://www.arsenalfamily.com/" target="_blank">Arsenal Family and Children's Center</a>, with thanks. Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-51282757021428883132013-06-23T06:36:00.006-07:002022-02-12T15:01:23.959-08:00The Baby Goes Beep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.albertwhitman.com/content.cfm/bookdetails/The-Baby-Goes-Beep-Board-Book">illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max</a></td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.carnegielibrary.org/staff-picks/best-books-for-babies-2004/">Best Books for Babies,</a> 2004<br /><br />
Named a <a href="http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailBook.asp?idBooks=1944" target="_blank">Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book</a>.<br />
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“This book is one of the best things that will happen to those babies lucky enough to encounter it.<br />
<a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rebecca-oconnell-2/baby-goes-beep/#review"><span class="quote">—Kirkus Reviews</span></a><br />
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“With its exuberant mood and bold, playfully varied fonts,
this celebration of noisiness makes for an ideal participatory
storytime.” <br />
<span class="quote">—Booklist</span><br />
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“The catchy beat of O’Connell’s simple text along with
Wilson–Max’s deeply colored paintings with strong black outlines make
this book an attention–getter for either a baby in the lap or a group of
squirmy toddlers.” <br />
<span class="quote">—Horn Book Magazine</span><br />
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<span class="quote"> </span>Original hardcover published by Deborah Brodie Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2003</div>
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“Geek Week” on NPR’s <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131695975/hanukkah-lights-2010"><i><span class="italic">Hanukkah Lights</span></i>,</a> read by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.<br />
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“At a high school science camp, Kevin recognizes someone he
knows should be part of his life, yet has never even met before—and
sets out to make things right.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/12/07/166482733/hanukkah-lights-2012" target="_blank">Click here</a> to listen.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.majellaluesue.com/pages/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Majella Lue Sue</span>,</a> Roaring Brook Press, 2008</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Prequel to <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/peninalevineisahardboiledegg/RebeccaOConnell"><i><span class="italic" id="c-penina-egg">Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg.</span></i></a><br />
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It's Hanukkah -- time for shiny presents, delicious potato pancakes, and glowing candles. But Penina's presents aren't ready. The potato pancakes taste like soggy felt, and her sister is hogging all the candles. But Grandma and Grandpa are on their way. When Grandma and Grandpa show up, so does a blizzard. Penina walks home through the snow and straight into another storm -- a family argument. Hanukkah is going horribly wrong. Can Penina turn it around? She's going to try, with a zillion hand-cut snowflakes, a game of chance, and a plate full of crispy-hot potato pancakes. </h4>
“A sweet and funny holiday tale”<br />
<span class="quote">—School Library Journal</span><br />
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“Penina is a funny friend in Print”<br />
<span class="quote">—<a href="http://planetesme.blogspot.com/2008/12/dog-who-saved-santa-and-holiday-picks.html" target="_blank">Esme Raji Codell, <span class="italic">Planet Esme</span></a></span><br />
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“[When] it seems everything is going wrong…feisty Penina works things out in the end.”
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wants to put off opening Hanukkah gifts because she hasn’t finished making
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What did you make? Was it hard? Did the process take longer than you
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Brown when she leaves. Has there been a special teacher that you have known
that you would miss? What subject did he or she teach? Was it a subject that
you liked and were good at? Do you think it’s possible to really like a
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recipes for different kinds of pancakes. Have you ever tried to change one of
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on pizza or mixing apple juice and milk? What did you create—and how did it taste?</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
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family because she feels like they don’t listen to her. Have you ever felt
like you couldn’t communicate with your parents? What were you trying to tell
them? Did you try to get your message across in another way, like writing a
letter or talking with someone else in your family first? Whatever you tried,
did it work? </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="Typewriter"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Penina’s favorite present is a copy
of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Annotated Alice</i>. This is a
version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alice in Wonderland</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the Looking Glass</i> that offers
a lot of background information about how the book was written and what
various sections of it might mean. If you could have an annotated copy of any
book in the world, what would it be? What would you want to know about that
book?</span></span></div>
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Thank you, <a href="https://www.carnegielibrary.org/a-book-list-exchange-across-thousands-of-miles-top-100-childrens-picture-books/" target="_blank">Lisa</a>, for the questions!</div>
Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-9604294818574951572013-06-23T06:35:00.002-07:002018-11-03T08:19:13.040-07:00Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/peninalevineisahardboiledegg/RebeccaOConnell" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoP8zRAstEnsCXp_UeDYi_XtVjl2yWY2Jp_F7vWxV_Wn9RArQXBMEMf-sF32VQCHx-a2bVmo9OClYBtCX5QU7-dN54Ixh5OS8JZKWSL6I9njnYDS51APoHGiGIuT2q9n0rLRqO_px_J0/s400/Penina_Egg_Paper.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by <a href="http://www.majellaluesue.com/pages/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Majella Lue Sue</span></a>, Roaring Brook Press, 2007 and Square Fish, 2009</td></tr>
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Penina Levine has a bossy best friend, a tattletale sister, crazy parents, and a big, fat zero on her school assignment. But at least she has the trip to her grandparents' house to look forward to. Penina's family goes there every year for the Seder. It's a trip of three hundred miles, but once she get there, she'll see her beloved cousin, win a precious prize, hear a corny riddle, and peel a couple dozen hard-boiled eggs.</h4>
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<span class="italic">A Passover Riddle by Edgar O'Connell:</span><br />
<span class="trigger" data-riddle="#passover"><a href="http://rebeccaoconnell.blogspot.com/2013/06/passover-riddle.html">What type of cheese might be served at the Seder</a>?</span></h4>
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“Penina is a feisty and thoroughly enjoyable heroine with whom readers will easily connect.”
