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Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Miri is a fourteen year old girl leaving on Mount Eskel in the kingdom of Danland. Her father and older sister, like most people in her village, work in the quarry mi… more →
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The Tale of Despereaux
carlosdev wrote 1 month ago: Brave Despereaux prepares to leap into the unknown. (Universal) Starring the voices of Matthew Brode … more →
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 1 month ago: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Miri is a fourteen year old girl leaving on Mount Eskel in the king … more →
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 1 month ago: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Moose Flannigan and his sister, Natalie, have just mo … more →
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 1 month ago: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo When little mouse Desperaux Tilling is born, the first thin … more →
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 2 months ago: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Sam Gribley is from New York, and he hates the city … more →
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 2 months ago: A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle When Meg Murray and her brother Charles Wallace discover … more →
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
northchicagopubliclibrary wrote 2 months ago: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman When Nobody Owens is very young, his family is murdered. Luckily, … more →
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Schatzi wrote 3 months ago: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Geor … more →
It's the end of the world...or is it? Review
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cjz111 wrote 4 months ago: Where is the Adam, the Son of Satan? He was misplaced by Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chatterly Or … more →
Neil Gaiman sweeps another award with The Graveyard book
schulerbooks wrote 4 months ago: Neil Gaiman has won yet another award with his young adult novel The Graveyard Book. Last night The … more →
Friday night brief
basketcase wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been swimming in job applications for the past few days and my brain has turned to mush. … more →
Homeschooling in Children's Lit
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Milton Gaither wrote 6 months ago: This post summarizes what I’ve learned about homeschooling in mainstream children’s lite … more →
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
dborck wrote 6 months ago: Reading The Westing Game is like working out a puzzle. Sixteen oddball characters are named as the h … more →
The Graveyard Book
Pamela wrote 7 months ago: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis is about a baby whose family ha … more →
Utopia or dystopia? Lois Lowry's The Giver
jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 9 months ago: Lois Lowry paints a deceptively harmonious picture of the future in The Giver. Imagine a world i … more →
practice
freshshirt wrote 9 months ago: I used to play the violin. My then violin teacher said I only had to practice 10 to 15 minutes a day … more →
Screenwriting Nerves
Megan Just wrote 9 months ago: I thought I had covered all the copyright bases with my screenplay. The screenplay is an adaptation … more →
Stephen Colbert, Children's Author?
Emily wrote 10 months ago: So you may have heard that the Newbery Award was given this year to Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Bo … more →
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Senator Chick Fight! Gay Evangelist Goes Gayer!
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Karla Keffer wrote 11 months ago: Oh, I love trash. As long as it’s liberal/moderate trash. The Post and FOX News are scum-sucking rig … more →
