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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Little Bit Scary People
For a little girl, the bigger people in her life seem a little bit scary when they crank their music up or ask for a hall pass in a stern way. But imagining those scary people dancing or playing piano … Continue reading
Posted in Books with social studies links, Picture books
Tagged children's books, feelings, picture book, social issues
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The Maze Runner
For a page turning adventure in a world with no memories, read James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, first in a dystopian trilogy. Thomas arrives at the Glades in a box, his memory wiped clean and his environment controlled. The boys already … Continue reading
These Hands
Grandpa’s hands can tie shoes, play the piano and throw a curve ball, but they were not allowed to touch the bread dough at the Wonder Bread factory in the 1950s and early ’60s. As Grandpa lyrically relates to Joseph … Continue reading
Planet Middle School
Joylin is not a girly girl, but middle school has her trying out skirts and heels that just don’t feel right to this basketball-lover. She doesn’t understand the new feelings she’s experiencing, and the poems in Planet Middle School pour … Continue reading
Posted in Character-driven, Children's novels, Poetry, strong characters
Tagged children's books, high interest, kid lit, novel-in-verse, poetry, school story
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Mockingbird (mok’ing-bûrd)
When Caitlin and her dad are left to deal with the shocking death of her brother, Devon, they grieve in ways foreign to each other. Caitlin’s Asperger’s syndrome makes it difficult to Get It when her dad can’t do the … Continue reading
Lost and Found
Lucy loses many things. The opening line, I was late again, couldn’t find my shoes, so I had to wear the ones I didn’t lose, sets the tone for the entire story: when Lucy loses things so often, it intrudes upon her … Continue reading
Seasons: A Book of Poems
The Fall Wind There is a strong fresh wind like an eagle flying by. It snatches someone’s kite and keeps it flying high. -Charlotte Zolotow There are forty poems in Charlotte Zolotow’s book … Continue reading
