Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Early chapter book for kids who are just starting to read independently.
PickyKidPix loves Katie Woo even though she discovered this series in 5th grade while messing around in her school library. She encouraged me to continue with the Katie Woo book giveaways because she wants to spread the love, and copies come my way that land in her room. I told her that a spinoff series about Pedro…
There’s no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner. John Grogan, Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is tomorrow, April 30. This day was created as a way to raise awareness for thousands of pets that are waiting for (and needing) adoption from the shelters. It…
I’m not sure what children’s publishing rule of thumb seems to dictate that hamsters sell Early Chapter Books but when I judged the first round Cybils, there was a surprising amount of hamster themed books in this category. This, of course, let me to search out more Early/Easy Chapter Books with hamsters as characters as…
When PickyKidPix was in 5th grade, she fell in love with the Katie Woo series but it’s not what you think. She and her friend Griffin liked to hang out in the Early Chapter Book corner of the library during library time. I would imagine that they were screwing around, as they tend to do. Their friend…
I’m excited to be judging first-round Cybils this year in the categories of Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books. There were over 50 entrants for Early Chapter Books this year and we just finished picking the shortlist. Now, round 2 judges will take over to pick the final winners — 1 in each category! There…
I’m thrilled to be judging first round Easy Readers and Early Chapter books for the Cybils! I’m joined by Katie Fitzgerald of Story Time Secrets, Jennifer Wharton of Library Thing, and Jean Little Library, Juliana Lee of Juliana Lee: Crafting Stories, Susan Murray of From Tots to Teens. The Easy Reader genre was my biggest challenge to find…
I’m really excited about this new series of early chapter book from Scholastic called Scholastic Branches. The Branches line is solely made up of series. They want young readers to return to their favorite characters again and again—because that is how they build reading stamina and confidence! There is a Branches book for every kid! According…