Word! Ideas for books and library programs
I haven’t done a Sunday Shout Out series in quite some time, so I thought I’d revive this series of posts. Sunday Shout Out was created to remind/encourage me to provide links to news stories, blog posts, and other things that I think are interesting and noteworthy. If you’re interested in participating or being featured [...]
Title: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Author/Illustrator: Kadir Nelson ISBN: 9780061730740 Pages: 108 pages Publisher/Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2011. Awards: Won Coretta Scot King Author Award, 2012 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2012 Most folks my age and complexion don’t speak much about the past. Sometimes it’s [...]
Title: Zen and the Art of Faking It Author: Jordan Sonnenblick Narrator: Mike Chamberlain ISBN: 9780739371558 Pages: 264 pages Discs/CDs: 5 CDs/ 5 hours 35 minutes Publisher/Date: Listening Library, c2008 (print Scholastic, c2007) San Lee has just moved to a new town (again) and has a chance to reinvent himself instead of being the adopted son [...]
Title: The Other Half of My Heart Author: Sundee T. Frazier ISBN: 9780385734400 Pages: 296 pages Publisher/Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., c2010. The location of their birth got them on the evening news all across the country, but what got just as much attention, if [...]
Title: One Crazy Summer Author: Rita Williams-Garcia ISBN: 97800607960885 Pages: 218 pages Publisher/Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. “We were a block away from the green stucco house, chatting and laughing. Then we stopped walking. All three of us. There were three police cars parked outside of Cecile’s house. One in the driveway and [...]
May is apparently National Egg Month, and May 14th is Dance Like a Chicken Day. So all this week, this “chick” is featuring chickens! First up are Tough Chicks by Cece Meng. Title: Tough Chicks Author: Cece Meng Illustrator: Melissa Suber ISBN: 9780618824151 Pages: 32 pages (Picture Book) Publisher: Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton [...]
Title: Party Author: Tom Leveen ISBN: 9780375864360 Pages: 228 pages Publisher/Date: Random House, c2010. This is dumb. It’s like I’m already dead. If a tree falls in the forest, does it make any sound? If a girl doesn’t speak, if no one knows her name, does she really exist? But I have to know. Does [...]
Title: The Red Pyramid Author: Rick Riordan ISBN: 9781423113386 Pages: 516 pages Publisher/Date: Disney Hyperion Books, c2010. “Hold on,” Carter said. “My father’s disappeared, and you want me to leave the country?” “Your father is either dead or a fugitive, son,” the inspector said. “Deportation is the kindest option. It’s already been arranged.” “With whom?” [...]
November 18, 2010
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Title: Dirty Little Secrets Author: C. J. Omololu ISBN: 9780802786609 Pages: 212 pages Publisher/Date: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., c2010. Everyone has secrets. Some are just bigger and dirtier than others. At least that’s what I told myself whenever I stood in a crowd of normal-looking people and felt like [...]
Title: Saving Sky Author: Diane Stanley ISBN: 9780061239052 Pages: 199 pages Publisher/Date: Harper, c2010. “I should have done something,” Sky said. “I know. We all want to be braver and better than we are. That’s how we keep growing.” “You, and Dad, and Mouse–you all tried to help. But not me! Oh no, I was [...]
September 13, 2010
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