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The Guardian had a sweet and cool book [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/07/dr-seuss-book-what-pet-should-i-get-breaking-sales-records story] for you recently. Apparently, Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman is not the only recently discovered book to be heading up the bestseller lists. Doctor Seuss's ''What Pet Should I Get?'' has become the fastest-selling picture book at 200,000 copies in its first week. Aww. We like this. And we wonder how many nostalgic adults number in that 200,000. Not us, but we were sorely tempted!
Author Catherine Nichols has [[http://jezebel.com/homme-de-plume-what-i-learned-sending-my-novel-out-und-1720637627 exposed] sexism in the publishing industry. She sent her novel out to 50 agents under her own name and got just 2 responses. But when she sent the same pages and the same covering letter out, but with a male name, she received 17 responses. Ouch. That hurts. And so it should. An industry such as publishing, which has many women working in it, should do better, right? Right?!
And will the next couple of months bring us the first ever American Booker Prize winner? The bookies [http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/aug/06/man-booker-international-prize-2015-bookies-odds think so]. Hanya Yanagihara’s ''A Little Life '' is the current favourite. Will he she win? Will you be happy if he does? And who would ''you'' like to see crowned?
'''Golden Hour'''
And on to to the new...
In non-fiction, John thoroughly enjoyed [[Mythology: An Illustrated Journey Into Our Imagined Worlds by Christopher Dell ]]. What does a rainbow mean to you? How would you explain the creation of the world if you had no science as such, or the changing of the seasons? What other kinds of natures – chaotic trickery, evil personae or even the characteristics of goats – people your world? And why is it that the answers man and woman have collectively formed to such questions have been so similar across the oceans and across the centuries? Take on board that this is not a history of beliefs, or a retelling of mythology, and this pictorially erudite look at the history of mankind's musings will overwhelm with details and delights. For tweens and teens, Jill is recommending [[One by Sarah Crossan ]], a wonderfully moving story of conjoined twins, written in blank verse. The story is absorbing and deeply affecting and the style, far from being high-falutin', seeps into your reading in a truly memorable way. Read it, and you'll remember Tippi and Grace for a very long time. Jill certainly will.
For the littler ones, Sam thinks you should look at [[Kitchen Disco by Clare Foges and Al Murphy ]]. When the humans sleep, the fruit likes to party. The idea that a melon can dance with a grape sounds ludicrous, but in the world of Clare Foges and Al Murphy, this is exactly what can happen and it really is rather glorious. You are all down on the list for this highly entertaining and silly bop around the fruit bowl.
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