Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Briar’s Journal (February 3 to February 17, 2011)

Dream Entry*

August 7, 2005


It’s a bitterly cold day. I notice an inviting little hole that seems like a good place to hunker down for awhile. I’m about to duck inside when a ground hog pops out. He sees me, shrieks, then ducks back down the hole.


“Nice going,” somebody behind me says. “You just scared us into six more weeks of winter.”


It’s Bigfoot. He shakes his head in disapproval.


“Our friends are going to need more books to read by the fireside,” he says.


Even though he’s much too big, Bigfoot squeezes through the hole. He calls to me to hurry up and bring the books. That’s when I notice the huge sack. It’s heavy and it’s too wide to fit through the hole. Bigfoot was, too, so I pull the sack along and somehow I’m able to drag it behind me through the hole. There’s a long tunnel I have to crawl down. At the other end I find all my friends and the three puppies I’ve been seeing in my dreams. Everybody, including the ground hog, is cozied together near a fireplace. They’re reading and drinking hot chocolate. When they see me, they rush over and snatch the books out of the sack.


These are the books my friends found in the sack:



BIGFOOT found:

THE FOURTH STALL by Chris Rylander

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Walden Pond-HarperCollins

February 8, 2011


TALL STORY by Candy Gourlay

[MIDDLE GRADE]

David Fickling-Random House

February 8, 2011




MORZANT found:

GOLD! GOLD FROM THE AMERICAN RIVER!: JANUARY 24, 1848: THE DAY THE GOLD RUSH BEGAN by Don Brown

[MIDDLE GRADE—THIRD IN THE ACTUAL TIMES SERIES]

Flash Point-Roaring Brook

February 15, 2011




PENNY found:

THE LOCKET by Stacey Jay

[YOUNG ADULT]

Razorbill-Penguin

February 3, 2011


CRYER’S CROSS by Lisa McMann

[YOUNG ADULT]

Simon Pulse-Simon & Schuster

February 8, 2011


SHADOW WALKERS by Brent Hartinger

[YOUNG ADULT]

Flux-Llewellyn

February 8, 2011




NORMAN found:

NO PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT by Gennifer Choldenko

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Dial-Penguin

February 8, 2011


THE COLOSSAL FOSSIL FREAKOUT

by Julie Gardner Berry and Sally Gardner

[MIDDLE GRADE—THIRD IN THE SPLURCH ACADEMY SERIES]

Grosset & Dunlap-Penguin

February 17, 2011




BEVERLY found:

CHASING ALLIECAT by Rebecca Fjelland Davis

[YOUNG ADULT]

Flux-Llewellyn

February 8, 2011


FOUR SEASONS by Jane Breskin Zalben

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Knopf-Random House

February 8, 2011


SO SHELLY by Ty Roth

[YOUNG ADULT]

Delacorte-Random House

February 8, 2011


LEWIS & CLARK by Nick Bertozzi

[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]

First Second-Roaring Brook

February 15, 2011


RIVAL by Sara Bennett Wealer

[YOUNG ADULT]

HarperTeen-HarperCollins

February 15, 2011




OLIVER found:

DUCKS GO VROOM by Jane Kohuth, illustrated by Viviana Garofoli

[EARLY READER]

Step Into Reading-Random House

February 8, 2011


HIDE-AND-SQUEAK by Heather Vogel Frederick,

illustrated by C.F. Payne

[PICTURE BOOK]

Simon & Schuster

February 8, 2011


FELICITY & CORDELIA: A TALE OF TWO BUNNIES

by Lisa Jahn-Clough

[PICTURE BOOK]

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

February 15, 2011


MINI RACER by Kristy Dempsey,

illustrated by Bridget Strevens-Marzo

[PICTURE BOOK]

Bloomsbury USA

February 15, 2011


THE RED WAGON by Renata Liwska

[PICTURE BOOK]

Philomel-Penguin

February 17, 2011




LENNY found:

DEAR TABBY by Carolyn Crimi, illustrated by David Roberts

[PICTURE BOOK]

HarperCollins

February 8, 2011


DONALD & BENOIT by John Patrick Byrne

[PICTURE BOOK]

Universe-Rizzoli

February 15, 2011


WON TON: A CAT TALE TOLD IN HAIKU by Lee Wardlaw, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

[PICTURE BOOK]

Henry Holt

February 15, 2011


MANNERS MASH-UP: A GOOFY GUIDE TO GOOD BEHAVIOR

by Tedd Arnold, Joe Berger, Sophie Blackall, Henry Cole,

Frank Morrison, Lynn Munsinger, Tao Nyeu, Le Uyen Pham,

Adam Rex, Peter Reynolds, Dan Santat, Judy Schachner,

Bob Shea, Kevin Sherry

[PICTURE BOOK]

Dial-Penguin

February 17, 2011




VIOLET found:

I BROKE MY TRUNK! by Mo Willems

[EARLY READER—AN ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE BOOK]

Hyperion-Disney

February 8, 2011



* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.

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