[bksvol-discuss] Help wanted to scan free books 38 remain
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:13:26 -0400
Dear Booksharian Friends,
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So far I've sent out fourteen books in response to submitters' requests.
Below is the list of the 38 remaining bbooks. I hope some of you will find
books you'd like to scan and validate. Which reminds me, validators have
asked to work on two of the books. I so appreciate any help you can give me
to prepare these books for Bookshare.
In regard to books for children and teens, we get a good number of
submissions of books for girls. We want to inspire and serve young and
growing boys, too! This list contains several books that rank high on the,
"Boys will Think They're Cool," scale. Nobody requested any of them in the
first round. Would any of you consider scanning a book the little guys would
like?
Please ask for books which interest you by number and name off list at
airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's first come, first served with a cap of about 5 books per requester.
I'll send a few updated lists so you can see which books have been claimed
and which remain.
Validators can tell me off list about books you'd like to validate and I'll
pass on your information to the person who is scanning the book so they can
put a hold on it for you at their discretion. This is first asked first
served, too
This list has many books for kids age 8 and up including several series
books and books for teens. I've been told that Bookshare is especially
appreciative of books on these levels because of their huge award from the
department of education. Books 1-37 are for readers age 8 to 20, and 40-51
are for adults
I'm lucky to be able to pick up bags of books at low prices at Library
sales. I really appreciate all of you who take these books and scan them. As
of two weeks ago they weren't in the collection. If you know of any titles
on this list which have been added, please tell me so I can delete them.
Usually about half of the books I list are requested. If you have ideas of
other places I can post this list to find more volunteers to scan them,
please contact me.
This is a wildly diverse set of books. Enjoy!
Always with love,
Lissi
1. Pokeman Adapted by Tracy West, three paperbacks about 75 pages each,
third grade reading level. The titles are:
A. Night in the Haunted Tower
B. Attack of the Prehistoric Pokeman
C. Island of the Giant Pokeman.
4. Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader, Book 1, by Lawrence David, trade
paperback, 137 pages. Horace is the smallest ten year old in town, empowered
by his sister's chemically altered cupcakes and forced to wear an ugly,
purple outfit.
5. Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader, When Second Graders Attack, Book
2, by Lawrence David, trade paperback 154 pages. All the food in town has
been replaced with bad-tasting snoodles, and kids are throwing gravy snack
cup-bombs.
6. Tale of the Unfinished Masterpiece, book 4 of The Rugrats Files, A Time
Travel Adventure, by Maria Rosado, trade paperback, 139 pages, ages 8-12.
The rugrats go to sixteenth-century Florence, Italy, looking for a palace
and Leonardo da Vinci and hoping to fix their broken flying machine.
7. The Big Bang Theory, Butt-Ugly Martians, book 1, by Gerry Bailey, trade
paperback, 84 pages. Martians--Doo-wah Diddy, 2-T-Fru-T, and B,Bop-A-Luna
are sent to conquer the Earth, but they love fast food, video games, rock
music and humans, so they befriend three kids.
8. Crab Cake & Pepper, by Frank Weaver, Jr., trade paperback, 215 pages.
1951, Pepper and his friend try to catch a legendary rainbow trout, and see
two ex-cons try to drown a game warden. A border Collie heroically saves the
boys.
9. Juice, by Eric Walters, paperback but very white paper and good contrast
print, should get an excellent scan, 100 pages, reading level 2.9, for teens
and older, about kids in footbal taking steroids.
10. Invasion of the Appleheads, Deadtime Stories, book 2 of 10, by A. G.
Cascone, paperback, 128 pages. Their parents are turned into shrunken old
applehead dolls, the witches and ghouls look real, can Robin and Andy stop
something rotten in Appleton?
11. Blast Off If You Dare: Stories from Space Mountain, by Cathy East
Dubowski, trade paperback, 88 pages. Aliens, mosters and spaceships gallore.
12. The Otterbury Incident, by C. Day Lewis, paperback, 190 pages. An
imaginative novel about young kids playing football.
13. We Wish You A Scary Christmas, by M. T. Coffin, #16 in the Spinetinglers
series, paperback, 135 pages. Santa may be gone for good. Strange people
have a prisoner in their basement. You may be captured too, if you help him.
14. Millions, by Frank Cottrell, Boyce, new paperback, 260 pages. Brothers,
Damien and Anthony must spend or return a million dollars in seventeen days,
when it will become worthless, or before the crooks who stole it catch them.
16. Nighty-Nightmare, by James Howe, sequel to Bunnicula, paperback, 121
pages. Bunnicula's friends have adventures staying in the woods overnight.
Ages 8-12.
