Good Comics for Kids
September 30, 2009 by Travis Jonker
The Storm in the Barn By Matt Phelan Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763636180 $24.99 Grades 5-7 In Stores *Recommended* Also reviewed by A Fuse #8 Production, Becky’s Book Reviews, educating alice. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat. Comics created using Bitstrips.
September 28, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Only a Witch Can Fly By Alison McGhee Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo Feiwel and Friends ISBN: 9780312375034 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores Call it lyrical, call it rhythmic – few things can split a picture book crowd like poetic text. Where do you stand? Some see it as a perfect way to expose young readers […]
September 27, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Normally, I reserve this post for the latest video of a chimp reading a children’s book or some similar bit of nonsense. Today, however, our Sunday Link Du Jour is actually helpful. As a school librarian, I’m frequently deciding where to shelve new books we add to the collection. Most of the time these judgments […]
September 26, 2009 by Travis Jonker
If you knew that Dr. Seuss invented the work “crunk”, then this will seem like a natural combination. I wonder if these guys know about “The Dewey Rap“. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqdbB3DAJE] (Thanks to kidlitnation for the link)
September 24, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Saturday I made a run to the bookstore to pick some things up for the schools where I work. Here’s the result: We’ve got some new 39 Clues, The Magician’s Elephant, new Beyond Spiderwick, and others. It never fails – the school year starts, student requests start rolling in, and you realize you don’t have […]
September 23, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Appears we’ve got a Where the Wild Things Are spoof on our hands: Where the Mild Things Are: a very meek parody by Maurice Send-Up. I first read about this on the outstandingly-named THWOK! (The Sound of a Hardcover Book Swung Into Someones Head). The other day, I saw it in person (inexplicably shelved in […]
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September 21, 2009 by Travis Jonker
How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail By Tod Olson Illustrated by Scott Allred & Gregory Proch National Geographic ISBN: 9781426304125 $18.95 Grades 5-7 In Stores Review copy provided by publisher *Recommended* The rise of the journal format has been swift and, by my estimation, successful. Taking a story and telling it in the […]
September 17, 2009 by Travis Jonker
I recently learned about the planned Universal Studios Harry Potter theme park from Educating Alice (who has a nice roundup of related links). I think we can all agree that this is a good idea. Pop culture site BuzzFeed recently posted a video tour of the planned project. Let us have a look: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjnmhivaItU] Dang […]
September 16, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Now usually in these posts, I put up a couple books that look alike, we all laugh (oh, wait, that was just me?), and move on. Today is different. I’m not sure if two covers have ever been as similar, yet so different. You may be familiar with the first cover: Animal Families. I like […]
September 14, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Jeremy Draws a Monster By Peter McCarty Henry Holt ISBN: 978080506934 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores Review copy provided by publisher *Best New Books* Although many (many) celebrities might beg to differ, writing children’s books is hard work. Limited vocabulary and limited space add to the difficulty of creating a story that (and this is […]
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