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YA A to Z: Rachel Hawkins
Why I chose Rachel Hawkins: Excuse me for a moment while I fangirl… I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Rachel Hawkins! Her books are fantastic! Her twitter feed is hilarious! Just…just LOOK at that picture! Okay, I’ll try to contain myself. But sometimes I can’t even, y’all. If I’m remembering correctly, I was first introduced to her [...]
YA A to Z: Sharon Flake
Why I chose Sharon Flake: My school was fortunate enough to host a visit from Sharon. Flake several years ago and she was spellbinding. Just like with her novels, she had the students hanging on her every word. Her characters, and the situations in which they find themselves, are intimately relatable for the students I [...]
Middle Grade Monday – Booooooolean Searching
I’ve been working with my sixth grade students on Boolean searching. It’s not as difficult as it sounds. Well, not once we get past the giggles that the name ‘Boolean’ elicits from them. Maybe I chose to do this too close to Halloween? In any case, it’s a dual purpose effort. Firstly I want them [...]
Friday Finds – November 7, 2014
This Week at TLT YA A to Z: An Alphabet Soup of Awesome YA Authors YA A to Z: Laurie Halse Anderson Book review: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero #YAAtoZ: More letter A recommendations from Twitter YA A to Z: Libba Bray Book Review: Waistcoats & Weaponry #WLA14 #YAAtoZ: More Letter B [...]
Book Review: Waistcoats & Weaponry
The third book in Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series hit the shelves yesterday and picks up immediately where the second title Curtsies & Conspiracies ended, with Sophronia and her friends at their floating finishing school (Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality), concerned about the mental state of their vampire instructor, Professor Braithwope, [...]
YA A to Z: Libba Bray
One of my favorite authors, Libba Bray grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and a high school English teacher. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son, and pets. How’s that for brief? Libba has led a really interesting life, and she has bravely written about [...]
Grasslands Inside Out
Gr 4–6—Informative and picturesque, this comprehensive series takes readers on a tour of Earth's six major biomes, exploring their distinctive characteristics as well as the unique creatures who have made each habitat their home...
Sweet Dreams
Gr 9 Up—A devastating civil war in the 1990s between Hutus and Tutsis left Rwanda in an emotional and political spasm, with more than 800,000 murdered...
Big Bang Press, a New Publisher for Fan Fiction Writers and Artists
Big Bang Press selects fan fiction writers and artists and invites them to create and professionally publish original work. The publisher's debut title, A Hero at the End of the World, releases on November 11.
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