Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight Reading level: Ages 7-10 Hardcover: 96 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (May 5, 2009) Eric Wight's soon-to-be-published book "Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom" is a rip-roaring good read! Combining the elements of a comic book with
King Puck By Michael Garland (Author and Illustrator) Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Paperback: 32 Pages Publisher: HarperCollins (January 27, 2009) My family is incredibly Irish, to the point where we consider a meal without potatoes to be a travesty. With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, it was
After I put down Cinder Rabbit, an adorable Early Reader book, and picked up Lynn E. Hazen's first young adult novel, Shifty, I had a bit of a jolt. I'm always impressed with authors who have a broad range, and these two works of Ms.
K is for Kindle. An electronic reader which is as thin as most magazines, lighter than a typical paperback, and has 3G wireless which lets you download books in under 60 seconds. I is for iPhone and iPod Touch. iPhone and iPod Touch users are
If you like cats you will like these books. If you love cats you will LOVE these books. Posy by Linda Newbery Cat by Matthew Van Fleet What Cats Are Made Of by Hanoch Piven Posy by Linda Newbery (Author), Catherine Rayner (Illustrator) Reading level: 0 - 6
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett Reading level: Ages 3 - 7 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (January 27, 2009) Yay! This is so much fun.The illustrations are soft and earthy, and are very comical. The story begins like this: All of the birds laid an
Travel, photography, adventure, and animals are what this series is all about. Barrington Bear is a plush toy bear who really enjoys traveling - even during winter when all of the other bears are sleeping. He travels with a suitcase, his favorite hat, and his
What are you doing? I've begun twittering on Twitter. It's great! I now have cyber-space lending its ear to my chit-chat. I can't believe all of the fantastic things one can learn from the "tweets" of others, on any given day. Here is a small round-up
Not only is The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle a Newbery honor book, but Charlotte's tale has received accolades as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and, when it came out in 1990, it was a School Library Journal Best Book.