Sonderbooks 102: Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

Sonderbooks 102

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October 31, 2005

Nonfiction

*****Once Upon a Midlife, by Allan B. Chinen

****Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson

****The City of Falling Angels, by John Berendt
****The Dance of Intimacy, by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

***It's Not Easy Being Green, by Jim Henson, edited by Cheryl Henson

***Writers on Writing, introduction by John Darnton

Fiction

***Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, by Alexander McCall Smith

Young Adult Fiction

****The Shamer's Signet, by Lene Kaaberbol

Children's Nonfiction

***Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp, retold by Philip Pullman

Children's Fiction

***Three Good Deeds, by Vivian Vande Velde
***Nice Shot, Cupid! by Kate McMullan

Old Favorite

(Fiction): ****Perelandra, by C. S. Lewis

Picture Book Pick

*****The Adventures of Cow, by Cow, as told to Lori Korchek

Quotation of the Week

“Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody.
It’s a good life, enjoy it.”

—Jim Henson to his children, quoted in It's Not Easy Being Green

= Available at Sembach Library

Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."