Recently, I was in the grocery store choosing peaches and standing next to another mom who was also shopping. Beside her stood a very bored, very impatient daughter with braces shining on her teeth, a few powdered-over pimples, and a BIG frown. She was not a happy camper until… a sweaty boy in a soccer uniform sauntered by…. Read more »
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Nanobots, Gizmos, and Moving Machines
NANOBOTS by Chris Gall Nano + (ro)bot = Nanobot … a machine or robot built on the nanoscale. (That’s very very very very small!) As imagined by Chris Gall, creator of the illustrated children’s books turned Netflix animation series, Dinotrux, NanoBots are not just tiny robots created “late one night, deep down in a musty… Read more »
Back to school: First day
Two new books have recently hit store shelves and both are excellent additions to classroom, home, and library back-to-school collections: SOPHIE’S SQUASH GO TO SCHOOL by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf (Schwartz and Wade, 2016) and SCHOOL’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by Adam Rex, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Neal Porter Books, 2016). Fans… Read more »
A book that celebrates true believers.
Children are natural activists. They care passionately about issues like the environment and what they see as injustices in their world. It would be hard to find a more inspirational figure for them to read about than Pete Seeger in Anita Silvey’s comprehensive middle grade book LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, (Clarion, 2016). Many… Read more »
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
This book by Arthur A. Levine and illustrated by Katie Kath will bring a beautiful morning to you. The subject of this picture book, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, is a difficult one. Noah experiences the sudden and confusing changes in his grandfather as grandfather begins to lose his physical, emotional, and mental abilities. No longer… Read more »
Back to school time!
Summer is nearly over. Sure, it’s kind of sad to see those lazy, crazy days end, but Fall and a new school year bring the promise of crisp weather, new friends, and exciting new subjects to learn. And new books, too! Book groups and book clubs and discussions about plot and character and plain, old… Read more »
#Books for Better
The ReaderKidZ are happy to step out of our summer hiatus to share a much-appreciated post by Lauren Davis and the folks at All The Wonders. Here’s a sneak peek: … sometimes, in the midst of this darkness, it becomes all too easy to forget about the other side of the coin—the side that suffuses… Read more »
