You know that phase where kids love gross stuff? This new series aims to harness that love and use it to get them to learn something - genius! Disgusting Critters The Worm (978 1 77049 633 0) The Fly (978 1 77049 636 1) Elise Gravel, Tundra Books Both flies and worms are, you must … [Read more...]
Reading Rainbow (Rowell)
Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor and Park was, last year, a phenomenon, and for very good reason. I loved it. Loved it so. hard. So I was super excited to read her new one not long ago. Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 978 1 250 03095 5 Cath is upset and a bit adrift when her … [Read more...]
Spring Training
It may not feel a thing like spring around here, but spring training has begun for baseball - and these new baseball-themed concept and vocabulary books will help your child get ready for the big leagues, too. Baseball Opposites (978 1 77049 518 0) Baseball Animals (978 1 77049 474 9) by … [Read more...]
That One Amazing Night
There have been plenty of movies based on this - the one amazing night that changes things. Or morning, for that matter - Breakfast Club being a perfect example of this. These two books are about just that - how one night's adventures bring some clarity to each of the teens involved. Tag Along, … [Read more...]
Hockey Heroes
We're still cheering for our women's team around my house, even while we got up early hoping that the men will follow them to another victory for our Hockey Nation. (Which! Yay! Good job, boys!) Gabe is just as awestruck by our women's team in this new book. The Highest Number in the World, by … [Read more...]
Much Music
I love books where music plays a key role, and these two new ones hit all the right notes. Blues for Zoey, by Robert Paul Weston RazorBill, ISBN: 978 014 318328 0 Kaz has never met anyone like Zoey, and he's fascinated right away. With her, her music, her sense of style, everything about … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading: “The Secret of Magic”
Black History month seemed to be the perfect time to read Deborah Johnson's "The Secret of Magic". Set in Mississippi, 1945, the novel tells the story of the race relation battles that raged in the South after World War II. War hero Joe Howard is coming home from Europe to his small town of … [Read more...]
Scholastic Decoder: February 2014 Edition
February. The month of Valentine's Day, Black History Month, and the sinking feeling of discovering it's *still* stinking winter?! And, of course, another book club flyer... Elf How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? - I love this series. this is another example of teaching manners and so on done … [Read more...]
Super Squirrel To The Rescue!
So I mentioned the other day that Kate DiCamillo had won (another) Newbery medal this year? This is the book! Flora & Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo Candlewick Press, ISBN: 978 0 7636 6040 6 Kate DiCamillo, it must be said, is a beautiful writer. I've loved several of her past works - The … [Read more...]
Awards Season Is Here!
Awards season isn't just Hollywood's gig... Every midwinter, librarians from across the US get together at an American Library Association conference, and one of the most exciting moments is the announcements of the big books awards. These are the ones that you see plastered on books in the form … [Read more...]
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