Pages - Menu

▼
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Reading Through History: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (1973)

›
It is 1840, and Jessie lives with his mother and sister in New Orleans, where he sometimes plays the fife to earn a few coins. One day...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Reading with Little Miss Muffet, August 2015

›
New Book Behaviors Every month when I sit down to write about Miss Muffet's latest book-related activities, I am always surprised ...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Reading Through History: Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice (1991)

›
This week's book, Weasel , is set in 1839 Ohio. Nathan and Molly have been waiting for days for their father to return from huntin...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Book Review: See You Next Year by Andrew Larsen and Todd Stewart (2015)

›
Every year a girl and her family visit the same beachside motel on their summer vacation, and follow the same routine, but things chan...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Reading Through History: Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader (1939)

›
On an April morning in 1837, seventeen-year-old New Hampshire native Bill Crawford picks up his peddler's pack and sets off for Ohio...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Book Review: In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van, illustrated by April Chu (2015)

›
In a village by the sea, a mother and baby wait for a father to return home, while, on his boat, the father hopes for the end to a violent...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Book Review: Lost in NYC by Nadja Spiegelman, illustrated by Sergio Garcia Sanchez (2015)

›
On Pablo's first day as the new student in a New York City public school, his class takes a field trip to explore the subway. When he ...