Bluestem Award Nominees: Part Four
Here are two more of the nominees for the 2012 Bluestem Award. Swindle, by Gordon Korman After a mean collector named S. Wendell Palamino (known as Swindle) cons him out of […]
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo “Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with […]
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Zoom, Rocket, Zoom!, by Margaret Mayo Your rocket is launching into space. It’s zooming, blasting, swooping, then descending and touching down. You’re an astronaut walking, bouncing, bounding and...
View ArticleRiley and Friends to the Rescue
Imagine a large bully, dogs suffering in a puppy mill, an embezzler, bank robbers and a police chief who is not to be trusted. Who is going to come to […]
View ArticleVillain School: Hero in Disguise
When is a villain a hero, not a villain? When they have to fight evil superheroes to save the day! In Stephanie S. Sanders’ latest in the Villain School series, […]
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