October 2012 Reviews: Stars List

Preschool to Grade 4

ASIM, Jabari. Fifty Cents and a Dream. illus. by Bryan Collier. Little, Brown. Dec. 2012. p. 110.

ASTON, Dianna Hutts. A Rock Is Lively. illus. by Sylvia Long. Chronicle. p. 111.

BANKS, Kate. The Bear in the Book. illus. by Greg Hallensleben. Farrar/Frances Foster. Oct. 2012. p. 88.

BARRETT, Judi. Santa from Cincinnati. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. S & S/Atheneum. Oct. 2012. p. 78.

BISHOP, Nic. Nic Bishop Snakes. photos by author. Scholastic. Oct. 2012. p. 112.

BOYNTON, Sandra. Christmas Parade. illus. by author. S & S/Little Simon. Oct. 2012. p. 79.

DORÉMUS, Gaëtan. Bear Despair. tr. from French. illus. by author. (Stories Without Words Series). Enchanted Lion. p. 94.

DUNREA, Olivier. Little Cub. illus. by author. Philomel. Nov. 2012. p. 100.

HENKES, Kevin. Penny and Her Doll. illus. by author. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. p. 96.

MCDONNELL, Patrick. The Monsters’ Monster. illus. by author. Little, Brown. p. 100.

WILLEMS, Mo. Let’s Go For a Drive! illus. by author. (Elephant and Piggie Series). Hyperion/Disney. p. 110.

GRADES 5 & UP

AVI. Sophia’s War. S & S/Beach Lane. p. 123.

DOCTOROW , Cory. Pirate Cinema. Tor. Oct. 2012. p. 130.

ELLIS, Deborah. My Name Is Parvana. (Breadwinner Series). Groundwood. Oct. 2012. p. 130.

GIDWITZ, Adam. In a Glass Grimmly. Dutton. p. 134.

GRIFFIN, Adele. All You Never Wanted. Knopf.Oct. 2012. p. 134.

HOOSE, Phillip. Moonbird. Farrar. p. 157.

JOHNSON , Rebecca L. Zombie Makers. Millbrook. Oct. 2012. p. 157.

KING, A. S. Ask the Passengers. Little, Brown. Oct. 2012. p. 139.

LEAVITT , Martine. My Book of Life by Angel. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson. p. 140.

PREUS , Margi. Shadow on the Mountain. Abrams/Amulet. p. 148.

SHEINKIN , Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon . Roaring Brook/Flash Point. p. 159.

STEPHENS , John. The Fire Chronicle. Bk. 2. (The Books of Beginning Series). Knopf. Oct. 2012. p. 150.

STIEFVATER, Maggie. The Raven Boys. Bk. 1. (The Raven Cycle). Scholastic. p. 151.

WALKER, Sally M. & Douglas W. Owsley. Their Skeletons Speak. Carolrhoda. Oct. 2012. p. 160.

Adult Books 4 Teens Blog

ABBOTT, Megan. Dare Me. Little, Brown. (Aug. 20 post)

KEESEY, Anna. Little Century. Farrar. (Sept. 4 post)

RATNER, Vaddey. In the Shadow of the Banyan. S & S. (Aug. 27 post)

ROSS, Richard. Juvenile in Justice. Richard Ross. (Aug. 13 post)

DVD

Light Bulb Conspiracy. Video Project. p. 55.

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct. Weston Woods. p. 56.

Kuffle Bunny Free. Weston Woods. p. 57.

Fever of ’57. Amazon.com. p. 58.

Private Tutor: Your Complete SAT Critical Reading Prep Course. Private Tutor SAT. p. 59.

AUDIO

About Average. By Andrew Clements. Recorded Books. p. 59.

Dreamland Lullabies. Lullaballads.com. p. 68.

Little Pig Joins the Band. Live Oak Media. p. 64.

Make Believers. AV Café. p. 69.

Rapture: A Fallen Novel. By Lauren Kate. Listening Library. p. 66.

Seraphina. By Rachel Hartman. Listening Library. p. 66.

Three Times Lucky. By Sheila Turnage. Penguin Audio. p. 67.

Wonderful Wizard of Oz. By L. Frank Baum. Listening Library. p. 68.