18. The Skeleton on the Skateboard, number 2 in the Graveyard School series,
paperback, 120 pages. Skate and Vickie want to learn secrets from a new
skateboarder to beat mean Eddie in a contest, but may have to make deadly
moves in return.
19. Frankenstine Moved in on the Fourth Floor, by Elizabeth Levy, A Trophy
Chapter Book, ages 7-10, RL 2.6, paperback, 57 pages. What is wrong with Mr.
Frank? He's mean, uses too much electricity and moans come from his
apartment. Could he be the real Frankenstine?
20. Starbright and the Dream Eater, by Joy Cowley, hardcover, 139 pages. Why
is the twon worried about a mysterious sickness, that Starbright thinks is a
media scare? Then Mark, her best friend, falls asleep and won't wake up.
23. The Worm Tunnel: A Finnegan Zwake Mystery, by Michael Dahl, paperback,
163 pages. Thirteen-year-old Zwake, and his uncle, a mystery writer, are
digging for dinosaur eggs and dig up murder. Zwakes parents are missing as
well.
24. Laggan Lard Butts, by Eric Walters, paperback, 108 pages. High interest,
low vocabulary. A quitter never wins, and a Lard Butt never quits.
25. Wild Horse Running, by Sam Savitt, paperback, 153 pages. About the wild
mustang's deep need for freedom.
26. Mucho Madness: Spy Kids Adventures Number 3, by Elizabeth Linhard,
paperback, 136 pages. Going to visit Nana in Spain, the kids are told to
stop a crazy architect using a chemical to make everyone extra sleepy.
27. OSS Wilderness: Spy Kids Adventures Number 4, by Elizabeth Lenhard,
paperback, 128 pages, ages 8-12. Carmen and Juni go to OSS for camp for
training and fun. The director is hypnotizing campers to take over the
world.
28. Superstar Spies: Spy Kids Adventures Number 7, by Elizabeth Linhard,
paperback, 139 pages. The kids are sent a rock star whose talent comes from
a jewel that gives power to the owner.
32. The Haunted Trail: Phantom Rider Book 2, by Janni Lee Simner, RL 5, ages
10-12, paperback, 139 pages. Star is chasing Pepper, who throws Callie.
Callie wonders if her horse, Pepper, really loves her before the world goes
dark.
33. Ghost Vision: Phantom Rider Book 4, by Janni Lee Simner, RL 5, ages
10-12, paperback, 137 pages. Callie helps to clear the land for their new
house and pool to earn horseback riding lessons.
34. Trial by Fire: Bionicle Adventures Number 2, by Greg Farshtey,
paperback, 136 pages. The Toa are searching for the Disks of Power to defeat
Morbuzakh.
35. Escape to Deer Island: Twin Adventure Escape, by Jeanette Windle,
paperback, 125 pages. Justin is in danger alone in the freezing wilderness
at night.
36. The Mermaid Summer, by Mollie Hunter, hardcover, 119 pages. Kids seek
their grandfather, whom they believe was lured away by a mermaid.
37. Waterman's Boy, by Susan Sharpe, hardcover, 170 pages. Ben's father is a
waterman on the Chesapeake Bay. Ben wants to be a waterman too. He discovers
oil in the water and tries to do something about it.
Adult Books
40. Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton, by Michael Schumacher,
hardcover, about 385 pages, with discography 1964-94, timeline and index.
41. The Purification Ceremony, by Mark T. Sullivan, hardcover, 335 pages.
Diana is at home in the Maine wilderness. She goes with seven hunters to
British Columbia to track white tailed deer and resolve issues in her past.
42. Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson, hardcover, clear large type, 570
pages. Travel literature about the author's experiences in Australia. He
also wrote A Walk in the Woods and I'm A Stranger Here Myself.
43. Bad Medicine: An Ella Clah Novel, by Aimee and David Thurlo, hardcover,
350 pages. Former FBI agent, Ella, has returned to the reservation and
investigates a politically sensitive case while protecting a dear friend
from unjust persecution.
45. Tennessee: Cry of the Heart by Dotson Rader hardcover, 348 pages. Friend
of Tennessee Williams writes memoir of the playwright's final years.
Includes hundreds of anecdotes, some feature famous people like Marlon
Brando, Norman Mailer, Castro and Elizabeth Taylor.
49. The Love-Powered Diet: When Will Power Is Not Enough, by Victoria Moran,
hardcover, 309 pages. Includes menus, about 30 recipes, a short index and
bibliography.
50. For Yourself, The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality, by Lonnie Barbach,
Ph.D., trade paperback, 238 pages. A guide to achieving orgasms, should be
read by women and their partners.
51. A Case of Curiosities, by Allen Kurzweil, like new hardcover, 358 pages.
Curiosities found in Paris after two centuries trace adventures of a young
man destined to be France's most gifted inventor, begins when Claude is ten
years old.
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