
100 Scope Notes
August 18, 2017 by Betsy Bird
How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit On a Plane? Answers to Your Most Clever Math Questions By Laura Overdeck Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1-250-07229-0 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Geez. How I ended up in this position I’ll never know. Me. A born and bred liberal arts major. The kind […]
March 24, 2017 by Betsy Bird
Wolf in the Snow By Matthew Cordell Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1250076366 Ages 4-7 On shelves now It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why it is that I love picture books as much as I do. Putting aside the usual reasons (brain growth, increasing a child’s capacity for wonder, parent/child bonding, […]
October 28, 2016 by Betsy Bird
Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution By Jonathan Tweet Illustrated by Karen Lewis Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1250113238 Ages 3-6 On shelves now Travel back with me through the Earth’s history, back into the farthest reaches of time when the sand we walk today was still rock and […]
December 9, 2015 by Betsy Bird
Buckle and Squash: The Perilous Princess Plot By Sarah Courtauld Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-250-05277-3 Ages 7-10 On shelves now. Considering that I will never but EVER write an early chapter book or, for that matter, an easy book for new readers, it’s funny how often I sit around contemplating […]
June 1, 2011 by Betsy Bird
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making By Catherynne M. Valente Illustrations by Ana Juan Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-312-64961-6 On shelves now. Well devil if I know what to do with it. Never complain that you are bored, ladies and gentlemen. Say such a […]
August 13, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Jake Starts School By Michael Wright Feiwel and Friends $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-312-36798-5 Ages 3-8 On shelves now Let’s see. As a kid I had a brief love of a blanket (which ended abruptly when my mother put it in the washing machine one day). I was a perpetual crier, bursting into tears at the slightest […]
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May 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Brooklyn Bridge By Karen Hesse Feiwel and Friends $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-312-37886-8 Ages 12 and up On shelves September 2nd. Yeah, I know. Sorry ’bout that. I’ve been trying to be better about doing books too far in advance but . . . I’m just so gosh-darned excited about this one. Cause Karen Hesse is back, […]
February 11, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Bloom: A Little Book About Finding Love By Maria Van Lieshout Feiwel and Friends (Holtzbrinck imprint) $12.95 ISBN: 978-0-312-36913-2 Ages 4-8 On shelves now I don’t usually pay a lot of attention to the seasons. Every year Valentine’s Day shows up and I’m always utterly baffled by its appearance. This year, though, I figured I’d […]
The Classroom Bookshelf
by Mary Ann Cappiello
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