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//Edie Crabtree
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Under Cover: It Takes a CHERUB to Raise a Reader

I have a good friend who frequently uses the hashtag #raisingreaders on her social media posts. Truth be told, she is kind of a supermom, and while there are many things I adore about her, one of my favorite things is her dedication to instilling in her children a passion for...
Posted On 12 Jun 2017
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Uner Cover: Book Club Blooms with “Lilac Girls”

Recently, I took a fifteen-hour road trip with my oldest son, ferrying him home from school for the measly three week break that will act as his “summer.” After flying in to help him move out of the dorm, and into his new digs, we made the trek back to California via the open...
Posted On 07 Jun 2017
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Under Cover: Summer Books for Teen Boys

The passing of Memorial Day ushers in a certain season. While the day itself is about somber reflections, and gratitude for sacrifices made on our behalf, it leaves in its wake a lightness – the ability to appreciate more fully the dawn of a new day, knowing the price that was...
Posted On 04 Jun 2017
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Under Cover: Serving “Will It Skillet” Cookbook

I enjoy cooking, but I totally get why many people don’t. There are so many components to successfully pulling off a meal: balancing nutrition with taste, allowing enough time to properly execute the necessary steps, and knowing the palate of those you are feeding to ensure the...
Posted On 22 May 2017
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Under Cover: “Sweetbitter” Author Stephanie Danler Comes to Newport Library

Many people seem to view working in the restaurant industry as some sort of failure – a melting pot of people who either can’t or won’t get a “real job,” or who are still working their way towards the opportunity to find one. The reality is, while there are those types of...
Posted On 30 Apr 2017
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“California Typewriter” is an Homage to Typewriters

“I feel something for these machines. I look at it and my mind just goes ‘Where has this machine been at?’ If it could talk, man it could tell some stories.” Ken Alexander, master typewriter repairman, while waxing sentimental on what’s to love about the humble typewriter, hit...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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Under Cover: Pulitzer Prize Author Migrates to Newport Beach Library

If you’ve paid attention to the news lately, you surely will have noticed that scarcely a day goes by that we don’t have immigration featured prominently in our dialogue. As we adjust to a new administration, the topic has become even more widely considered. What do we do with...
Posted On 09 Apr 2017
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Under Cover: The Women in the Castle

How far would you go to fulfill a promise to a friend? In the new book, “The Women in the Castle,” the answer for protagonist, Marianne, is, as far as it takes. The Under Cover Book Club selection for April, by Jessica Shattuck, takes place mostly during the period immediately...
Posted On 03 Apr 2017
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Under Cover: National Geographic Explorer Visits Newport Library

“The world is not dying. It is not falling apart. It’s changing…What young generation has ever come into its own in a world free of peril?” So says Dr. Wade Davis, renowned anthropologist, National Geographic explorer, and professor, when asked his opinion on the state of our...
Posted On 24 Mar 2017
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Under Cover: Little Golden Books

Who doesn’t fondly remember their set of Little Golden Books? Just thinking of the small volumes with their golden-bound spines, adorned with animals and flowers, is like taking a trip back to childhood. In fact, it’s quite possible that these unassuming little books are...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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Under Cover: Local Author Profiles a Woman’s Baseball Odyssey

Those of you that recognize the name Jean Hastings Ardell, likely know her as both the columnist who writes the Indy’s own “Left of Center” political column, and a staunch local Democrat. What you may not know about Ardell, however, is that she is an equally staunch fan of the...
Posted On 09 Mar 2017
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Under Cover: Local Author Profiles a Woman’s Baseball Odyssey

Those of you that recognize the name Jean Hastings Ardell, likely know her as both the columnist who writes the Indy’s own “Left of Center” political column, and a staunch local Democrat. What you may not know about Ardell, however, is that she is an equally staunch fan of the...
Posted On 09 Mar 2017
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Under Cover: Emotional “Orphan Keeper” Offers Hope

Sometimes, as a writer, you come across a story so compelling and so remarkable, that telling it becomes almost a duty. Such is the case of the recently released book, and Under Cover Book Club selection for March, “The Orphan Keeper,” by Camron Wright. Wright is no stranger to...
Posted On 24 Feb 2017
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Under Cover: Library Lecture Shines Light on College Sports

With Valentine’s Day having just passed, I’m sure there are more than a few of us who have been hit with a case of the “inequivalent gift blues.” Perhaps your loving husband brought you a little blue box, and you gave him some store-bought sugar cookies? A night at Nobu met with...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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Under Cover: For the Love of Zelda

Love is in the air, and perhaps also on your TV screen. Of course, the word love is subjective, as is the love story depicted in the new Amazon original series, “Z: The Beginning of Everything.” Recounting the saga of one of the literary world’s most well-known love stories, “Z”...
Posted On 10 Feb 2017
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Under Cover Book Club Picks “The Nix”

Happy February! As we draw a big red “X” through the first month of this new year, there is much to look forward to – more political unrest, polarizing views on social media, and thankfully, a new Under Cover Book Club read to escape into, when the former two become a little hard...
Posted On 03 Feb 2017
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Under Cover: Library Lecture Series Hosts Presidential Historian

It is an interesting time in America’s history. In what has become easily one of the most contentious political landscapes our nation has seen, many are feeling apprehensive and unsure of the direction we will be moving under the leadership of our newly elected...
Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Reading is a poor man’s airplane. It allows us to travel far and wide, experiencing new lands and foreign cultures, all while our feet remain firmly planted in the same spot. It allows us to experience, if but for a brief moment, a reality that is different from ours,...
Posted On 20 Jan 2017
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Under Cover: Pulitzer Prize Novelist Comes to Newport Library

The Newport Beach Public Library has a long history of both recognizing, and sharing excellence through their myriad community lecture series. This month, the tradition lives on, as the library continues its nod to the Pulitzer Prize, with the upcoming Library Live appearance of...
Posted On 15 Jan 2017
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Under Cover Book Club: Stories from Trevor Noah

Happy New Year, book lovers! It is hard to believe that we have collectively turned the page on another chapter—one more volume of life now closed and tucked away into a grand library, to be looked back upon only occasionally as we move forward in pursuit of what is yet to come....
Posted On 05 Jan 2017
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