“Food for Thought” by Ken Robbins

The College of Communication and Information and the CCI Student Leadership Council will be hosting a Parent’s Week-end Barbecue on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 5-7pm.

Come to the BBQ next week in the Shores Building Lobby, on Landis Green, and at the Johnson Building!  To get you mind on food, today’s featured book is “Food for Thought.” This little book explains the basic foods we eat from day to day. There are crazy stories, and the history behind the foods featured in the book. I do think it is important to know what we put in our bodies, and this book is a great way to learn about things such as oranges, tomatoes, and potatoes. Did you know that people once believed that eating a tomato makes you fall in love? For more interesting facts check out “Food for Thought” by Ken Robbins.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Because Mary has been orphaned off, she is forced to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She feels as if he is alone in life, and she spends her time exploring her new enormous territory. She learns that this mansion has many secrets, and at night her eagerness haunts her. Mary meets new people, as they help her on her journey of discovery. This book “captures the real emotions of the children and the beauty of nature, making this unabridged edition the perfect invitation the enter The Secret Garden.”

Smack- Melvin Burgess


As teenagers Tar and Gemma run away, they find a place that they can call home. They try to piece everything together, and Tar thinks he has the perfect life with his girlfriend Gemma. Until he is introduced to SMACK. At first, it leaves him euphoric thinking things can only get better, but little does he know they will turn for the worst. "I mean, you've gotta take risks, we'd all been scared about ODing, or about getting stuck forever on junk, or about buggering up our veins, that sort of stuff. But that's just normal. This time was different..."
Check out this winner of a Carnegie medal, Smack, featured at the Goldstein Library.