by Katy Manck | Jan 21, 2013 | Science Fiction
Banished to the Wheel?! Alanna was sure she’d pass the government test that weeds out subversives, but she failed. Now she’ll be deported to a remote island, into a savage world of other teen misfits where few survive. When she was ten, her parents were dragged away...
by Katy Manck | Jan 21, 2013 | Poetry
You can learn a poem so well that you can say it out loud without looking at the page! Yes, you! This great collection of poems short and long, funny and sad, is a great place to start. Start with a very short poem like “Rain” by Robert Louis Stevenson or Edward...
by Katy Manck | Jan 18, 2013 | Picture Book
It’s Mega Bowl Sunday, and the dinosaur fans can’t wait for the biggest dino-football game of the year to begin, as the plant-eating Greenblade Snackers battle the carnivorous Redscales! It’s all here in this championship game – touchdowns, extra point attempts, a...
by Katy Manck | Jan 17, 2013 | Picture Book
Bats and mitts ready? It’s time for the big game as the Rib-Eye Reds travel to the home field of the Green Sox for Dino-baseball! Rhymes and raptors, home runs and herbivores, strike outs, an umpire’s call, the seventh inning stretch (as dinosaur fans line up for...
by Katy Manck | Jan 17, 2013 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Among the size-zero cheerleaders and wannabe goths at Huntsville High, Ever stands out. As a 302-pound freshman girl, she really stands out. And the voice in her mind named Skinny reminds her constantly of how fat she is, even when Ever decides on weight-loss surgery...
