What do you get when a crazy guy like Jon Scieszka edits a collection of ten suspenseful, frightening, and occasional off-the wall short stories written by accomplished authors such as M. T. Anderson, Bruce Hale, Walter Dean Myers, and James Patterson? You get Guys Read: Thriller – guaranteed to “…thrill, chill, and have you so far… Read more »
New & Noteworthy
Gibbus Moony Wants to Bite You!
GIBBUS MOONY WANTS TO BITE YOU! by Leslie Muir, illustrated by Jen Corace Vampires have been all the rage since Twilight hit the scene and, over the last few years, there have been a number of picture books that have tried to ride that wave. None have quite hit the spot for me until GIBBUS… Read more »
Mason Dixon: Pet Disasters by Claudia Mills
Being an only-child doesn’t bother Mason Dixon in the least. He prefers to enjoy a simplistic, uneventful way of life – right down to his “quiet, ordinary, calm, and predictable” choice of wearing only brown socks. No white. No black. Only brown. To Mason, brown socks don’t call attention to themselves, which is the course… Read more »
999 Tadpoles by Ken Kimura
999 TADPOLES by Ken Kimura and Yasunari Murakami It’s time to move! 999 bright green tadpoles just won’t fit in one tiny pond. Father goes off to find a new home, but “oh, no!” he’s nabbed off by a hungry hawk. Mother cries, “Hold on!” and a whole string of tadpoles soars through the air… Read more »
Following My Paint Brush by Dulari Devi
FOLLOWING MY PAINT BRUSH is the true story of Dulari Devi, a domestic worker who became an artist in the Mithila style of folk painting from Bihar, in eastern India. Her childhood was doomed to be a life of unchanging hard work and no education – not one day of school. But Dulari refused to… Read more »
Nowhere Girl by A. J. Paquette
Paquette’s Nowhere Girl compliments this month’s ReaderKidZ theme of accepting differences perfectly – for in her differences, the protagonist discovers her strength. This is a story about a young girl’s tenacious, heart-wrenching journey across the globe to find a place of belonging for herself and exoneration of her deceased mother’s integrity. Protagonist Luchi Ann is… Read more »
MO WREN, LOST AND FOUND, by Tricia Springstubb
MO WREN: LOST AND FOUND by Tricia Springstubb, illustrated by Heather Ross Mo Wren, her dad, and little sister Dottie have sold their house on Fox Street and moved into an apartment above an abandoned restaurant. Mr. Wren is going to renovate and reopen the restaurant, serving up down-home cooking. But nothing about the move… Read more »
