Book Reviews
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? We've hand-picked our top ten in each age range, all published 2013–2014, that are ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual child is the real criterion. For a handy take-along list of titles, follow...
Picture Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)Splash, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke; illus. by Lauren Tobia (Kane Miller)Journey by Aaron Becker; illus. by the author (Candlewick)Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown; illus. by the author (Little, Brown)Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio; illus. by Christian Robinson (Atheneum)Locomotive by Brian Floca; illus. by the author...
The model made popular by the Choose Your Own Adventure middle-grade books comes to a teen audience in two new paperback series with massive appeal for reluctant-reader girls.Bridie Clark’s Snap Decision series, which debuted last summer with Maybe Tonight? (Roaring Brook, August 2013), places the reader in the driver’s seat...
Far too many of our students enter as ninth graders reading woefully below level. Part of the problem, we believe, is due to the Matthew effect. The gist of this theory is that kids who struggle with reading for whatever reason avoid it all costs, causing them to fall even...
Katie Bircher and Elissa Gershowitz bring you our annual list of summer reading recommendations for kids. Strictly recreational, of course, and librarians are welcome to place a "COMMON-CORE FREE!" sticker on the PDF.What about your own reading? I'm juggling audio editions of The Woman Upstairs and Inferno on my phone; The...
We're super-psyched to present our annual Summer Reading List, complete with free downloadable PDF sampler. These new books, published 2012-2013, have been hand-selected for kids of all ages, from preschoolers to teenagers. There's (more than one) something for everyone! So hop on a hammock, sprawl on a beach -- and...
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? We’ve hand-picked some new favorites, all published 2012–2013, that are ideal for the season. Download a free PDF perfect for sharing with teachers, parents, and of course, kids. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual child is the...
Lolly has designed a beautiful PDF of our annual summer reading list--please download and distribute as you will. I hasten to add that this is the good kind of s.r.l., one designed for pleasure reading, not to Improve you.I'm currently shuttling between (among?) Anna Karenina, William Langewiesche's The Outlaw Sea,...
The YA book boom seems to be continuing with no sign of abating, and I continue to be in awe of the Horn Book editors and reviewers who patiently (okay, maybe not always patiently — see this one trend Katie and Elissa spotted) go through them to tell you about...
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