When Andrew gets hold of a pencil, anything can—and does—happen in this innovative and artistic book.
Browsing: Books with Boy Characters
The Carpenter’s Gift: A Christmas Tale about the Rockefeller Center Tree, by David Rubel, captures the essence of giving and charity, showing the importance of compassion during the holidays.
Patty Saidenberg is the hardworking librarian of George Jackson Academy in New York city. With a deep fascination for why people are motivated to stay literate, Patty Saidenberg is a great new edition to our On the Shelf column.
If you took everything that was coolest about James Bond, got rid of the foolishness about girls and martinis that fifth grade boys have no patience for anyway, and then, in a stroke of genius, got rid of James Bond, too, leaving just the villains, back when they were about thirteen, when they were just getting started, then you’d have “H.I.V.E. The Higher Institute of Villainous Education.”
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Amy Hest and critically acclaimed illustrator Lauren Castillo share their delightful stories of how the dogs in their lives have (and still do) inspire their creative minds on a daily basis.
Irene Latham’s debut novel “Leaving Gee’s Bend” was named a Bank Street College Best Book, a SIBA finalist, a Crystal Kite Finalist and ALLA’s Children’s Book of the Year. In this article, Irene shares some beautiful insight into her latest book Don’t Feed the Boy.
School has started. Great news for some kids (a rare and exotic variety), bad news for some (more common), and mixed news for most. This post isn’t about a book or a series of books. It’s about making a place to be, well, Somebody: Alex Rider, Otto Malpense, Jack Gantos, Jasper Dash, you name it.
Solving the problem of problem-solving with the narrator of “The Templeton Twins Have a Nice Day.”
Elizabeth Singer Hunt is the bestselling author of the hugely popular Jack Stalwart series. Her love of adventure and travel is what inspired her to create her globe-trotting children’s book character, nine-year-old Secret Agent Jack Stalwart. More than 1 million books have been sold worldwide and the series has been published in multiple languages.
David Levithan is the immensely imaginative and talented author of many bestselling novels. When he isn’t writing his amazing books, David works as an Executive Editor at Scholastic. His ingenious new novel “Every Day” has released.