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A Great Presidents' Day Book for 8-to-12-Year-Olds: Russell Freedman's 'Lincoln'
If the children’s department of your public library has put up a Presidents’ Day display, it probably includes Russell Freedman’s Lincoln: A Photobiography (Clarion, 160 pp., $20). A… more →
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A Great Presidents' Day Book for 8-to-12-Year-Olds: Russell Freedman's 'Lincoln'
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wrote 1 year ago: If the children’s department of your public library has put up a Presidents’ Day display … more →
A Totally Unauthorized Reading Group Guide to the 2008 Newbery Medal Winner, Laura Amy Schlitz’s ‘Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!’
wrote 1 year ago: 10 Discussion Questions for Young Readers Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices From a Medieval Villag … more →
A Review of the 2008 Newbery Medal Winner, Laura Amy Schlitz's 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!': Voices from a Medieval Village'
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wrote 1 year ago: A prize-winning collection of linked monologues and dialogues in prose and poetry by characters, bet … more →
Two Children's Classics That Didn't Win the Newbery -- What Are the Others?
wrote 1 year ago: This week I was going to compile a list of 10 great children’s novels that didn’t win a Newber … more →
Forsooth, 'Tis Two Brief Excerpts From Laura Amy Schlitz's 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' So That Thou May Know the 2008 Newbery Medal Winner
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wrote 1 year ago: Twenty-two men and women of the 13th century talk about their lives in Laura Amy Schlitz’s Goo … more →
'Hugo Cabret' Wins 2008 Caldecott, 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' Gets Newbery
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wrote 1 year ago: [Note: Additional posts about these awards will appear later today.] Librarians honor one of their o … more →
Newbery and Caldecott Medals TBA 7:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14
wrote 1 year ago: [Update: The complete list of 2008 Newbery and Caldecott winners and Honor Books has been posted on … more →
Do Christian Themes Kill Your Chances of Winning a Newbery Medal? Laura Amy Schlitz’s ‘A Drowned Maiden’s Hair’
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wrote 2 years ago: A gripping neo-Gothic novel snubbed by the American Library Association A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A M … more →
Good Biographies for 9-to-12-year-olds
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wrote 2 years ago: Russell Freedman’s books help children get excited about the lives of great men and women By J … more →
A Review of 'A Drowned Maiden's Hair' Coming March 10
wrote 2 years ago: What happened to the review of A Drowned Maiden’s Hair, the children’s novel that many p … more →
‘Barbara Walters Scrotum’ and Other Funny Search Terms People Have Used to Find My Site This Week
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wrote 2 years ago: The most amusing keywords or keyphrases of the week I have blogged frequently this week about Susan … more →
Six Reasons Why 'That Scrotum Book' Might Have Won the 2007 Newbery Medal Despite the 'S Word'
wrote 2 years ago: What were those librarians thinking? A former book awards judge offers possible answers By Janice Ha … more →
Reading Group Guide to ‘The Higher Power of Lucky’ for Libraries
wrote 2 years ago: 10 Discussion Questions for Young Readers The Higher Power of Lucky By Susan Patron with Illustratio … more →
My Final Word on ‘That Scrotum Book', Including How to Lobby Your Library to Carry ‘The Higher Power of Lucky’ If You Don’t Have Time to Write a Letter
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wrote 2 years ago: The last word on scrotums … Okay, I’ve just about exhausted what I have to say about scrotums, … more →
What Are Canadian Librarians Going to Do About 'That Scrotum Book' During Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 25-March 3)
wrote 2 years ago: A postscript to yesterday’s review of The Higher Power of Lucky: Next week (Feb. 25-March 3) i … more →
‘That Scrotum Book' for Children: A Review of the 2007 Newbery Medal Winner, ‘The Higher Power of Lucky’ by Susan Patron
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wrote 2 years ago: Some libraries have banned the winner of the American Library Association’s highest award for for ch … more →
Review of 'That Scrotum Book' for Children Coming Later Today
wrote 2 years ago: A tempest swirls around this year’s winner of the most prestigious award for children’s … more →
