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The Odyssey Bookshop is one of five independent
bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings,
just after the 10:00 news. People from the Odyssey will be on about once a
month, talking about our favorite books.
Click
here to see the list of the books we have talked about.
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S. Hadley, MA 01075
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Cindy's Picks
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 L.L. BEAN: The Making of an American
Icon by Leon Gorman
(Harvard Business School Press $26.95). There are some great stories in this
history of the company Leon Leonwood Bean started by peddling his Maine Hunting
Shoe in a small, three-page catalog in 1912. He created the company in his
own crusty style with emphasis on customer service and product
integrity. Leon Gorman, L.L.'s grandson and the author of this account,
took over the company in the 1960’s and has brought it to its current iconic
position in the retail world. Whether you read this book as a case study in
successful management, or for the story behind the many catalogs you probably
receive in the mail, you will not be disappointed. It is a unique story.
 DOOBY DOOBY MOO
by
Doreen Cronin (Atheneum
$16.95). Farmer Brown’s talented animals are at it again. Duck, the
Click, Clack cows, and all their friends are determined to win the talent
contest at this year's fair -- 1st prize is a trampoline! They practice
their Dooby Dooby Mooing and Whacka Whacka Quacking late into the night so that
Farmer Brown doesn't suspect. This delightful picture book will have all
audiences laughing as they root for the clever animals.
 THE SNOW GLOBE FAMILY by Jane O’Connor
Punam $16.99). The tiny family inside the snow globe hasn’t
experienced a big, swirling snowstorm in ages. They wish someone in the big
house would notice them up there on the mantel and shake things up so they can
go sledding. Meanwhile, outside the big house a blizzard is
distracting everyone... except the baby. This picture book has an
old-fashioned charm and illustrations that should stimulate a young child’s
imagination and sense of fun. It makes a perfect bedtime tale for a winter
night.
 THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages
(Viking $16.99). Readers ages 9 and up will love this story. The
young people in The Green Glass Sea have been transported to a dusty army
camp in New Mexico called Los Alamos. Their parents, mathematicians,
physicists and chemists, are engaged in super-secret war work on something
called a “gadget.” The story is told from alternating perspectives of
two teen girls, Dewey and Suze, as they cope with life in this unnatural
environment and slowly become friends. The author has included a great many
details about life during World War II -- the food, music, and interests of
young people, and takes on the controversy around the making of this momentous
“gadget.”
BREAD AND ROSES, TOO by Katherine Paterson
(Clarion Books $16). This superb historical novel for ages 9 and up is set
in Lawrence, Mass during the mill strike of 1912. Jake Beale, a young,
homeless mill worker has no income because of the strike and resorts to
stealing. Rose Serutti becomes uneasy when her militant mother and sister
join the strike and she has to abandon her education. When the strike turns
more violent, both Jake and Rose are transported to Barre, Vermont where they
are taken in by a kindly Italian family. There is much detail here about
the struggle of immigrant workers, the role of women and children in the mills,
and the history of labor organizing.
 The American
Story: 100 True Tales
from American History by Jennifer Armstrong
(Knopf $34.95). This magnificent volume of 100 illustrated
stories for ages 7 and older tells our country's history in an engaging, highly
readable style. Beginning in 1565 in Florida and ending with the 2000
election – also in Florida – the tales cover politics and government, social
and religious life, recreation, and science. Children can learn about
personalities as varied as Typhoid Mary and Uncle Sam, incidents the paperboy
strike, the Scopes Trial, and the polio outbreak. This book begs to be read
aloud or savored quietly by a curious child.
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