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Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:41 AM PST

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"My Mother the Cheerleader"

by Robert Sharenow

HarperTeen, 2009, 320 pages, $8.99

Recommended for ages 13 and up.

When desegregation begins in New Orleans, Louise is pulled out of school and her mother joins the Cheerleaders, a group of local women who gather every morning to heckle 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, the first African-American student at William Frantz Elementary. Readers will be held fast by the history told from the inside as adult Louise remembers the vicious role of ordinary people. Excellent read for Black History Month.

— Deborah Trombley,

Butman-Fish Library

For adult readers

"Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life"

by Gail Blanke

Springboard Press, 2009, 270 pages, $19.99

If you need inspiration to attack piles of clutter in your life or feel stuck by mental baggage weighing you down, this book may hold the key to helping you move forward. Gail Blanke is a world-class motivator who offers simple, effective solutions to rid your life of all forms of clutter. She starts by taking you through each room of the house, ridding your life of old un-needed, unused and unloved items and then works her way to the mental clutter (regrets, mistakes, fears and worries and more). Following her system is deceptively simple, yet very beneficial. Highly recommended.

— Lori Sugden, Reference Librarian, Zauel Library

"Good Eats: The Early Years"

by Alton Brown

Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 395 pages, $37.50

Those who already enjoy the program "Good Eats" on the Food Network know that Brown combines a whimsical sense of humor with an educator's love for the science and history of foods and food preparation. In this book, the first 80 episodes of the series are recreated in print, including the recipes, sample graphics from the show, and the educational content, some of which will appeal to trivia fans. For example, did you know that the "ears" on early American corn were even smaller than the cocktail corn Tom Hanks tried to eat in the movie "Big"? Great recipes, great fun!

— Kate Tesdell,

Hoyt Library

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Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:16 PM PST

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