Reviews and notes on Texas books, media, internet sites, and other formats intended for or otherwise adaptable for the youngest readers through high school. Learning about the Texas community.
5/02/2009
Last Mango in Texas by Ray Blackston
Sherrie at her Just Books reviews
the Last Mango in Texas by Ray Blackston. A splice from her comments include this "This is a very good book. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, Kyle's pursuit of Gretchen takes him to the desert of Texas, the coast line of Alaska, a bed and breakfast in France and a small village in Africa. The whole time Kyle is chasing Gretchen he still has his oil wells and they are causing some trouble with his romance of Gretchen."
RETIRED Texana librarian.
As a child books were important to my family and me. The successful connection of a child with a book, with an imagination or practical solution in tow is a genuine delight.
Will's a former yardkeeper, newspaperboy, school cafeteria aide, bank scullion, newspaper circulation manager, library aide, chair manufacturing line operator, donut cook, short-order cook, floor sweeper, munitions plant quality assurance clerk, substitute preacher, library aide, sawmill hand, teacher of government-English-history-sawmill craftsmanship, nightwatchman, salmon fisherman, cheese plant scullion, library aide, librarian. Lon Morris College, Stephen F. Austin State U., Texas A&I State U., UT Library School. willstexana [at] yahoodotcom
INTERFILING OTHER LISTS Occasionally, the YTR will find a separate list whose citations that will be posted on a one-at-a-time basis with its original content annotation in tact, often with supplementary information. One such case is the DRT Library's 2004 juvenile bibliography of the Alamo and Texas Revolution. Such an interfiling technique will add a structual basis not possible else wise. WH
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