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new releases in kids books

Submitted by Charity James on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 3:57pm

    

dewberry season

Submitted by Charity James on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 5:26pm

San Jacinto Day was April 21 and than means... (no, we don't get that day off anymore)-- dewberry season is here!

R.I.P. Sid Fleishchman (1920-2010)

Submitted by Charity James on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 4:34pm

Newbery winning author Sid Fleishchman died Wed. March 17, one day after turning 90 years old. Sid won the Newbery for The Whipping Boy. Sid's son Paul is also a Newbery winner - for Joyful Noise: Poems for two voices. They are the only father and son to have both won a Newbery Medal.

books for read aloud day

Submitted by Charity James on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 4:10pm

Miss Kathleen informs us that March 3 is World Read-Aloud Day, so here are some suggestions if you're at a loss:

moo baa    wolf   jojofu 

More for Lightning Thief lovers

Submitted by Charity James on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 3:30pm

so you've seen the trailers for The Lightning Thief, or maybe you went to see it already, and now you want to read it , but whaddya know, the whole series is checked out. Now what? Here are some other books that you might enjoy that are retellings of, or are based on Greek myths, or just have characters from Greek mythology.

 

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