by Joanne | Dec 13, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Two boys with great video-game skills (and an overdue game) are zapped into an alien world where they meet a friendly and helpful shape-shifting girl-monster and a pirate released from an attacking mucus monster en route to stealing the golden nose hair of the...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 13, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Poignant, deeply moving, and amazing, The Survival Kit will tug at your heartstrings. Fans of Sarah Dessen books will relish this captivating novel about grief, loss, and love. It is the day of Rose’s mother’s funeral, and it is all Rose can do to keep it...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 13, 2011 | Picture Book
“and they ALL GOT STUCK.” “What would you throw up into YOUR tree?” That’s what I’d be asking the kids to think about, depict in an art project, and act out for the group after reading them this hilarious, gross-motor tale about a...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 13, 2011 | Mystery
“Twice before in American history, powerful corporate interests dominated Washington and brought America to a state of unacceptable inequity, instability and corruption. Both times a social and political movement arose to restore democracy and shared prosperity....
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Why is crocodile crying? Can you really trust a crocodile? The other animals want to help, but realize it might be dangerous to get too close. Curiosity does finally cause a big problem for the black rhino. Endangered animals and the destruction of their habitat...
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Everyone has been the “new kid” somewhere, Marshall is new to the class and he just “doesn’t fit in”. He looks different, acts different, wears a hat because of the ozone layer and even eats what looks like “space food”. Marshall doesn’t even watch TV! When Marshall...
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Poetry
Poetry is found everywhere and written about anything! And it doesn’t have to rhyme! The subtitle “poems about everyday stuff” explains the curious title Dear Hot Dog. The author writes poems about toes, clothing, toys and, yes, even hot dogs “snug as a puppy in...
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Olivia Peters has just won a writing contest, sponsored by a famous novelist, Boston celebrity priest, Father Mark Brendan. The prize: a $10,000 scholarship, publication of her story, and best of all a coveted seat in the handsome, charismatic...
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Picture Book
“All at once the wind stopped blowing, not even a breeze, and the wind disappeared. The sky turned a strange shade of green and the farm fell completely still. The only sound Otis heard as he putt puffed toward the barn was the farmer shouting in the distance....
by Dawn | Dec 12, 2011 | Picture Book
A young boy remembers the stories his father told him about he and his family living through the great depression. No matter how rough it got there is a sense of optimism in the family. 40 pages ISBN-13: 978-0375861970 Reviewed by: Frank Hodge, Bookseller Emeritus,...
