Books, Movies, Theatre Etc...: August 2007

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Movie 47 ~ Hot Fuzz

HOT FUZZ
2007 * R * 121 min * Rogue Pictures / Focus Features
Directed by Edgar Wright
Writers Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg
August 24, 2007 Friday
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Monday, August 20, 2007

Movie 46 ~ Casino Royale

CASINO ROYALE
2006 * PG-13 * 144 min * MGM & Columbia Pictures
Directed by Martin Campbell
Writers Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis & Ian Fleming
August 20, 2007 Monday
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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Book 154 ~ The Last Summer (of You & Me)

THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU & ME)

By Ann Brashares
© 2007 Riverhead Books NY, NY
ISBN# 978-1-59448-917-4
306 pgs
August 19, 2007 Sunday

Book 153 ~ How to Talk to Your Cat

HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CAT
By Jean Craighead George

Illustrated by Paul Meisel
© 2000 HarperCollins Publishers NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-06-027968-4
28 pgs
August 19, 2007 Sunday

Friday, August 17, 2007

Book 152 ~ Karma Girl

KARMA GIRL
By Jennifer Estep
© 2007 Berkley Books NY. NY
ISBN# 978-0-425-21511-1
360 pgs
August 17, 2007 Friday

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Book 151 ~ Double Take

DOUBLE TAKE: AN FBI THRILLER
By Catherine Coulter
© 2007 G.P. Putnam's Sons NY. NY
ISBN# 978-0-399-15424-9
420 pgs
August 16, 2007 Thursday

Monday, August 13, 2007

Movie 45 ~ Kinky Boots

KINKY BOOTS
2005 * PG-13 * 107 min * Miramax Films & Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Julian Jarrold
Writers Geoff Deane & Tim Firth
August 13, 2007 Monday
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Movie 44 ~ Hairspray

HAIRSPRAY
2007 * PG * 117 min * New Line Cinema
Directed by Adam Shankman
Writers Leslie Dixon & John Waters
August 12, 2007 Sunday
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Book 150 ~ Hot Stuff

HOT STUFF
By Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks
© 2007 St. Martin's Paperbacks New York, NY
ISBN# 978-0-312-941146-8
281 pgs
August 11, 2007 Saturday

Book 149 ~ Eyewitness Oil

EYEWITNESS OIL
By John Farndon
© 2007 DK Publishing Inc
ISBN# 9780756629694
72 pgs

Book 148 ~ Teammates

TEAMMATES
By Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by Barry Root
© 2006 Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers NY
ISBN# 9781416924890
32 pgs

Book 147 ~ One Green Apple

ONE GREEN APPLE
By Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Ted Lewin
© 2006 Clarion Books NY, NY
ISBN# 9780618434770
32 pgs

Book 146 ~ The Higher Power of Lucky

THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY
By Susan Patron
Illustrated by Matt Phelan
© 2006 Antheneum Books NY
ISBN# 9781416901945
144 pgs

Book 145 ~ The Real Story of Stone Soup

THE REAL STORY OF STONE SOUP

By Ying Chang Compestine
Illustrated by Stephane Forisch
© 2007 Dutton Children's Books
ISBN# 9780525474937
32 pgs

Book 144 ~ Hurricanes

HURRICANES
By D.M. Souza
© 1996 Carolrhoda Books Inc MN
ISBN# 9780761308676
32 pgs

Book 143 ~ Furious Floods

FURIOUS FLOODS
By Julie Richards
© 2001 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 978-0791065808
32 pgs

Book 142 ~ I Didn't Know That People Chase Twisters

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE CHASE TWISTERS

By Kate Petty
© 1998 Copper Beach Books CT
ISBN# 978-0761306471
32 pgs

Book 141 ~ Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast: Disaster & Survival

HURRICANE KATRINA STRIKES THE GULF COAST: DISASTER & SURVIVAL

By Mara Miller
© 2006 Enslow Publishers Inc. NJ
ISBN# 9780766028036
48 pgs

Book 140 ~ Hurricane Katrina: Devastation on the Gulf Coast

HURRICANE KATRINA: DEVASTATION ON THE GULF COAST

By Debra A. Miller
© 2006 Thomson Gale NY
ISBN# 9781590189368
112 pgs

Book 139 ~ Hurricanes!

