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Grace Enriquez, September 16, 2013 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Little Red Writing Written by Joan Holub; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Published by Chronicle Books, 2013 (available Sept. 24) ISBN# 9780811878692 Grades 2 and up Book Review Think you know the Little Red Riding Hood story, or even the many enjoyable alternative, fractured, and award-winning versions of it that populate the field of children’s literature? […]
Katie Cunningham, April 29, 2020 | Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Picture Books
Learn ways you and your students can honor feelings of uncertainty and loss while also providing a source of hope. Invitations include read alouds, writing ideas, and opportunities for students to create as a source of joy.
Erika Thulin Dawes, December 4, 2017 | Announcements, Picture Books
Little Fox in the Forest Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin Published in 2017 by Schwartz & Wade Books ISBN 978-0-553-53789-5 A 2018 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction Honor Book Book Review Attachment to a treasured toy, a quest through a magical world, the acts of finding and of letting go…. Stephanie Graegin’s authorial debut explores […]
Katie Cunningham, September 19, 2016 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Picture Books
Steamboat School: Inspired by a True Story Written by Deborah Hopkinson Illustrated by Ron Husband Published in 2016 by Disney- Hyperion Grades K-6 ISBN: 978-142312196-1 Book Review “I always thought being brave was for grown-up heroes doing big, daring deeds. But Mama says that sometimes courage is just an ordinary boy like me […]
Katie Cunningham, October 27, 2014 | Novels, Verse Novels
The Red Pencil Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Illustrated by Shane W. Evans Published by Little Brown in 2014 ISBN-13: 9780316247801 Grades 4 and up Book Review Turning twelve is supposed to be an important and celebratory experience for Amira. And at first, it is: she’s finally old enough to wear a toob, the […]
Grace Enriquez, September 2, 2014 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
The Pilot and the Little Prince Written and illustrated by Peter Sís Published in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN # 978-0374380694 Grades K and up Book Review Aviator, pioneer, inventor, war hero: In The Pilot and the Little Prince, we learn that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was all this and more. With characteristic […]
Grace Enriquez, March 25, 2013 | Novels
Red Thread Sisters Written by Carol Antoinette Peacock Published by Viking Juvenile, 2012 ISBN # 978-0670013869 Grades 4 and up Book Review According to an ancient Chinese legend, a red thread ties together those who are destined to meet and help one another throughout life. For eleven-year old Wen, this means a red thread binds […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, January 14, 2013 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Written and Illustrated by Monica Carnesi Published by Nancy Paulsen Books in 2012 ISBN 978-0-399-25666-0 Book Review “Something is moving in the water! What is it?” It is a dog – a dog adrift on rapidly moving ice floes along Poland’s Vistual River. Children are the first to spot Dog and they call firemen who […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, February 6, 2012 | Awards, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Written and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson Balzar and Bray, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-173074-0 Review This extraordinary work of art tells the story of America through the lens of African American history. It is at once familiar and yet unfamiliar to all too many. Even author-illustrator Kadir […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, March 7, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes Greenwillow, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-200642-4 All Grades Book Review Perhaps Kevin Henkes’s greatest gift as an author and illustrator is the simultaneous depth and breadth of his work, his ability to vacillate in and out of the worldviews of preschoolers, seven-year-olds, and preteens, to write a picture book of deceptive […]
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