I think that when a chapter book series is different and successful such thatnit creates its own mini genre that this is only a good thing. Just like Harry Potter which broke publishing notions that kids won’t read very, very thick books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid series also got kids wildly excited to read. And though the lead character is a boy, girls were also reading this series in droves. Read more…
You have no idea how difficult it was for me to pull this list from my eldest. I have been chasing her down for over a month, trying flattery:
“Can I please get your Top 10 chapter books of the year? You know your posts are some of my most popular posts!” Read more…
Time can’t exist without space, and space can’t exist without time. The two exist as one: the space-time continuum.
Any event that occurs in the universe has to involve both space and time.
If you could travel on a beam of light, time slows down and distances tend to shorten, particularly if you are near a massive object like a sun or planet.
I honestly didn’t expect to like this action adventure thriller as much as I did. True, I LOVE Percy Jackson and the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan but it is because of the mythology mixed in that makes me pre-order the books before they come out. Read more…
What if the characters in a chapter book are …
The Daughter:
1/3 Pippi Longstocking
1/3 Caddie Woodlawn (minus mom and siblings)
1/3 Amelia Earhart/Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Fearless Women in History. Read more…
Please welcome Tanya who writes a fantastic children’s literature book blog called Books4YourKids. I am always struck by her great taste in books and now, after reading her list, I am itching to get my hands on these chapter books including Vanished. This is the third time it’s hit my radar. Read more…
To get my middle daughter to write this post, I had to do two things:
1) Plug her blog called Picky Kid Pix in which she reviews the few items in her life that make her cut.
2) Just type exactly what she says.
These are her words, not mine:
I think that every chapter book is boring in the beginning. Maybe the second or third chapter is when it starts getting good. Just keep reading.
This is her advice to any kids who read these books, or any chapter book in general. Read more…
Here are the rest of the 2012 Children’s and Young Adult book awards…”The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.” Read more…
Congrats to all the authors, illustrators, publishers, friends and family who helped in the creation of all these wonderful books! Which books have you and your kids read and which ones do you recommend? Please share!
p.s. I also posted on the Silbert, Morris, Stonewall and Non-Fiction YALSA here. Read more…
I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time about — dating myself — 35 years ago and how much I loved this Newbery winning chapter book and this author. It was as if entire worlds opened up for me; suddenly science was something mysterious and exciting, as it should be, not something to toil over and memorize. Read more…
