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(This review first appeared in the June edition of The Edge of the Forest) Bat’s Big Game Retold by Margaret Read MacDonald Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati Albert Whitman & Company ISBN: 9780807505878 $16.95 Grades K-2 In Stores Author of aught seven standout “Little Rooster’s Diamond Button” is back with this retelling of an all too […]
I’ve got a mess of books to give away and I want to get these things movin’! Just for fun, I even threw in a book that was recently bestowed upon with Unfortunate Cover status. It’s the original folks, and sure to be a collectors item. Collectors everywhere are surely unimpressed by this statement. If […]
(This review first appeared in the June edition of The Edge of the Forest) Three Shadows By Cyril Pedrosa First Second ISBN: 9781596432390 $15.95 Grades 9 & Up In Stores *Recommended* Graphic novels that set out to tackle tough subjects have their work cut out for them. Fair or not, graphic novels often come with […]
Animal Planet: The Most Extreme Bugs By Catherine Nichols Jossey-Bass ISBN: 9780787986636 $15.95 Grades 3-6 In Stores *Recommended* It’s summertime here in Michigan and the bugs are out in full force. Ants, spiders, and mosquitoes invade my house day and night. Your common, run of the mill insects. Oh, if only a Spiny Devil Katydid […]
I keep an eye on both the New York Times Bestseller list and the American Bookseller Association list to see which kids books are popular, but I dream of a different list entirely. The dream list I speak of would be a national list of the most checked out children’s books from public and school […]
I may have recently made a bit of a subtle jab at the outbreak of children’s lit-related television and movie adaptations of the past few months, but I’m better now. Better enough to bring you the most recent trailer for The Tale of Despereaux: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ks5gmYhPlQ] The CGI looks pretty good, but will the film live […]
Night of the Veggie Monster By George McClements Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 9781599900612 $14.95 Grades K-2 In Stores *Recommended* I can relate to kids who don’t like their vegetables. I’ve been slow in coming around myself. As a kid, I was known to pull the old switcharoo and hide the veggies in the nearest napkin. “Night […]
This one was difficult to include in the ongoing Unfortunate Covers series (click here for #1 and #2), but unfortunate it seems to be – at least in the eyes of some of the students I work with. “Bridge to Terabithia” is an outstanding story, a Newbery winner, and it made me cry like “Beaches” […]
Have you been looking for a way to work on your Jamaican patois? Not sure why you’re on a site devoted to children’s lit, but you are in luck nonetheless. In a strange bit of disparate worlds colliding, I came across the following instructional video for teaching the Jamaican accent through Dr. Seuss’s ABC: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3ZadHV8E8]
Librarians and NPR go together like cardigans and nippy reading rooms. I guess I haven’t checked the fine print on my degree lately, but there actually may be a contractual obligation for bookish types to support National Public Radio. Part of my love for the station stems from the fact that they occasionally like to […]
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