Kirjahaku

It is summer, 1968. When Les was really little, they played the Star Spangled Banner in movie theaters; she could feel her chest ripple just like the flag on the screen.But it is summer, 1968--Martin Luther King Jr. shot in April and, in June, Bobby Kennedy. "What in the world is happening to this country?" everyone on TV cries, and Les wonders what she, a kid, a girl on the cusp of becoming a teenager, can do about any of it. Other than hold firm to the idea that if people were only just nice enough, the world would somehow work. Though, in the meantime, she would also like to be just a little more cool--Her teenage brother, Arne, lives his own story that summer as he struggles against the squeeze of suburban family life and the escalating Vietnam War. But "what in the world is happening?" he wonders as he sees his sister changing, his sister who has always been the nice one. Their story, of abuse and its aftermath, traverses the landscape of country, family, heart.

When Sally needs a friend, her mom wants to build her a computer with a wig. But Sally wants a friend who's real--a friend who's, you know, alive.What she gets is a friend for life. (Adventure too, which, by the way, begins with an 'A.') DOGSPELL - OR - SALLY & SEEMORE & THE MEANING OF MUSHKI is a perfect book for kids, dogs, and those who love kids and dogs, and, of course, for anyone who's ever wondered about the meaning of mushki.Written and much illustrated by Karin Gustafson.

In this zany alphabet book, Goat (which begins with G) learns about even more than the ABC's

Seemie, the little mushki from DOGPELL, is back And cuter than ever Even though he hates to be called cute (He always wants to look noble, fierce, like an Alaskan Malamute.)But the fact is that Seemie IS cute; he also seems fated for stardom. Even though he'd much rather just stay home. Then, suddenly, Seemie is nowhere to be found Not at home Not anywhere Doggone Dog gone Dog...gone The sequel to DOGSPELL--a book for lovers of dogs, children, Yeats, and birthday cake

MOMOIR, MAYBE: a memoir of a mother told in micro fiction and fact; an A-Z of grief, love, aging.