As far as the ReaderKidZ are concerned, every month of the year should filled with poetry. But come April, it’s official – National Poetry Month! This month we’ll be sharing some of our favorite poetry collections, anthologies, and novels in verse. We’d love to hear about your favorites, too! Try reading poetry late at night in bed,… Read more »
Book Room
Not Just Ordinary Friends
“Lulu and Mellie were seven years old. They were cousins and they were friends. Their houses were so close that it took less than five minutes to run between the two. They could visit each other easily without getting lost or squished on the road. That was a good thing, because Lulu and Mellie were… Read more »
PLANT A POCKET OF PRAIRIE
You can count on any book by Phyllis Root to surprise and delight, maybe stop you in your thinking tracks. PLANT A POCKET OF PRAIRIE … what is this you might ask, a book about planting a prairie? Yes! This is a lyrical, thoughtful and inspiring book about all that a prairie offers – butterflies… Read more »
To Share or Not to Share?
IT’S NOT YOURS, IT’S MINE! by Susanna Moores (Child’s Play, 2013) Blieka’s been given a ball. It’s big. Round. And red. It’s hers. Forever and always. Blieka doesn’t care if her friends keep asking to borrow it. She won’t share and, worried that someone might take the ball without asking, Blieka carries it with her… Read more »
Librarian’s Corner: Great Books About Friendship
“Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” – Charles R. Swindoll Sometimes a good friend is hard to find, but these books remind us that the friend we are looking for can often be found in the most unlikely of places. For the youngest readers: A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom… Read more »
Grandfather Gandhi
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi with Bethany Hegedus, illustrated by Evan Turk (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014) is Arun’s story about living on the Sevagram with his grandfather, the Mahatma Gandhi. The Sevagram in India is dirty and dusty. Young Arun doesn’t like eating mushy, boiled pumpkin. He doesn’t speak Gujarati well, and he… Read more »
FRIENDSHIP BOOKS, NOT FOR THE BIRDS!
Two totally different and unusual books about friendship, but both so fun. For the younger reader/ listener: THOSE DARN SQUIRRELS and the CAT NEXT DOOR by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri How to make a friend? Little Old Lady Hu with her very opinionated cat, Muffins, moves in next door to very grumpy Old… Read more »
