Black Dog by Levi Pinfold Templar Nominated by: librarygrl2One day a black dog of inderminate (but undoubtedly large) size scares the Hope family terribly, leaving the youngest member, called Small, to face the animal. In her bright yellow jacket, she leads the dog on a merry chase with the refrain, “You can”t follow where I go, unless you shrink, or …
2012 Finalists: Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)
And All the Stars by Andrea K Höst Höst, Andrea Nominated by: Kate M. The apocalypse has come to Australia, and with it come the Spires, a kind of velvety protuberance sprouting up everywhere, gouting fountains of a choking dry dust that leaves humanity changed. But what makes us human is within us–and Madeleine Cost and her friends take a gamble …
2012 Finalists: Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)
Beswitched by Kate Saunders Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Nominated by: Ms. YinglingWhen Flora, off to boarding school under duress, wakes up on the train to find that she’s now on her way to school way back in 1935, her horror is great. How will she survive? Though she manages to adapt to the nasty bathrooms, alien food, and …
2012 Finalists: Easy Readers/Early Chapter Books
Easy Readers A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse by Frank Viva Toon Books Nominated by: Lizjonesbooks Mouse is not a happy traveler. He is on a ship traveling to Antarctica with his owner, a young boy, and all he can think about is going home. The waves make it hard to do anything. The cold means …
2012 Finalists: Book Apps
Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night written by Mary Kay Carson; created by Ellen Jacob developed by Bookerella and Story Worldwide Nominated by: Cathy Potter With an effective blend of traditional nonfiction features and innovative interactive elements, Bats! offers young readers many opportunities to learn about these furry nocturnal fliers. Children will enjoy learning about the physical features, behaviors and …
REVIEW
Iva Honeysuckle Discovers the World by Candice Ransom
One of our Round 1 judges for Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books this year is Katherine Sokolowski, who blogs at Read, Write, Reflect. She's a 5th grade teacher who uses blogging as a way to reflect on issues of teaching and literacy–and, of course, as a space to review books. Fun fact: She started blogging in 2011 and her …
REVIEW
Leonard by Ink Robin, Inc.
Mary Ann Scheuer, our intrepid Book Apps Category Chair, is today's featured reviewer. A school librarian in Berkeley, CA, she's blogged at Great Kid Books since 2008, posting about fiction and nonfiction titles–and, of course, book apps–for kids aged 4-14. Fun fact: she's got a particular interest in books for tweens, and has compiled all her tween reviews on one …
REVIEW
Boy21 by Matthew Quick
Our featured reviewer of this wintry Friday is Cybils veteran Sarah Gross of The Reading Zone, one of our Round 1 judges for YA Fiction. Sarah is currently a high school English teacher passionate about finding great books to share with her students. Fun fact: She is the brains behind the ARCs Float On project, which aims to connect bloggers …
REVIEW
Nasty Bugs by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Today's review comes from our very own Poetry Category Chair, Jone MacCulloch. Jone blogs at Check It Out, and she's a library media specialist in Washington state. She's also an avid reader, photographer, poet, and frequent participant in Poetry Friday. Fun fact: for four years running, she's organized the Postcard Poetry Project, in which participants receive a student-written poem on …
REVIEW
Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close
Jessica Tackett of the blog Her Life With Books is today's featured reviewer–a Round 1 judge for MG/YA Nonfiction, she is also a fledgling librarian who enjoys reading children's and YA lit as well as, occasionally, writing it. Being all librarian-y, her blog features a wonderfully orderly list of reviews by genre for your reading edification. Fun fact: Jessica also …