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Ferndale Library Spooktacular! Jillean's Reading List

Follow the Yellow Brick Road...through the forest and off to the Emerald City (all inside the Ferndale Library,) for our annual Halloween Spooktacular this Saturday at 7pm in our Community Room. No registration required. All ages welcome. 

We're celebrating The Wonderful Wizard of Oz this year. Our party, spearheaded by the crafty and cool coworkers in Youth Services (over in the Kids Corner), is complete with trick or treating through the library! Kids-- come in costumes and enjoy Halloween indoors. You can see your other staffers dressed up as familiar characters from the film. We'll even have a monkey or two - and certainly a few witches! 

Jillean McCommons, Head Librarian in Youth Services, is happy, in the meantime, to lend a few reading recommendations. 

Her theme: "Books featuring girls with spunk!"

Jillean's Picks

1.      The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman. This is the story of a homeless girl in fourteenth-century England who becomes the helper of a sharp-tempered midwife. Over the course of the story, she discovers an inner strength she never knew she had. I highly recommend the audiobook edition for the added value of sounds of fourteenth-century village life.  This title won the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1996. (Key concepts: courage, confidence, self-worth, overcoming obstacles)
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JFIC CUSHMAN

2.      The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. In 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle climbs aboard the Seahawk, a ship setting sail from England to Rhode Island, only to discover that she is the only girl among a crew of motley men and a harsh captain. A true adventure on the high seas, this story includes villains, a mutiny, a dagger, and a murder trial …and that’s all I’ll say!  (Key concepts: coming of age, adventure, courage, daring)
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JFIC AVI

3.      Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This is a tall tale about a rough and tough cowgirl who overcomes every obstacle in her path. Born under the shroud of thunder and lightning, Rose doesn’t even cry when she is born. She speaks instead. She can lift cows for milking as a toddler, run lightning fast, lasso hooligans and make tempests submit to her will. With wonderful illustrations by Kadir Nelson and the colorful use of a Wild West dialect, this book is best read aloud. (Key concepts: strength, adventure, creativity)
Find it under:
JE NOLEN

4.      Wild Women of the Wild West by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Susan Guevara. If you are a big fan of westerns and you are inspired to read more after Thunder Rose, check out Wild Women of the Wild West, a non-fiction book containing biographical sketches of nineteenth-century women like Calamity Jane, Annie Oakley, Sarah Winnemucca, Mary Ellen Pleasant and other heroines who made names for themselves by fighting for freedom, justice and independence. This book includes a Wild West timeline and an 1850 map of the United States. (Key concepts: power, bravery, strength, pioneers, activism)
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J non-fic - 920.72 C


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