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Recent Blog Updates A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner. Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins. April 2010. Young Adult.... Kuhlman, Evan. 2008. The Last Invisible Boy. Simon & Schuster. 234 pages. My name is Finn Garrett and this is my book and... As you are no doubt aware, Christmas is a-coming. Geese are getting fat, and there might even be one on my table in a week or... Remember I told you about the reopening of Criticas - the top and ONLY reviewers of Spanish and bilingual titles for... My nine-year old is a picky reader. When he has a book that he wants to read, he reads it, deaf to the world. But in between... PaperTigers's blog : Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, in Vancouver for 3 days in January Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, is coming to Vancouver for 3 days in January. Organised by Kidsbooks,... The holidays are a very busy time for the Book Dads family and our multicultural, transracial, adoptive household. In the... I came across this blog when I was looking for links to unusual book lists. What I found when I landed was this list on deaf... Western Union telegram, December 17, 1903, sent to Bishop Milton Wright in Ohio: Success four flights thursday morning all... “Up in the Negro church one Christmas the congregation were singing the “Peace on Earth.” When the plaintive music... http://bit.ly/4QWqQj 11 Of The Coolest Bookcases #books Jon, http://cbiclubhouse.com, Home of the Fightin’ Bookworms! #... In November, in What Do You Think? I wrote about a situation where a school superintendent removed and prevented some young... No cover yet or anything, and the art I have isn’t official, so I can’t even post it here. But LOOK! BAXTER, THE PIG... We had a tidy stack of new materials today, precursor of the floods which await! I ordered my 2010 sets early....so, we begin... Having a son who loves illustrated reference books (almost) to the exclusion of all other types of reading material has made... Here's an update to my fourth Literacy in the Playground post. In it, I mentioned a song sent to me by Farida Dowler from the... Each day leading up to Christmas, I'm going to feature a Children's book that I've really enjoyed and would make a great... The second trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has been released. You can see it in the following formats:... Red Ted and the Lost Things by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Joel Stewart This is a picture book graphic novel. It is best... We’re passing along an important announcement from Reach Out and Read: With the holidays almost here, and 2010 right around... This is part 5 in a series at PBS Parents | Booklights by Jen Robinson on encouraging readers. Tip #5 is to visit libraries... Jacket description: "There are many questions we're not supposed to ask when playing by the religious rules. It makes people... Anybody here seen Candleshoe? Fun 1970's Disney movie starring Helen Hayes, David Niven and teenaged Jodie Foster. Also... Cezanne and the Apple Boy by Laurence Anholt Paul had not seen his father for some time and then he got a letter inviting him... Whitney Stewart (The 14th Dalai Lama: Spiritual Leader of Tibet; Becoming Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha) once wrote an... Aiken, Joan. The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories. Big Mouth House, 2009. Why, oh why didn't I know about... Holmes, Sara Lewis. 2009. Operation Yes. Scholastic. 235 pages. I enjoyed this novel about a so-not-typical sixth grade... "In Fourteen-Hundred Ninety Two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." And he found a "new world" and "new people." But was this... Dinotrux by Chris Gall. Little Brown. 2009. Review copy provided by publisher. The Plot: Dinosaurs that are trucks. Or is it... Hi, everyone! First of all, I apologize for not having a Winning Wednesday post the last two weeks. I've been busy... and... Tamora Pierce will be chatting live at the readergirlz blog TONIGHT, Wednesday, December 16th. The chat will begin at 6 PM... Many thanks to Little Shop of Stories - our AMAZING independent children's book store. They threw the most baddest assest... Recently, I read a headline about an Australian study that bothered me: STUDY FINDS YOUNG KIDS SPEND ALMOST ALL THEIR TIME... Due to health issues, Cassie gets 8 pills a day. They're spread out, four times a day, some with food, some without food. I... Today I want to introduce you to author/poet Liz Garton Scanlon. Her book All the World was just named the year's best... Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775. Mr. Elton: “This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas... A casual mention at Back to Books...a quick hold through the library consortium....an hour of voracious reading....another... We get to blame our parents, and whoever else had a hand in raising us, for the music we grew up with. It really shouldn't... Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. My Waiting on Wednesday pick this week is The Spellmans Strike... The Secret Science Alliance, by Geisel Award winner (for her excellent beginning reader comic book, Stinky) Eleanor Davis is... I was so enthralled with Eleanor Davis's graphic novel The Secret Science Alliance and enchanted by Stinky that I had to know... Jacket description: "The last thing sixteen-year-old Emily wants is to pool hop and tan her way through another summer in... Stephen and Tabitha King are paying to transport 150 Maine National Guardsmen home from Indiana for the holidays. Reading... Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Released February, 2010. I first heard of Incarceron during the 2007 Cybils where the two... Eidi by Bodil Bredsdorff This second book in The Children of Crow Cove series begins years after the first. This book... Soon to be in my Etsy shop -- a bag displaying the best Hardy Boys picture I've ever come across (from a decrepit copy of The... I still can't believe it's taken me so long to hop on the audiobook* train. This morning, my twenty minute commute felt like... Beanie, upon tasting (and loving) her first green smoothie: “This has liquified my distaste for spinach!” Prepare yourselves. In February 2010, The New Dead shall rise. Publishers Weekly Starred Review: The 19 provocative,... Not a whole lot of color work going on lately. I am happy that I was able to get this sketch done, though. I'm finding myself... Baskin, Nora Raleigh. 2009. Anything But Typical. Simon & Schuster. 195 pages. Most people like to talk in their own... Image by theunquietlibrarian via Flickr Syracuse.com has an interview with YA author, Laurie Halse Anderson who has had a... Last night I went to see the amazing Neil Gaiman. I was prepared for him to be NOT WORTH IT, as huge events for... Tamora Pierce will be chatting live at the readergirlz blog tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16th. The chat will begin at 6 PM... Dissipate some of your pre-holiday stress with this bit of magical street improv. If this doesn't get you to drop a few coins... Emily has spent her the entirety of her privileged life in the same affluent, safe suburb. Now, at age sixteen, she will do... Sign up to receive alerts when a new coloring page is posted and to view more coloring pages - click here! I'm busy... The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science and Imagination selected by Mary Ann Hoberman, the current... In December, 2007 and again in April, 2009 I did some guest blogging at ForeWord Magazine's ShelfSpace Blog. While ForeWord... In the past, I wrote a post on the mystery novels of Marty Chan. Chan is not only a novelist, but also a playwright. Last... De Fombelle, Timothee. Toby Alone. Candlewick Press, 2009. As a child, I read The Borrowers quite a few times. It was clear... Today's stop on 31 Blogs (you might not know) is The Idea Garage Sale , the virtual home of author Peni Griffin. I love... What is that spirit thing that Willow has been communicating with? I still don’t understand what future-Willow is doing,... I was really sad when Lily was told she should break her contract with Snow Flower and I’m really glad that she ignored... Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:... Each day leading up to Christmas, I'm going to feature a Children's book that I've really enjoyed and would make a great... Well, the best that I read this year, anyway! As you can tell from the last posts, I love the lists. Some readers may know... ...being the good little worker bee that I am, unloading the book drop in the children's room, when I noticed a copy of... This weeks Children’s Literacy and Reading News Round-Up is posted at Jen Robinson’s Book Page. Our favorite link share... Dan Humphrey's Top Ten Books of the Year includes Bennett Madison's The Blonde of the Joke. (It's actually the only YA book... Who wrote The Night Before Christmas? I knew there was some dispute over the authorship of this traditional Chirstmas poem,... Just about everyone looking for Gift Books for the Young has probably considered, or even bought, one of the "-0logy"... By now, I'm sure you know that Kirkus will soon be no more. And by now, I'm sure that you've seen the plethora of responses... Gail Silver wrote Anh’s Anger, a picture book that helps children (and, I think, adults, too) to recognize, understand, and... Dowell, Frances O'Roark. 2009. The Kind of Friends We Used To Be. Simon & Schuster. 