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August 22, 2005

Staff Favorites

Did you know that we have a database of Staff Favorites? It's actually divided into three parts: adult, young adult, and children's. As of today, the database as a whole has 302 entries! You can also search the database by title of the book, author of the book, genre, and/or who submitted the favorite. The most recently submitted favorites in each category are:

Adult
Title: The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Author: Thomas Friedman
Description: The timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Submitted by: Alpana B. Sarangapani, Reference Librarian from Tomball

Young Adult
Title: Touching Spirit Bear
Author: Ben Mikaelsen
Description: After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Genre: Fiction
Submitted by: Greg Burns, Branch Librarian from Evelyn Meador

Children's
Title: Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies
Author: Harriet Peck Taylor
Description: Coyote is tricked by some butterflies who laugh so hard about their joke that they cannot fly straight.
Genre: Picture Book
Submitted by: Christine Turner, Children's Assistant from Atascocita