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June 2016

Review

Radioactive! Review

Conkling, Winifred. Radioactive! How Irene Curie & Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World. Non-fiction. Algonquin, 01/2016. 227pp. $17.95. 978-1-6162-0415-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. In the 1930s, “the world of physics was exploding with exciting [continue reading]

Published on Jun 29, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Winifred Conkling

Review

Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs Review

Park, Linda Sue. Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs. Picture Book. Jennifer Black Reinhardt, Illus. Clarion, 03/2016. [40]pp. $16.99. 978-0-544-39101-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-4. Eighteen animals are joined with their homonymic and homographic verbs, sometimes doubled, sometimes [continue reading]

Published on Jun 22, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Linda Sue Park, Yaks Yak

Read-Alike

Flipped Read-Alikes

Romance for Tweens Readalikes for Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen Bauer, Joan. Squashed.  Blackstone, Matt. Sorry You’re Lost.  Blume, Judy. Tiger Eyes.  Boie, Kirsten. The Princess Trap.  Cleary, Beverly. Fifteen. Eyre, Lindsay. The Best Friend [continue reading]

Published on Jun 20, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Romance

Author Lois Duncan Dies

Author Lois Duncan Dies:  Lois Duncan, author of suspense mysteries for tweens and teens including I Know What You Did Last Summer (Harper, 1973), has died at the age of 82 at her home in [continue reading]

Published on Jun 20, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Lois Duncan

Review

Wooden Prince Review

Bemis, John Claude. Wooden Prince, The. Fiction. Out of Abaton Series, Bk. 1. Disney/Hyperion, 03/2016. 313pp. $16.99. 978-1-4847-0727-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. The fairytale of Pinocchio, the puppet who becomes a boy, is thrillingly twisted in [continue reading]

Published on Jun 14, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: John Claude Bemis, Wooden Prince

Professional Reading: Innovation Age Learning

Professional Reading Sakai-Miller, Sharon “Sam.” Innovation Age Learning: Empowering Students by Empowering Teachers. International Society for Technology in Education, 2016. 186p. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-56484-355-5.  Although this was written for classroom teachers, youth services librarians will [continue reading]

Published on Jun 13, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Innovation Age Learning, Sharon Sakai-Miller

Author Rhoda Blumberg Dies

Author Rhoda Blumberg Dies: Newbery Honor recipient Rhoda Blumberg died at home on June 6th at the age of 98. She wrote more than 25 nonfiction books for children, including Commodore Perry in the Land [continue reading]

Published on Jun 13, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Rhoda Blumberg

Outstanding! – May 2016

Every month, we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]

Published on Jun 9, 2016
Posted by: abellelibrary
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month, Updates
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