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“O’Connell’s story works on several levels: as an informative
recounting of contemporary American Passover customs; an example of how a
well–meant assignment grounded in a majority culture can be perceived
as offensive; and a portrait of a prickly preadolescent trying to
navigate her way between two different worlds…A thoughtful and often
funny novel that should appeal to the world’s many Peninas.”<br />
<span class="quote">—Booklist</span><br />
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“Well–crafted multiple themes are integrated into a captivating, realistic
middle–grade novel” <br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Penina believed she was
right to refuse to write a letter from the Easter Bunny. Have you ever gotten an assignment that you
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">3.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Penina doesn’t tell her parents about the Easter Bunny assignment, but she does talk about it with her Grandmother. Has there ever been a time when you felt more comfortable talking about something with your grandparents than your parents? How did the situation get resolved?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Sometimes Penina does things she really doesn't mean to do (like saying a rude word to her teacher). How do you think Penina feels about it? Has that ever happened to you? How did it make you feel? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">5.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Penina's family celebrates the Passover holiday each year and many of the things they say and do have become family traditions. Are there any occasions when your family does the same things each year? What are your favorite family traditions?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">6.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>When Penina is grounded, she
sneaks over to talk to her friend Zozo, even though she knows she's not
supposed to. How is disobeying her
parents different from disobeying Ms. Anderson's request to write a letter as
the Easter Bunny?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you, <a href="https://www.carnegielibrary.org/a-book-list-exchange-across-thousands-of-miles-top-100-childrens-picture-books/">Lisa</a>, for the thoughtful questions. </span></span></div>
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<br />Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-46953139253975017172013-06-23T06:34:00.006-07:002018-11-03T08:43:46.473-07:00Four Sides, Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Four sides of a life-saving toy. Eight nights of celebration. Forty-four candles burned in honor of an ancient miracle. Two thousand one hundred seventy-some years of Hanukkah, including:</b><br />
<b> elephants</b><br />
<b> an ancient code</b><br />
<b> an astronaut</b><br />
<b> silent movies</b><br />
<b> an angry bride</b><br />
<b> molten lead</b><br />
<b> gambling</b><br />
<b> and some very dangerous cheese</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“An all–things–Hanukkah book.”</span><br />
<span class="quote" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">—The Horn Book</span><br />
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<span class="quote" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Because it combines the familiar with the off-beat, lore with science, it will appeal to a wide range of readers, both Jewish and non-Jewish."</span></span><br />
<span class="quote" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">--Linda R. Silver, <a href="https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/four-sides-eight-nights">Jewish Book Council</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"...one of the most complete and cleverly written books on the winter holiday."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">--<a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rebecca-tova-ben-zvi/four-sides-eight-nights/">Kirkus Reviews</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Post–modern in the best sense of the term. The book is fresh, lively,creative, informative, inclusive, and so very funny.” </span><br />
<span class="quote" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">—Deanna Silverman, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="quote"> </span>"This new spin on Hanukkah is child-friendly, fun and educational: a rare mix"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">--Joanna Brichetto, <a href="https://bookpage.com/reviews/4382-rebecca-tova-ben-zvi-four-sides-eight-nights-new-spin-hanukkah#.W92_EJNKi00">BookPage</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book of Jewish Content.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Named a “Great Hanukkah Book for Kids” by the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries.</span>Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-53549104335766664592013-06-23T06:34:00.003-07:002013-06-23T10:42:58.774-07:00Myrtle of Willendorf<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.boydsmillspress.com/books/front-street/myrtle-willendorf">Front Street Books</a>, 2000</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Available as an ebook through <a href="http://www.namelos.com/myrtle-of-willendorf/">namelos</a>.</b></span></div>
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“Often witty and even more often provocative, this first novel is
arresting. It testifies to O’Connell’s talents that she leaves readers
wanting more, not less, of her oversize heroine.”<br />
<span class="quote">—Publishers Weekly</span><br />
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“This powerful first novel is well written and
thought–provoking. Teens will appreciate Myrtle’s self–deprecating humor
and cheer for her as she begins to realize her true strengths and like
herself as she is.” <br />
<span class="quote">—School Library Journal</span><br />
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“A small, perfect gem.” <br />
<span class="quote">—<a href="http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/03/myrtle-of-willendorf-by-rebecca-oconnell/" target="_blank">Reading Rants</a></span><br />
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“Like adolescence itself, the novel is by turns funny and poignant,
and the potent theme of the female deity, made suitably incarnate by
the character of Myrtle, puts a fresh twist on the journey of
self-discovery.” <br />
<span class="quote">—Horn Book</span><br />
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“The author did a wonderful job in making Myrtle thoroughly believable.”<br />
<span class="quote">—<a href="http://www.storycirclebookreviews.org/reviews/myrtle.shtml" target="_blank">Story Circle Book Reviews</a></span><br />
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<span class="quote"> </span>Walter Hogan gets it! He <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=sBonMSm-W3YC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=" target="_blank">writes</a> about <span class="italic">Myrtle</span> in his thorough and perceptive <span class="italic"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810850729" target="_blank">Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh</a></span>. (see pages 99–100)</h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.namelos.com/myrtle-of-willendorf/">Books for the Teen Age -- NYPL</a></span><br />
<br />Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165950869176538601.post-46097745087031692132013-06-23T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-23T06:48:57.442-07:00Passover Riddle<h2>
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<span class="italic">A Passover Riddle by Edgar O'Connell:</span><br />
<span class="trigger" data-riddle="#passover">What type of cheese might be served at the Seder?</span></h4>
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Get it?<br />
Matzah-rella! Rebecca O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174503558150661401noreply@blogger.com