This sequel to Lynch’s Iceman (1994) is a sophisticated look at a teen’s maturation through a series of dynamic life changes.
Pick of the Day: Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend (DVD)
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Scaredy Squirrel finds an almost perfect friend in a slightly germy, drooling dog in this animated film from Weston Woods based on Melanie Watts’s picture book, Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend.
Pick of the Day: Zebra Forest
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A novel about two siblings and their presumed-dear father that captures the nuances of family dynamics in spare prose
Pick of the Day: Yellow Star
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Tavia Gilbert’s spot-on narration brings all of the characters to life in Jennifer Roy’s Yellow Star, a story-in-verse offering a glimpse of the experiences of her aunt in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II. Be sure to read the starred audiobook review of the personal account of a young girl.
Pick of the Day: What’s on MyPlate (DVD)
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Teach your students how to use the MyPlate concept to develop healthy eating habits with Learning ZoneXpress’s What’s on MyPlate, an excellent DVD for middle and high school students.
Pick of the Day: Shimmer & Splash
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An overview of sea life from coral reefs to sailfish, sea jellies to fiddler crabs.
Pick of the Day: What Came from the Stars (AUDIO)
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Graham Winton’s narration brings to life Gary Schmidt’s beautiful fantasy, What Came form the Stars, about healing and forgiveness. Check out the starred review of this must-have audiobook for middle school students.
Pick of the Day: A Corner of White
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The first book in “The Colors of Madeleine Series,” a fantasy about two teens living in different worlds, Madeleine in Cambridge, England, and Elliot in the Kingdom of Cello.
Pick of the Day: Curious George Swings into Spring (DVD)
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Celebrate spring with Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat in Curious George Swings into Spring, an upbeat celebration on DVD that’s sure to please kids.
Pick of the Day: Shadow on the Mountain (AUDIO)
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Margi Preus’s Shadow on the Mountain is set in Norway during the Nazi occupation and expertly narrated by Jeff Woodman who gives perfect voices to all the characters. Don’t miss the starred review of this audiobook about a lesser-known part of World War II history.
Pick of the Day: Brush of the Gods
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Stunning ink, watercolor, and pencil artwork brings to life ancient China.
Pick of the Day: Julian Bond (DVD)
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African-American activist Julian Bond relates his family’s struggle for equality in the starred DVD review of Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement from Filmakers Library.
Pick of the Day: Papa’s Mechanical Fish
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With luminous, playful artwork, an exuberant look at the development of one of the first submarines.
Pick of the Day: The Last Dragonslayer (AUDIO)
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Don’t miss the starred review of Jasper Fford’s The Last Dragonslayer, the first title in his “The Chronicles of Kazam” trilogy, a book populated with outrageous individuals and fantastic creatures. Elizabeth Jasicki’s narration of this audiobook is spot-on.
Pick of the Day: An Original DUCKumentary (DVD)
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Meet a variety of ducks and learn all about them via breathtaking visuals and spot-on narration in PBS’s starred DVD production, An Original DUCKumentary..
Pick of the Day: The Lucy Variations
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A coming-of-age story about music, passion, and the search for identity
Pick of the Day: Moonbird (AUDIO)
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Phillip Hoose describes a year in the life of a rufa red knot in the audiobook Moonbird and does a superb job of narrating the text.
Pick of the Day: The Mighty Lalouche
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A captivating tale about small people capable of great feats
Pick of the Day: Marching to the Mountaintop (Audio)
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Ann Bausum explores the connections between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Marching to the Mountaintop. Check out the review for this wonderful audiobook for listeners in middle school and above.
Pick of the Day: Round Is a Tortilla
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THONG, Roseanne Greenfield. Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes. illus. by John Parra. 40p. glossary. Chronicle. Apr. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4521-0616-8.
PreS-Gr 2–This picture book in rhyme focuses on everyday things–a square for a park, a round pot of stew, a rectangle for the scoreboard at the baseball game. All of the shapes and activities reflect Hispanic culture–stars are for parties and the celebration depicted is a fiesta. Round is a sombrero; squares are ventanas, or windows; [...]
