March 1, 2012, 351 voters
Director of Collection Development, Brooklyn Public Library
Charlene Rue is currently the director of collection development for the Brooklyn Public Library, former chair of American Library Association’s Notable Books Council, and current member of the RUSA Awards Committee.
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Sarah Rachel Egelman
Just over a hundred years ago, readers first met the surly orphan turned sensitive nature lover Mary Lennox in Frances Hodgson Burnett's now classic children's book, THE SECRET GARDEN. Author Ellen Potter's latest chapter book, THE HUMMING ROOM, was inspired by it but is an inventive and charming story in its own right. Read More
Teaser
Roo Fanshaw’s wealthy uncle agrees to take her into his home after she loses her parents. His strange house is teeming with ghost stories and secrets, and Roo keeps hearing eerie noises. People are lying to her, and Roo becomes determined to find the truth. Despite the best efforts of her uncle's assistants, Roo discovers the house's hidden room --- a garden with a tragic secret.
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Roo Fanshaw’s wealthy uncle agrees to take her into his home after she loses her parents. His strange house is teeming with ghost stories and secrets, and Roo keeps hearing eerie noises. People are lying to her, and Roo becomes determined to find the truth. Despite the best efforts of her uncle's assistants, Roo discovers the house's hidden room --- a garden with a tragic secret.
February 23, 2012
Posted by Katherine
Richard Mason was born in South Africa in 1978 and lives in New York City. His first novel, The Drowning People, published when he was 21 and still a student at Oxford, sold more than a million copies worldwide and won Italy’s Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel. He is also the author of Natural Elements, which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2009 and longlisted for the IMPAC Prize and the Sunday Times Literary Award. History of a Pleasure Seeker is his fourth novel. Here, he talks about the process of writing the book.
Assistant Director of Central Collection Development, NYPL
Miriam Tuliao is the assistant director of Central Collection Development at The New York Public Library. She currently serves on the American Library Association’s Reference User Services Division’s Reading List and Collection Development Education committees. In late June, she plans to participate in the fourth annual Liberty Island Swim to help raise funds for ALA's Spectrum Scholarship program. Her contact information: [email protected].
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Senior Writer Emeritus
Joe Hartlaub retired as Bookreporter.com's senior writer/reviewer after 24 years with the site (1997-2021).
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February 21, 2012
Posted by Katherine
Pamela Redmond is the author of eighteen books including New York
