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Erika Thulin Dawes, December 12, 2010 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
O Christmas Tree: Its History and Holiday Traditions Written by Jacqueline Farmer and Illustrated by Joanne Friar Published by Charlesbridge Publishers, 2010 ISBN 978-1-58089-238-4 Grades K-6 ‘Tis the season to find brightly decorated trees outdoors and indoors almost everywhere you go. But how did the Christmas tree as we know it come to be, and […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, December 6, 2010 | Historical Fiction, Novels
Forge By Laurie Halse Anderson ISBN: 9781416961444 Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010 Grades 6 and Up Book Review In book two of the trilogy that began with National Book Award Finalist Chains, Curazon, the perhaps-free, perhaps-still enslaved African-American soldier liberated from a British prison in Manhattan by Isabel at the end of […]
Grace Enriquez, November 29, 2010 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Mirror Written and illustrated by Jeannie Baker Published by Candlewick Press, 2010 ISBN #978-0763648480 All grades The everyday similarities and differences of two worlds oceans apart are at the center of Jeannie Baker’s latest stunning picture book. Reflecting the book’s title, parallel stories about the lives of two boys sit opposite each other—one on […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, November 22, 2010 | Novels
Emily’s Fortune Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor with illustrations by Ross Collins. Published by Delacourt Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-385-73616-9 Grades 2-6 Peppered with humorous characters, lively language, and Collins’ expressive illustrations, this fast moving novel set in the Wild West employs the comedic exaggeration and outrageous happenings characteristic of a tall tale. Eight-year old Emily […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, November 14, 2010 | Nonfiction Chapter Books
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science Written by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Published by Clarion Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-618-57492-6 Grades 7 and Up Of the over 2 million slaves shipped from Africa during the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 17th-19th centuries, only 4 % came to […]
Grace Enriquez, November 8, 2010 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Rain School Written and illustrated by James Rumford Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010 ISBN 978-0-547-24307-8 “Will they give us a notebook?… Will they give us a pencil? Will I learn to read like you?” Thomas is bursting with questions as he follows the older children, heading to school for his first time, […]
Grace Enriquez, November 1, 2010 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Poetry
Poetrees Written and illustrated by Douglas Florian Published by Beach Lane Books, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4169-8672-0 All Grades Celebrate the autumn season with Poetrees, a picture book collection of poems by beloved author and artist Douglas Florian. This brightly illustrated collection celebrates not just the incredible diversity of species of trees across the world’s terrains, […]
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