Young Readers

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• Little Women

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 131
  Louisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood and the warmth of sisterhood in this charming tale of four sisters. Responding to the need fora "girls book", the little known writer was met with unexpected fame and fortune for this novel inspired by her childhood. In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, ...
  5 days ago

• Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 131
  Book summary taken from the authors website Artemis Fowl wants to find his father, held hostage in Russia; Holly Short wants to find whos supplying the goblins with human technology; Foaly wants to find out whos disabled all the LEP Technology and pointed the finger at him. Artemis has received a ransom demand for ...
  6 days ago

• 8-year-old Fan Gives Molly Whuppie Two Thumbs Up

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 112
  We love fan mail here at UNC Press. Who doesn’t, right? Fan mail from kids is extra awesome, though. Here’s something that really made our day recently. Eight-year-old Sydney C., of Asheville, North Carolina, was one of the guests at last month’s Asheville book party (which Rachel has blogged about) . Sydney ...
  1 week ago

• Coraline

  
  Wandeca Reads — Authority: 131
  When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But theres another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will haveto fight with all ...
  1 week ago

• Hate List, by Jennifer Brown

  
  Linus's Blanket — Authority: 494
  Valerie spends the summer hiding out from her friends and anyone else who knows her after her boyfriend Nick puts an effective end to the school year with a violent and deadly rampage, killing students and teachers from their shared “hate list” as well as innocent bystanders before ending his own life.  Just as ...
  1 week ago

• Have you drawn an animal today?

  
  How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator — Authority: 100
  Knowing as we do that drawing children, people and  animals is the stock in trade of the children’s book illustrator, let’s draw a difficult animal subject today. We’ve brought in guest instructor Jon Gnagy to help walk us through it. Gnagy was the best drawing teacher (maybe the only drawing ...
  1 week ago

• Picture Book of the Month for November 2009

  
  BookAdvice.net News — Authority: 108
  The selection for November 2009 is A Perfect Season for Dreaming by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. The artwork first caught my attention. I love the unique dreams of the old man. And in the end the artwork is what influenced my decision. That ...
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• Review: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

  
  BookNAround — Authority: 431
  This was a totally delightful childrens book, complete with a lovely old-fashioned feel. Like many of the childrens and YA books floating around the house, I read a description of this one and decided that my crew needed to have it always available to them in case reading inspiration should strike. And like any ...
  1 week ago

• My Virtual Tutor For Nintendo DS

  
  Savvy Housewife — Authority: 460
  My 4-year-old is not yet reading but she is anxious to start, especially since her big sister is now reading chapter books.My Virtual Tutor Reading (pre-K to Kindergarten), which was released by Mentor InterActive September 9, is the only educational game for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi that tests and improves ...
  2 weeks ago

• National Young Readers Week

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 112
  Creating lifetime readers is the goal and it’s all thanks to Pizza Hut. Wait, what? That’s right, you read me correctly. National Young Readers Week is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress . Pizza Hut created The BOOK IT! Program as ...
  2 weeks ago

• November 9 - 13 National Young Readers Week

  
  Shari Lyle-Soffe "Out of My Mind" About Books for Children — Authority: 104
  Schools around the country will be celebrating National Young Readers Week from November 9th to the 13th. Parents, grandparents and homeschoolers can do the same. Have reading contests. Encourage your children to read aloud to the family. Make lists of your favorite books. Be creative. SIX REASONS TO READ ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cynthias Attic: The Magicians Castle

  
  Cynthia's Attic Blog — Authority: 110
  This is a video Im working on for the release of "Cynthias Attic: The Magicians Castle, coming soon! Would appreciate feedback. Does this video say enough about the book to make you want to read it? If not, what would you like to see? Buy Cynthias Attic Series on Amazon Also, coming soon the new ...
  2 weeks ago

• THE TORTOISE AND THE HAIR.

  
  Dr. Boli's Celebrated Magazine. — Authority: 513
  From Dr. Boli’s Fables for Children Who Are Too Old to Believe in Fables. ONCE IN THE Catskill Mountains of upstate New York there was a tortoise, and he was really rather speedy as tortoises go. And at the same time there was a hair, growing on the chin of one of those lazy Dutch settlers so abundant in those ...
  2 weeks ago

• Art and Letters

  
  How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator — Authority: 100
  So many colleagues from the Austin children’s and YA writing community spoke on panels and signed their new books at the 2009 Texas Book Festival this past weekend.  I always enjoy this 2.5 day party on the state capitol grounds.  But I could not go this time because I was on an illustration deadline. So ...
  3 weeks ago

• Review: The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood

  
  BookNAround — Authority: 431
  When I saw that this book was going to be my daughters 6th grade summer reading book, I was pleased as punch. As an English major dork, I adore Shakespeare. I have been known to read the plays for pleasure. And I thought that exposing kids to Shakespeare in a roundabout way was sheer genius. All this before I even ...
  3 weeks ago

• November 2009 Events

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 494
  National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month ~ USA Book Week ~ ongoing until Nov 9, Japan 28th Santiago International Book Fair ~ ongoing until Nov 15, Santiago, Chile The Once Upon a World Children’s Book Award Festival ~ Nov 1, Los Angeles, CA, USA Exhibition by Illustrators ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book of the Month for November 2009

  
  BookAdvice.net News — Authority: 108
  BookAdvice has had a Book of the Month for 3 years now. Yea! This month’s selection is City of Fire , the first book of Laurence Yep’s new trilogy. Because I love Yep’s writing and because he’s trying his hand at alternate history. REVIEW Current Pick and List of Previous
  3 weeks ago

• What My Children Are Reading / stART - Leaves by David Ezra Stein

  
  Brimful Curiosities — Authority: 498
  This past week the trees in our area hit peak fall colors. The red, orange, and yellow leaves are so beautiful. To celebrate the season weve mainly been reading books about leaves and fall. Here are a few books we checked out from the library: Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall, illustrated By Shari Halpern; Red ...
  4 weeks ago

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