2014, Written by Joyce Sidman, Illustrated by Rick Allen Minnesota Book Award for Children's Literature (2015), Claudia Lewis Award for Younger Readers (2015), Riverby Award (2015) Written and illustrated by two Minnesotans, Winter Bees is a beautiful picturebook that explores what local animals do in the cold winter.
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3/25/2017 0 Comments The Crossover2014, Written by Kwame Alexander Newberry Medal (2015), Coretta Scott King Award (2015) 12 year old Josh Bell's world is basketball. He and his twin brother, JB, both play it, and his dad was a professional basketball player back in his day. Told in rap-like verse, The Crossover is a powerful book about growing up, both on and off the court.
2012, Written & Illustrated by Douglas Florian Poem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings, told entirely in verse, is a charming picturebook exploring all of the different fun aspects of baseball. From stealing bases, to pitching, to picking daises in the outfield, Poem Runs will appeal to any child who has a fascination with America's favorite pastime.
3/18/2017 0 Comments Forget Me Not2017, Written by Ellie Terry Starting a new school is hard. But Calliope June has Tourette Syndrome, and that makes it even harder. She can't always control the movements her body makes, or the sounds that come out of her mouth. When her mother's latest breakup means a new school for Callie, she tries to hide her tics, but they refuse to be silent, and Callie quickly becomes a bullying target. Only her neighbor, Jinsong, seems to see the person behind the tics, but social pressure makes him hesitant to make their friendship public.
3/18/2017 0 Comments Love That Dog2001, Written by Sharon Creech Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2004), Dorothy Canfield Fischer Children's Book Award (2003), Claudia Lewis Award (2002) Jack doesn't like poetry. Poetry is for girls, he says, and besides he wouldn't even know what to say. But when his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, makes Jack write poetry as an in-class assignment, Jack discovers that maybe poetry is not so bad. And that, maybe, he does have something to say.
3/2/2017 0 Comments The Red Pencil2014, Written by Andrea Davis Pinkey, Illustrated by Shane Evans Amelia Bloomer Project for Middle-Grade Fiction (2015) The Red Pencil is the story of Amira, a girl living in the Darfur region of Sudan in the early 2000s. When her village is attacked by the Janjaweed militants, her life is shattered. Amira and what is left of her family and her village make the long journey on foot to a refugee camp. Devastated by the loss of her father, Amira's bright light begins to go out...until the gift of a red pencil lights her spark again.
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