tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post116346132550767798..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): War, History and Books We HateSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1164063664870854972006-11-20T15:01:00.000-08:002006-11-20T15:01:00.000-08:00Thanks, COLLEEN, and yes, I do know your name! Sor...Thanks, COLLEEN, and yes, I do know your name! Sorry about that.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1163924754583811162006-11-19T00:25:00.000-08:002006-11-19T00:25:00.000-08:00Thanks for mentioning my Bookslut column Tad. I al...Thanks for mentioning my Bookslut column Tad. I also want to recommend <I>From Baghdad, With Love</I> as an excellent book on the Iraq War that both teens and adults would enjoy. (I reviewed it separately last month at Bookslut.) On the surface it is about a marine trying to get an abandoned puppy out of Iraq and back home to the states, but it's also about the impact of the war on the soldiers and marines - and how saving a puppy becomes, at least, saving something.<BR/><BR/>Very gripping and well written - there was way more to this book then a dog story.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1163713118644474742006-11-16T13:38:00.000-08:002006-11-16T13:38:00.000-08:00The Pride of Baghdad sounds really exciting -- in ...<I>The Pride of Baghdad</I> sounds really exciting -- in a scary, "Okay, there are lions roaming," way.<BR/><BR/>The story of <I>Tiki Tiki Tembo</I> is indeed about a well. As in, a Chinese child has fallen down a well, and his name is SO LONG that he pretty much drowns by the time his brother explains to his mother that he has fallen: "Tikki Tikki Tem-bo No Sa-rimbo Hari Kari Bush-kie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nik-ki No Meeno Dom Bar-ako has fallen down the well!"<BR/><BR/>And in the end of the book, it says afterwards all Chinese people named their kids single syllable names like Chen. <BR/><BR/>Hm.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1163645493427172752006-11-15T18:51:00.000-08:002006-11-15T18:51:00.000-08:00No worries! More Cybils books are definitely comin...No worries! More Cybils books are definitely coming your way. Some of the publishers are waiting until after the 20th now, to simplify things. <BR/><BR/>I remember the cover of Tiki Tiki Tembo, and I think that I liked it, and I think that there being something about a well, but that's absolutely all I remember about it. <BR/><BR/>I do remember having trouble with Pollyanna and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1163479395833289812006-11-13T20:43:00.000-08:002006-11-13T20:43:00.000-08:00Great post today! On the theme of war, I'm looking...Great post today! On the theme of war, I'm looking forward to reading Cybils graphic novel nominee Pride of Baghdad, inspired by a true story about a pride of lions that escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. I have it on hold at the library, and it's <I>there</I>, but just not ready for checkout quite yet...<BR/><BR/>My NaNo novel keeps taking a backseat to other things, too--tonight I gave a bookbinding demo and lecture on artists' books in Rob's evening class on Alternative Drawing Methods, so I spent pretty much all day yesterday preparing my notes and handout. Argh! <BR/><BR/>I have very vivid memories of Tiki Tiki Tembo--I remember it was one of the books in the waiting area of a Chinese restaurant we used to go to when I was really little. I don't remember being all that excited about the chant-along aspect...I do remember, over the years, trying to describe this book to people and them being convinced I was referring to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.com