Category Archives: My Favorite
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What You Know First
Posted on September 10, 2009 by Victoria in My Favorite, Picture Booksby Patricia MacLachlan, engravings by Barry Moser What You Know First is a little treasure for those of us who love the prairie. MacLachlan and Moser are friends and neighbors, and they share the same sense of place. The engraved illustrations are based on old photographs of the MacLachlan and Moser families. The child in [...]
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Running Out of Time
Posted on September 5, 2009 by Rachel in Adventure, Historical Fiction, My Favorite, Mysteriesby Margaret Peterson Haddix Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many popular books, including the Shadow Children series. Running Out of Time was her first novel, and it may be my favorite–although it’s hard to choose! Jessie is 13 and lives in a log cabin in a settlement in the woods of Indiana in [...]
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Schooled
Posted on August 17, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in My Favorite, Realistic Fiction, William Allen WhiteBy Gordon Korman Have you ever felt completely out of place before? Capricorn Anderson certainly has. Cap has been living in a community with his Grandma Rain for the past 14 years of his life. They believe in peace and tranquility and the simple things in life. Outsiders would stereotype them as peace sign wearing [...]
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Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter
Posted on August 14, 2009 by Rachel in Adventure, Fantasy, My Favoriteby R. J. Anderson Bryony is the youngest faery of the Oakenfolk–a group that lives together in a big oak tree in the corner of a garden. To Bryony, that garden is the entire world. As she grows older, though, she longs for adventure. She becomes the Queen’s official Hunter, sent out to protect the [...]
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42 Miles
Posted on July 27, 2009 by Rachel in My Favorite, social issuesBy Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Often I don’t enjoy books that are written in the form of poems, but this one was excellent. JoEllen’s parents are divorced, and live 42 miles away from each other. At her dad’s farm on the weekends, she is country girl who rides horses and listens to bluegrass, while during the [...]
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Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: reflections on being raised by a pack of sled dogs
Posted on July 22, 2009 by Victoria in Adventure, animals, Family Read-Aloud, My Favorite, Nonfictionby Gary Paulsen This ranks with the best dog stories ever written. Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers is a wonderful account of Paulsen’s life in the remote Minnesota forest. Paulsen raised and raced sled dogs, often taking the dogs out for long solitary runs in the wilderness. Cookie, his lead dog, saved Paulsen’s life [...]
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Interworld
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Rachel in Fantasy, My Favorite, Science Fictionby Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves Joey Harker discovers that he, along with the other versions of himself in an infinite number of possible universes, is a Walker: he can travel between these different worlds. Joey signs up to fight against the opposing but equally evil magic and science conglomerates who seek to use the [...]
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A Curse Dark As Gold
Posted on July 9, 2009 by Victoria in fairy tales and folklore, Kansas, My Favorite, other award winners, Young Adult/Teenby Elizabeth C. Bunce A Curse Dark As Gold is shelved in the YA fiction collection, but it’s also appropriate for older elementary students and adults. This debut novel by a Lenexa author made the 2009 Kansas Notable Books list. Kansas Notable Books are outstanding works by Kansans or about Kansas in fiction, nonfiction, adult [...]
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Posted on July 7, 2009 by Jennifer in Adventure, Fantasy, My Favoriteby Liz Kessler I stumbled across the sequel to this book, Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep, in the library’s audiobooks and listened to it in my car. It was so much fun, I had to check out the first one, too. When Emily finally talks her mother into letting her take [...]
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The Trials of Kate Hope
Posted on June 30, 2009 by Rachel in Historical Fiction, My Favorite, social issuesby Warwick Downing In the summer of 1973, Kate Hope is 14 years old, and the youngest lawyer anyone has ever heard of. Plus, she’s a girl–and not many lawyers were female at that time. Kate became a lawyer because her grandfather needed help at his law practice, and he researched old laws from before [...]
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