I've bought an ereader, and I like it. I thought I'd be one of the last holdouts, but there it is: I've become a convert. Despite being sure I'd never want one, I found myself starting to be a bit intrigued by them, may be half a year ago, and I started eyeballing other people's readers, and … [Read more...]
Where She Went
This teen novel of love and loss and reunion is well worth the read. Where She WentGayle FormanDuttonISBN: 978 0 525 42294 5Audience: teensAdam Wilde's band made it big on the album he wrote - he should be on top of the world. But he wrote it out of the pain of losing his girlfriend after she … [Read more...]
Grownup Time: Love of a Good Woman
I have mad love for the bunch of great women in my book club, so it seems like I should be all over this... First of all, let me tell you a bit about our host, Julie. Julie is perfection as a hostess, making sure everyone is at ease, planning that there are nibblies for all, and keeping drinks … [Read more...]
Famous For a Reason
These two charming picture books star familiar characters...Just Being Audreyby Margaret CardilloBalzer + BrayISBN: 978 0 061 85283 1Audience: grades 1-5This simply told biography of Audrey Hepburn is not about the glamour of her movie star roles, but about her whole life, the kind of person she … [Read more...]
The Cardturner
It seemed like a tough premise, at best, to write a book about bridge for teens. I mean, bridge? The Cardturnerby Louis SacharDoubledayISBN:Audience: 12 years and upI should by now just trust Louis Sachar. The man did, after all, manage to write a sort of fairy-tale like story about family … [Read more...]
Read-Alouds for Readers
You can - and should - still read aloud to your reading kid, and the lazier days and lighter evenings of summer are perfect for it. When a good friend of mine asked me for some read-alouds for her grade 2/3 class for next year, it got me thinking that you might appreciate a list like that, too. One … [Read more...]
Read All About It
Questions. Kids are full of them. Get some answers here! How Did That Get In my Lunchbox?by Chris ButterworthCandlewick Press ISBN: 978 0 7636 5005 6Audience: kinders to grade 3Ever wonder where the bread in your sandwich came from before it arrived at the store? How the cheese was made? This … [Read more...]
Blink & Caution
This teen novel takes two runaways on a crazy ride.Blink & Cautionby Tim Wynne-JonesCandlewick PressISBN: 978 0 7636 3983 9Audience: teensBlink has left his home and abusive stepfather behind, and is scraping by - barely - by snitching breakfasts in fancy hotels, and sleeping in a squat. One … [Read more...]
So Happy Together
Families and friends make everything easier, don't they? Horace and Morris Say Cheeseby James HoweISBN: 978 0 689 83940 5Audience: ages 3 - 8Horace, Morris, and Dolores are the best of friends, and have been for a few books now, despite a few ups and downs that they've had to work through. (This is … [Read more...]
Non-Fiction Made Fun
Movable parts make these factual books fun to explore. Let's Look at Dinosaursby Frances BarryCandlewick PressISBN: 978 0 7636 5354 5Audience: ages 3 - 8This dinosaur book is a simple one, with bold images and large, abbreviated text on each page. Each spread introduces one important identifying … [Read more...]
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