234 pages. When Kate decided to play the... You know, I try my damnedest to NOT sign up for reading challenges. I know that I have the tendency to get super-excited... The extent of my knowledge about most holidays is limited (to say the least), and I expect that holidays will be integral to... As we approach the end of one year and the beginning of the next, we tend to face two directions, reflecting on events past... 15-year-old Hanna wants Seth, and she wants him above all things. He always seems to have a girlfriend, but she hopes that... Eva's birthday present is a box...but not just any box. A magic box, one that can make her a magician. With her new magic,... In the morning, I wake up, grab the book I'm reading from my nightstand/pillow, and carry it into the other room. While I... Last year at this time I wrote these seasonal poems in the form of a clerihew. A clerihew is a four-line verse written in an... As I mentioned on Friday, I've been a bit grinchy thus far in the holiday season. I have a rough time around Christmas, but... Can you believe our stats here at dulemba.com!? We had over 6,000 hits on a recent Tuesday and we've been floating close to... When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House. 2009. Copy from ALAN. Middle Grade. The... Susan Patron has a great article in Sunday's Los Angeles Times on What Titles Should You Choose For Your Kids? Other... I'd like to share a couple of tidbits with you all this morning: First up, I have a new post at Booklights today. It's the... Peter Sís, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1949, worked as a radio disc jockey in his homeland before pursuing his artistic... Do you know any little girls who like to play dress-ups? Are you still in touch with your own inner child? Hie ye to Bless... So, I guessed that Willow was the mysterious future witch before the reveal (go me!), but I have no idea why she is doing... I absolutely love Christmas stories and wish I had months to read them to groups of students instead of the week I have... If ever you needed visual proof of the rising profile of YA, have a look at the "Deals" column in Publisher's Weekly for this... If you love blogs about the writing process and writers who think deep thoughts and aren't afraid to talk about, then you... What exactly is going on? What was Ethan told and what is Viktor actually doing? Did he ever mean well or was he always... This week’s children’s literacy and reading news round-up, brought to you by Jen Robinson’s Book Page and... So, Buffy went forward in time and whatever Fray was fighting came back in her place? That’s very odd. And how is Buffy... One of the submissions I have out is to Dream Agent #1. Dream Agent #2 asked for the full today (also a resubmit). This... Tad Lincoln: “And Sherman’s men marched from Atlanta to Savannah–all the way to the sea—burning houses and barns, and... Ok, this book just made me cry! Few books do that, but the events and descriptions in this one are so deep and touching and... Most holiday albums cover the same territory. But, as much as we love the same old songs, and want our offspring to learn... A poignant coming-of-age story, THE YEAR OF THE SAWDUST MAN chronicles a year in the life of Nissa Bergen. Her impulsive... Finished! Dicey's Song, by Cynthia Voigt (audio) And...that's all I have to report. I don't dare predict when I will finally... I finally found two more books in the Allie's Ghost Hunters series by Catherine Jinks. I read Eglantine quite a while ago and... I've tried. Really. But I just don't get why people like/buy/read Stone Arch comics. They're so....awful. The art is blah,... Alphin, Elaine Marie. 2000. Counterfeit Son. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 180 pages. He chose the Lacey family at first because... This year celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and there are many books for children and adults... We have one prize box of three children’s books to giveaway for The Book Dads “End Of 2009″ Children’s Book Giveaway.... Jacket description: "Evangelical pastor Ed Dobson chronicles his year of living like Jesus and obeying his teachings.... The young boy who narrates from this story from the mid-1940s has a father with a very special job: he is a printer, and... © Becky Laney of Young Readers NCBLA Board Members and Award-Winning Authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack Write the Latest Exquisite Corpse Adventure... I’m feeling kind of Grouchy today. I don’t want to take it out on my family and ruin their holiday spirit, but the... Here’s a fun project for the winter school break: The Exquisite Prompt Writing Challenge, a year-long activity from Reading... Happy Sunday everyone! I'm feeling calmer this week! Which is always a good thing. I'm *beginning* to work on writing up some... Book: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances Author: John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle