'Reading' Category
Reading Roundup
What’s been on my desk for three weeks waiting for me to write about it? Norman and Brenda, by Colin Thompson and Amy Lissiat.
This is what I’m talking about, people! Picture books should not be the exclusive property of four- to seven-year-olds. The picture book format works for all ages and for a broader [...]Unsung YA Heroes
The best YA books you never read.
Inspired by all the books that didn’t receive an ALA award on Monday, Kelly at YAnnabe, started what is now an extensive collection of YA titles that readers and bloggers feel have not been given their due. Kelly notes
…many wonderful books get published every year without registering a ripple, [...]Leer y Escribir en Espanol
Sailing toward a new horizon? A bookmark I made for my SIL who loves to travel, in books and in real life.
I’m still working on my Spanish. I continue to listen to audio instruction, but I’ve added reading and writing to my practice as well.
I have a book of short stories written in Spanish [...]ALA Awards
Winner of the 2010 John Newbery Medal, When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead.
Yesterday, at something like 3:45 a.m. Alaska Time, the American Library Association announced their 2010 award winners, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King, and others. I have read, uh, almost one of these books. That is to say, none.
I feel [...]Reading Roundup
What’s on my nightstand? The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart.
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:
Debate Club.
Her father’s “Bunny Rabbit.”
A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school.
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15:
A knockout figure.
A sharp tongue.
A chip on her shoulder.
And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.
That’s from the [...]Weekend Site Seeing
Today I’m sending you to the readergirlz blog to see a video they re-posted from YouTube, originally made by John Green.Twilight, which will make sense after you go site seeing.
I could post the video here myself, send you to YouTube, or send you to one of John Green’s sites, but I’m sending you to the [...]New Ambassador Announced
Jon Scieszka completed his two-year term as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature yesterday. I’ve oohed and ahhed and sighed over Jon Scieszka here before. I love his Math Curse and Science Verse books, in particular, and appreciate the sophistication he gets away with in his work for kids. He knows kids are smart, he [...]
Reading Roundup
What’s Mike reading to me? The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, by Rick Yancey.
By most accounts, and especially by teen accounts, fifteen-year-old Alfred Kropp is a loser. Being over-sized and under-intelligent, kids at school call him “Frankenstein.” His mother was sufficiently concerned about his intelligence to have his IQ tested. All right, so he’s not [...]Reading Roundup
What’s on my nightstand? I Am the Ice Worm, by MaryAnn Easley.
Recently, my Recommended Reading list included a bunch of adventure novels from a list compiled by an Alaskan librarian. I was able to get my hands on a number of them, and this is the first of the lot.
Fourteen-year-old California girl, Allison, is [...]Winter Blog Blast Tour
For several years, Colleen over at the Chasing Ray blog has been organizing twice-a-year author blog tours. Every day for a week, five or six authors are interviewed on five or six kidlit blogs. Yesterday was the beginning of the 2009 Winter Blog Blast Tour.
Having a winter blast.
I look forward to these every summer [...]
