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Booktalk: Greetings from Planet Earth1 comment

brush wrote 1 day ago: This is a booktalk I did for a library school class assignment. I’ve included the transcript: … more »

Tags: Historical, Middle School, Booktalk, Junior Fiction

Realistic Contemporary Fiction

daretosoar65 wrote 2 days ago: I am Not Joey Pigza, by Jack Gantos is a fabulous book!  I had the chance to hear Jack Gantos speak … more »

Tags: Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza

Narnia revisted

oonae wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been asked the same question three times in the last two months. Seems like it might be … more »

Competitions

westword wrote 2 weeks ago: Two competitions have been brought to my attention. Free books! Schools can win a complete library o … more »

Tags: Books, Libraries, schools

Forgotten Author for Children and Teens: WYLLY FOLK ST. JOHN1 comment

susan259 wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t remember when I first picked up one of her books.  I imagine it was a long hot summer … more »

Tags: teen lit, Mystery, forgotten books

Planning in progress

westword wrote 3 weeks ago: I am busy at the moment putting together some programs that I want to pilot in the second half of th … more »

Tags: Books, Community, Illustration, Libraries, Western Sydney, writing, Young Writers

Zero-sum games1 comment

oonae wrote 1 month ago: Mimi Smartypants has some good words on picture books.  I particularly liked her devastation of th … more »

Tags: Culture

The Penderwicks

andwestofthemoon wrote 1 month ago: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Bi … more »

Tags: 21st Century

The Penderwicks1 comment

Jenny wrote 1 month ago: When I was a kid, I used to be a regular at the public library. More than a regular, really. I’d … more »

Author links and other useful stuff5 comments

westword wrote 1 month ago: As I mentioned in my report last week, the teacher-librarians at the network meeting I attended had … more »

Tags: Authors, Books, Illustration, Libraries, schools, YA-Lit

The American Legend or Fun with Norton

madwit17 wrote 2 months ago: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume B: 1820-1865 Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving … more »

Tags: American, Literature, america, Boston, Humor, Legend, Norton, Wrought Iron

Recent events

westword wrote 2 months ago: Apologies for not updating the westword blog sooner, but I was in Melbourne for the Children’s … more »

Tags: Books, Illustration, Libraries, Western Sydney, writing

The Scent of Water

oonae wrote 2 months ago: One of the more common patterns in British children’s literature places a group of kids into a … more »

Tags: Lit.

Review: The Higher Power of Lucky

brush wrote 3 months ago: Bibliography: Patron, Susan. 2006. The Higher Power of Lucky. Ill. by Matt Phelan. New York: Atheneu … more »

Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Newbery, Novel, Reviews

Meme: High School Daze to Praise2 comments

sfens wrote 3 months ago: Shaman by Doc Kozzak The Curse of the Shaman - Michael Kusugak The Curse of the Shaman is the stor … more »

Tags: Meme

Review: The Midwife's Apprentice

brush wrote 3 months ago: Bibliography: Cushman, Karen.  1995.  The Midwife’s Apprentice. Prince Frederick, MD: Record … more »

Tags: Fiction, Historical, Novel, Reviews

Review: Lincoln: A Photobiography

brush wrote 3 months ago: Bibliography: Freedman, Russell. 1987. Lincoln: A photobiography. New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books. ISB … more »

Tags: Biography, Historical, Non-Fiction, Photography, Reviews

Life In The Goat Lane

realityshowgirl wrote 3 months ago: Life In The Goat Lane Linda Fink Children’s Lit copyright: 1991 isbn: 0-9657048-1-5 It is the … more »

Tags: Goats

American morning1 comment

Jessica Smith wrote 3 months ago: -  - A bright, sunny, slightly cold morning. I interviewed for the New York City Teaching Fellows … more »

Tags: Job, New York


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