Pages: 368 Age Range: 12... Here is this week's round up of middle-grade fantasy and science fiction review and sundries from around the blogosphere.... The standard in book reviews, Kirkus, is closing. (Nielsen is also shutting down 'Editor & Publisher.') Okay, they... Weekend Wander is a weekly roundup of links, events and resources related to books, reading, literacy and dads too. We... Today marks the final stop in the Snowy's Christmas blog tour. It's been heaps of fun touring around the blogosphere,... This was a really good version of Thumbelina. It interestingly contrasts Thumbelina’s two prospective grooms prior to the... Earlier this week I blogged about an annual event that takes place in Concord, MA, USA: Family Trees: A Celebration of... I love this movie. It tells the story so beautifully. The characters are so well done – especially the four Pevensies –... A letter from 64 British children’s writers and illustrators in today’s Observer newspaper adds their support to those in... Three Silly Chicks (aka Julia Durango, Andrea Beaty and Carolyn Crimi) are all about going for the laugh. They read, write,... The most interesting episode of this was “The Magic Carpet”, in which Kipper found a magic carpet that promised to grant... This was a funny retelling of Pinocchio. It was so hit-you-over-the-head Italian, though, and the overly affected accents got... Road to Tater Hill is the story of Annabel and the death of her baby sister Mary Kate. The story reminded me of Love, Aubrey,... I sleep with my iPod under my pillow. No, not because I love it so much that I can’t stand to be parted from it even while... Eulberg, Elizabeth. 2010. (January 2010) The Lonely Hearts Club. Scholastic. 304 pages. When I was five years old, I walked... For the first time ever, I abandoned a read aloud with some of my classes. I’ve always persevered through the ups and... I know, I know. I just finished cleaning out a rather large number of library books and returning them. It felt great....and... In Mrs. Claus Explains It All by Elsbeth Claus (yes, Mrs. Claus herself ;) ) and David Wenzel (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky,... Let joyful thanks forever now be given! We banish all fear at the birth of love. Friend Jesus comes to us from highest... As you might have noticed, I disappeared. This blog just wasn’t so much fun anymore, and blogging is just supposed to be... DK Publishers sent me these new books that makes me want to say, "DK's done it again!" Pick Me Up is a book that will make... For more Hanukkah book recommendations (or not, as the case may be) see our bibliography.) When Mindy Saved Hanukkah by Eric... I thought about doing a “best of,” but who am I to say that? Also, the books I loved the most are not necessarily the... I have so many books to talk about but as I craft my thoughts I will digress with this excellence. The Colbert Report Mon -... Publisher's Weekly recently reviewed Around the World with Mouk by Marc Boutavant (Chronicle), describing Mouk's world as ;a... This week, we have Rhonda Stapleton. Rhonda started writing a few years ago to appease the voices in her head. She has a... We just received an email from Richard Michelson with a link to a video taken November 8 at the 20th Annual Children’s... The boys and I trekked to the library this morning after preschool. Library visits with three children 5 and under are... This Saturday at The Common Cup - 1501 W. Morse, Chicago 11/21 @ 9:30am Hope to see you there! A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am so glad Grandma Dowdel has returned! And this is a whole new... Hey everyone! Please take note--this blog has officially moved! The new URL is: http://loricalabrese.com/blog Over the last... This is it, guys. The final push for Chaucer. The last hurrah. Right now we're in 5th place, with 14% of the vote. If we can... Jennie of Biblio File is hosting this week's Poetry Friday. Head on over and leave your links! Those of you who read Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree as the story of an abusive, codependent relationship should... You can find “Check It Out” here now. While it is not entirely uncommon to find a haunted 13-year-old, Cody, in Greg Logsted’s Alibi Junior High, is haunted in... There's a car seat in the car. There's a fricking CARSEAT in the CAR. There's also a bassinet next to our oakchest. A little... [Note: I've been telling my academic friends for some years that they should use online genealogical and historical newspaper... Not too far. Just down the road to PBS Parents. I'm posting weekly at Booklights, a blog about inspiring a love of reading in... For those rabid Twilight junkies who wanna take their devotion to the next level and dress like Bella, here’s a good start:... 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