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Hi Everyone, I just added two books to my Featured books section and thought I'd alert the media:) The first is brand spankin' new and is for the younger ones: Waiting Out the Storm by Joann Macken Talk about beautiful. This is a book of two voices: the voice of the child, often called Buttercup, who is asking for reassurance as a storm begins to stir up. The second voice is that of the mother who calmly, warmly responds to each concern that all is well and even wonderful. There is a feeling in this book that nature is playful and nurturing rather than scary and threatening. "It's too loud! I'm afraid!" comes the child's fear. "Oh, it's only a sound. Thunder stops. Thunder tumbles and bumbles around." The illustrations are perfectly gentle as we watch the storm from enough distance but come up close to the magic of chipmunks tucked in their burrows and mallard ducks paddling in the stream through the raindrops. This is truly a comforting voice. As the illustrator says in her note, "I'm inspired and held in awe by how this graceful story takes on fear, love, and compassion all in a simply and familiar situation." Wonderful! The second book is a 2002 title but has such value it needs to be brought back into the spotlight now and again for those who missed it the first time around. The Heroes Trail: Guide to a Heroic Life by T.A.Barron Are you frustrated that your child doesn't seem to have anyone in the public eye to look up to or to want to emulate? Do you have this sense that life can be challenging and that you want to give your children good things in their "inner landscape" to help them deal with their "outer landscape?" T. A. Barron has written a wonderful book that explains different kinds of heroes and then gives real life examples of people our children can connect to. How can I be a hero thinks your young reader? Barron challenges the beliefs that heroes are larger than life and the book offers insights into the hero on the spot, the survivor hero, the hero within, hero to others near and far, hero for all time and in the Conclusion: the hero comes home. The opportunity for heroism is there for all to choose and it doesn't belong just to Superman or Alex Rider. Watching for the first signs of Spring, Barb Join me on abookandahug.com! Barb Langridge Children's Services Howard County Central Library 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, MD 21045 410 313-7880 barb.langridge@hclibrary.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------