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Erika Thulin Dawes, March 17, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
The Secret Box Written and Illustrated by Barbara Lehman Published by Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-547-23868-5 Grades K-8 Review A postcard that states “Greetings from the Seahorse Pier;” a token and some ticket stubs; sepia photographs of a uniformed schoolboy and his mates; and a map with a route marked in red pencil… These are the […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, March 7, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes Greenwillow, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-200642-4 All Grades Book Review Perhaps Kevin Henkes’s greatest gift as an author and illustrator is the simultaneous depth and breadth of his work, his ability to vacillate in and out of the worldviews of preschoolers, seven-year-olds, and preteens, to write a picture book of deceptive […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, February 28, 2011 | Awards
Grandma’s GiftWritten and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez Published by Walker Books a division of Bloomsbury ISBN 978-0-8027-2082-5 ReviewIt’s winter break and Eric and his grandmother have two special tasks to complete. Grandma is making her famous pasteles, a traditional Puerto Rican Christmas dish that she shares with friends and neighbors. Eric has a school assignment […]
Grace Enriquez, February 14, 2011 | Awards, Novels
Moon Over Manifest Winner of the 2011 Newbery MedalWritten by Clare VanderpoolPublished by Delacorte Press, 2010ISBN # 978-0385738835Grades 4 and up Book ReviewIn this debut novel by Clare Vanderpool, twelve-year old Abilene Tucker has been sent by her father to the seemingly sleepy town of Manifest, Kansas, to live with Pastor Shady Howard while her father […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, January 31, 2011 | Awards, Historical Fiction, Novels
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia Winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King Award Published by Amistad, an Imprint of Harper Collins ISBN 978-0-06-076088-5 Grades 5 and Up Book Review In 1968, the nation was in tumult; Martin Luther King was shot in April, Bobby Kennedy in early June. Right in the middle of this year […]
Grace Enriquez, January 24, 2011 | Awards, Fantasy
The DreamerWinner of the 2011 Pura Belpré Award Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Illustrated by Peter Sís Published by Scholastic Press, 2010 ISBN # 9780439269704 Grades 3 and upBook Review Neftalí’s world is filled with the wonders of nature, sensitivity of childhood, and sheer fascination with life and language. That, however, is a different world from the […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, January 17, 2011 | Awards
Dear Readers of The Classroom Bookshelf, For the next seven weeks, we’ll be devoting our entries to some of this year’s American Library Association’s Youth Media Award winners that we feel are great fits for the PreK-8 classroom. Mary Ann, Erika, Grace A Sick Day for Amos McGee Winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, January 10, 2011 | Poetry
Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys Written by Bob Raczka and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Published by Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-547-24003-9 Book Review: “If this puddle could / talk, I think it would tell me / to splash my sister.” Following the traditional seasonal organization of collections of haiku, this picture book of […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, January 3, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Book Review Rosen, M. (2010). Tiny little fly. Ill. by K. Waldron. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0-7636-4681-3 All Ages Shifting perspectives, vibrant pencil and gouache illustrations, and a large book format, paired with rhythmic, rhyming, patterned language create a made-to-order picture book for preschool and primary grades. Readers will want to trace Tiny Little […]
Grace Enriquez, December 20, 2010 | Fantasy
The Moomin Books Written and illustrated by Tove Jansson Translated by Elizabeth Portch, Kingsley Hart, and Thomas Warburton Published by Square Fish, 2010; originally published in the U.S. by Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1951 Grades 3 and up #1 Comet in Moominland, ISBN 978-0312608880 #2 Finn Family Moomintroll, ISBN 978-0141328607 #3 Moominpoppa’s Memoirs, ISBN 978-0312625436 #4 Moominsummer […]
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