Join in the fun!
Category Archives: Award Book
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
Confession: I am not a Star Wars fan. I remember watching the original movies as a kid, and yeah, they were okay. But I don’t think I really got it. I remember actually sleeping through one of the prequels that … Continue reading
Read Aloud Thursday–music edition
This RAT post isn’t so much about books about music in a completely straightforward way, but there’s definitely a subtle theme going on. Enjoy! I picked The Really Awful Musicians by John Manders up out the new books bin at our of … Continue reading
Posted in Award Book, Books, Education, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged Award Winning Books Challenge, history, Middle Ages
16 Comments
ALA Youth Media Awards–60 (ish), Amy–6 (ish)
After a night of broken sleep, punctuated by severe weather alerts that rival air raid sirens in their ability to induce panic in us shell-shocked Alabamians, I got up this morning to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards presentation live … Continue reading
Ben Franklin: His Wit and Wisdom from A to Z by Alan Schroeder
History books are usually met with enthusiasm here at the House of Hope. Alphabet books, however, are not. In Ben Franklin: His Wit and Wisdom from A to Z, Alan Schroeder has written a nonfiction picture book that combines history … Continue reading
The ALA awards are coming!
They usually sneak up on me, but not this year! The Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and a dozen plus more awards will be announced at 7:45 a.m. CST on Monday, January 23. Here’s a little video clip that I received from Open … Continue reading
Read Aloud Thursday::Armchair Cybils–picture fiction shortlisted titles
Of all the Cybils categories I’ve actively tried to read books from, the picture fiction shortlist is the one I’ve had the hardest time tracking down books in. (Grammar geeks, please ignore my loose-and-free use of prepositions in that … Continue reading
Armchair Cybils::January Link-Up
Who else thinks this year is already zooming by? I can’t believe it’s time for January’s Armchair Cybils link party! I haven’t had the opportunity to read as many Cybils shortlisted titles yet as I would’ve liked. This month my … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair Cybils, Award Book, Books, Cybils
2 Comments
Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman (again)
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before (well, except for the times I’ve gone on and on and on about how much my girls love all things Laura Ingalls Wilder), but I’m highlighting a book today that I’ve reviewed … Continue reading
Thunder Birds: Nature’s Flying Predators by Jim Arnosky
I’ve had Jim Arnosky’s Thunder Birds: Nature’s Flying Predators in my to-be-reviewed stack for a while; in fact, it has gone back to the library once and been re-shelved since I first read it, and I’ve found it and re-checked it … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair Cybils, Books, Cybils, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nature, Picture Books
Tagged Nonfiction Monday
12 Comments
Read Aloud Thursday::The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
I catalogued Louise Erdrich‘s The Birchbark House as our last chapter book read-aloud of 2011, though we actually just finished it up this week. I have mixed feelings about this chapter book which I will try to express in this review. … Continue reading
Posted in Award Book, Books, Juvenile Fiction, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged National Book Award
12 Comments
