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Seymour Simon’s Extreme Earth Records
I had the privilege of listening to Seymour Simon speak at a conference last year and I was blown away by the number of books he has written and his amazing website filled to the brim with information about almost every topic you could imagine – especially if it has…
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2012 Cybils Shortlist
The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards have announced the shortlist for 2012! Definitely take a look as these are some of the great books published during the past year. Winners will be announced on February 14th and the judges are people who regularly submit to a blog about…
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2012 Nerdies Book Awards
If you don’t follow The Nerdy Book Club blog, you are definitely missing out! The blog is written by three school teachers from different schools across the country and blog book reviews and other information about children’s books. They specifically have created their own awards called The Nerdies Book Awards where books…
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Best Books List
I have to say the end of the year brings with it a lot of fun – especially in the form of Top 10 and Best Books Lists. The New York Public Library has pulled together the top 100 books for reading and sharing this year. What’s great about this…
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Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon written by Steve Sheinkin, is another non-fiction title that makes a difficult topic easy to understand, interesting to read about, and accessible to a wider audience. I’ll admit, it’s been awhile since I’ve taken a U.S.…
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Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Children’s non-fiction books have been in the spotlight recently with the focus on Common Core Standards in the education field. That being said, many authors are creating non-fiction books that are more easily accessible and interesting to kids. Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 written…
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Vote for Me!
I don’t pretend to be a political person, I’m not even a fan of discussing politics due to the way most people seem to forget how to have a civilized conversation when discussing politics. But due to the fact that election day just happened, I figured I should at least…
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Children’s Author and Illustrator Event
I was lucky enough to get out to Kutztown University’s Children’s Literature Conference this past Saturday and was pleasantly surprised by much of the conference. Matt Phelan, Seymour Simon, and Thomas Yezerski each had a session and were available for autographs. They also include a Book Review section each year. …
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Lively Listening (read aloud) Program
This post is actually a cheat, because I’ve posted on this topic before. I think reading aloud to kids of all ages is just as important as it is to babies and toddlers. This week for our Lively Listening program I focused on informational texts, biographies, and historical fiction. These…
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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
If you’re having trouble getting young adults interested in history, biographies, or just reading in general – just hand them Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. This non-fiction, young-adult book is phenomenal. Let me caveat this book review by saying that the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln have fascinated me for many years. …