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Savvy
Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jennifer in Adventure, Fantasy, Kansas, My Favorite, Newberyby Ingrid Law If you read Savvy, you won’t soon forget Mississippi “Mibs” or the Beaumont family. They are one of a kind. Every child in this family gets a special “savvy” when they turn 13, which is a sort of magical ability, but they never know what it will be until their birthday. For [...]
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Travels of Thelonious
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Jessica in Adventure, Graphic Novelby Susan Schade Thelonius is a chipmunk that lives at a point in the future when humans have destroyed nearly everything – including themselves. There are legends that humans once roamed – and ruled – the Earth, but not all animals believe in the myth. Thelonius finds proof of the legend after a flood washes [...]
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Stuart’s Cape
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Laura in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Storiesby Sarah Pennypacker Stuart is dying to have an adventure, but he’s glum because he’s about to start third grade at a new school. He makes a cape from some old neck ties, and suddenly he can fly, grow toast plants, and other thrilling things! This book is easy to read with great illustrations. [...]
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The Way a Door Closes/Keeping the Night Watch
Posted on June 3, 2009 by Victoria in other award winners, Poetry, social issuesThe Way a Door Closes and Keeping the Night Watch are companion works of poetry by Hope Anita Smith. In The Way a Door Closes, C.J.’s Dad abandons his family when he loses his job. His mother and grandmother work to hold the family together, and C.J. tries to fill his father’s shoes with [...]
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Kenny & the Dragon
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Molly in Early Chapter Books, Fantasyby Tony DiTerlizzi Best friends, Kenny and Grahame, love so many of the same things—books, poetry, music and dessert. But Kenny is a rabbit and Grahame is a dragon, and you can imagine the villagers of the quiet little farming town of Roundbrook aren’t too happy when they find out a dragon is lurking around [...]
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The Girl Who Could Fly
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Rachel in Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fictionby Victoria Forester Piper McCloud is a normal, everyday farm girl with one difference: she can fly! Her parents don’t want her to fly, but she just can’t help it. Then one day a woman from a secret government agency shows up and tells Piper about a special school for children with abilities where [...]
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The 13 Clocks
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Victoria in Classics, Family Read-Aloud, Fantasy, My Favorite, Scary storiesJames Thurber’s classic The 13 Clocks has been re-issued with the original illustrations by Thurber’s friend Marc Simont. Not exactly a fairy tale, not exactly a ghost story, not exactly a novel, it’s a little gem of a tale. An easy read, but filled with wonderful phrases and images telling a mystifying tale. Neil [...]
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Tough Chicks
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Victoria in Picture Booksby Cece Meng “Power to the Peep-le” is the motto for three feisty farmyard chicks (baby chickens, that is). Some of the barnyard animals think the chicks are a little too independent, but Mama Hen knows that they’re good chicks at heart. The sisters wrestle worms, rope roosters, and like to investigate under the hood [...]
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Anything But Typical
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Jessica in other award winners, social issuesby Nora Baskin Jason has a lot of letters that people use to describe him (well, they really describe his problems) – ASD is among them. It stands for autism spectrum disorder, and Jason’s autism gives him a different outlook on life. Sometimes he can’t control what he does or feels like he can’t [...]
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Bill Martin Jr. Award Nominees
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jennifer in Book Lists, other award winners, Picture BooksThe Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award is given out each year by the Kansas Reading Association (KRA) and “serves to honor internationally renowned Kansas author Bill Martin, Jr., as well as commend outstanding authors/illustrators.” Bill Martin, Jr. is probably best known for his beloved picture book classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You [...]
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