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    Review of the Day: Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton

    Betsy Bird, August 7, 2012 | Reviews

    Freaky Fast Frankie Joe By Lutricia Clifton Holiday House $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-8234-2367-5 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Realistic fiction for kids has more baggage than other fictional genres for that age group. Fantasies and comedies and science fiction get to rely on the extraordinary to weave their tales. Historical fiction, meanwhile, has the nice veil […]

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    Review of the Day: Twelve Kinds of Ice by Ellen Bryan Obed

    Betsy Bird, July 25, 2012 | Best Books of 2012, Reviews

    Twelve Kinds of Ice By Ellen Bryan Obed Illustrated by Barbara McClintock Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-618-89129-0 Ages 6-10 On shelves November 6th Every year the children’s librarians of the New York Public Library system come together and create a list of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. The list, now entering its 101st […]

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    Review of the Day: Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker

    Betsy Bird, July 11, 2012 | Best Books of 2012, Reviews

    Summer of the Gypsy Moths By Sara Pennypacker Balzer & Bray (an imprint of Harper Collins) $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-196420-6 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Spoiler Alert – I am giving away every little detail about this book in this review. You have been warned. As a librarian I’m always on the lookout for good middle […]

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    Review of the Day: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

    Betsy Bird, May 3, 2012 | Best Books of 2012, Reviews

    Three Times Lucky By Sheila Turnage Dial (an imprint of Penguin) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8037-3670-2 Ages 9-12 On shelves May 10th The Southern Girl Novel. It’s pretty much a genre in and of itself in the children’s literary world. Some years produce more of them than others but they all tend to follow the same format. […]

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    Review of the Day: Wonder by R.J. Palacio

    Betsy Bird, February 21, 2012 | Best Books of 2012, Reviews

    Wonder By R.J. Palacio Alfred A. Knopf $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-86902-0 Ages 9-12 On shelves now They say if you want to win an Oscar you need to play somebody with an extreme personal difficulty (terminal illness, disease, etc.). They do not, for the record, say that about award winning children’s books. There isn’t this general […]

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    Review of the Day: Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri

    Betsy Bird, October 1, 2011 | Reviews

    Ghetto Cowboy By G. Neri Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-4922-7 Ages 10 and up. On shelves now. Fun Fact: Parents these days speak in code. As a New York children’s librarian I had to learn this the hard way. Let’s say they want a folktale about a girl outwitting a […]

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    Review of the Day: Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald

    Betsy Bird, September 21, 2011 | Reviews

    Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading By Tommy Greenwald Illustrated by J.P. Coovert Roaring Brook (Macmillan) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-691-6 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. The unreliable narrator. It’s a staple of adult literature, and a relative newcomer to the world of children’s lit. Even books for teens are more likely to sport these first […]

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    Review of the Day: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

    Betsy Bird, September 9, 2011 | Best Books of 2011, Reviews

    Wonderstruck By Brian Selznick Scholastic Press $29.99 ISBN: 978-0545027892 Ages 9 and up On shelves September 13, 2011 Hype. What’s the point? A publisher believes that a book is going to be big so they crank up the old hype machine and do everything in their power to draw attention to it long before its […]

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    Review of the Day: The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Betsy Bird, August 23, 2011 | Best Books of 2011, Reviews

    The Unforgotten Coat By Frank Cottrell Boyce Photographs by Carl Hunter and Clare Heney Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-5729-1 Ages 9-12 On shelves September 13th. Contemporary Mongolia doesn’t have all that many English language children’s novels to its name. And if you asked me to name everything I knew about Mongolia today, I’d probably find […]

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    Review of the Day: When Life Gives You O.J. by Erica S. Perl

    Betsy Bird, August 18, 2011 | Reviews

    When Life Gives You O.J. By Erica S. Perl Alfred A. Knopf $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-85924-3 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. Children’s librarians can be neatly divided into two categories with relatively little difficulty. Basically, they either love and adore dogs and all things doggie related or they don’t. I don’t. I was never the kid […]

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