HURRICANES
By Lorraine Jean Hopping
Illustrated by Jody Wheeler
© 1995 Scholastic Inc. NY
ISBN# 9780590463782
48 pgs

Book 138 ~ The Cloud Book

THE CLOUD BOOK
By Tomie DePaola
© 1975 Holiday House NY
ISBN# 9780823405312
32 pgs

Book 137 ~ Terrifying Tornadoes

TERRIFYING TORNADOES
By Julie Richards
© 2001 Chelsea House Publishers PA
ISBN# 9780791065792
32 pgs

Book 136 ~ Howling Hurricanes

HOWLING HURRICANES
By Julie Richards
© 2002 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 9780791065846
32 pgs

Book 135 ~ Hurricanes, Tsunamis, and Other Natural Disasters

HURRICANES, TSUNAMIS, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS

By Andrew Langley
Foreword by Bill McGuire
© 2006 Kingfisher MA
ISBN# 9780753459751
64 pgs

Book 134 ~ Hurricanes and Typhoons

HURRICANE AND TYPHOONS
By Jen Green
Illustrated by Ian Thompson
© 1998 Copper Beach Books CT
ISBN# 9780761308676
32 pgs

Book 133 ~ Eyewitness Explorers Weather

EYEWITNESS EXPLORERS WEATHER
By John Farndon
© 1992 Dorling Kindersley NY
ISBN# 9780613090360

Book 132 ~ Hurricane & Tornado

HURRICANE & TORNADO
By Jack Challoner
© 2000 Dorling Kindersley NY
ISBN# 9780756606893
72 pgs

Book 131 ~ Weather

WEATHER
By Caroline Harris
© 2006 Kingfisher Boston, MA
ISBN# 9780753459836
48 pgs

Book 130 ~ The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSIDE A HURRICANE

By Joanna Cole
Illustrated by Bruce Degen
© 1995 Scholastic Inc. New York, NY
ISBN# 9780590446877
48 pgs

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Book 129 ~ The Littles

THE LITTLES
By John Peterson
Pictures by Roberta Carter Clark
Cover illustration by Jacqueline Rogers
© 1967 Scholastic Inc. New York, NY
ISBN# 0-590-46225-3
80 pgs
August 5, 2007 Sunday

Book 128 ~ 26 Fairmount Avenue

26 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE
By Tomie DePaola
© 1999 G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York, NY
ISBN# 0-399-23246-X
58 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 127 ~ Pickles to Pittsburgh

PICKLES TO PITTSBURGH

By Judi Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett
© 1997 Antheneum Books New York, NY
ISBN# 0-689-80104-1
30 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 126 ~ Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
By Judi Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett
© 1978 Aladdin Paperbacks New York, NY
ISBN# 0-689-70749-5
30 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 125 ~ The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS

By Mordicai Gerstein
© 2003 Roaring Brook Press Brookfield, CT
ISBN# 0-7613-2868-8
34 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 124 ~ I Invited a Dragon to Dinner and Other Poems to Make You Laugh Out Loud

I INVITED A DRAGON TO DINNER AND OTHER POEMS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD

Illustrated by Chris L. Demarest
© 2002 Philomel Books New York, NY
ISBN# 0-399-23567-1
38 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 123 ~ Micawber

MICAWBER
By John Lithgow
Illustrated by C.F. Payne
© 2002 Simon & Schuster New York, NY
ISBN# 0-689-83341-5
36 pgs
August 4, 2007 Saturday

Book 122 ~ The Voice that Challenged a Nation

THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

By Russell Freedman
© 2004 Clarion Books New York, NY
ISBN# 978-0-618-15976-5
114 pgs
August 3, 2007 Friday

Book 121 ~ And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE?

By Jean Fritz
Illustrated by Margot Tomes
© 1973 Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Inc. New York, NY
ISBN# 698-20274-0
47 pgs
August 3, 2007 Friday

Book 120 ~ Regards to the Man in the Moon

REGARDS TO THE MAN IN THE MOON
By Ezra Jack Keats
© 1981 Aladdin Paperbacks New York, NY
ISBN# 0-689-71160-3
32 pgs
August 2, 2007 Thursday

Book 119 ~ Golem

Book 118 ~ Hey, Al

HEY, AL
By Arthur Yorinks
Illustrated by Richard Egielski
© 1986 Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York, NY
ISBN# 978-0-374-33060-6
32 pgs
August 1, 2007 Wednesday

Book 117 ~ Gingerbread Man

GINGERBREAD MAN
By Eric Blair
Illustrated by Ben Peterson
© 2005 Picture Window Books Minneapolis, MN
ISBN# 1-4048-0969-4
32 pgs
July 31, 2007 Tuesday