When I was a kid, we lived on a farm in Prospect, Kentucky. My sister and I rode horses every single day. We had lots of dogs and cats, and a duck named Sweet Feed. What was it like being surrounded by so many animals? Lots of fun but lots of work, too. We fed… Read more »
October 2010
Your Friend, Tami Lewis Brown
Dear Reader: I couldn’t be more thrilled that you’re reading my new picture book biography SOAR, ELINOR! When I was a kid everyone in my family flew airplanes- my dad, my mom, even my little sister. Eventually I became a pilot, too. So when I learned about girl pilot Elinor Smith I couldn’t wait to… Read more »
SOAR, ELINOR!
The first few lines of Tami Lewis Brown’s incredible non-fiction picture book Soar, Elinor! read: “In 1917, some girls dressed their dolls. They played house and hopscotch, jump rope and jacks. But one little little girl wanted more. Elinor Smith wanted to soar.” And soar, she did. As a result of Tami Lewis Brown’s masterful… Read more »
Many Voices, Many Ways to be Heard
Each of this week’s selections tells the story of one or more people – some young, some old, boys, girls, women, men – who’ve made a difference in the world. Each one has taken the talents he or she has been given, the obstacles s/he has had to overcome, and his or her own voice… Read more »
Disruptive Boys and Splurch!
Another fun book for Halloween – or any time of year – is SPLURCH ACADEMY FOR DISRUPTIVE BOYS by Julie Berry, illustrated by Sally Faye Gardner. Cody Mack is in big trouble He’s an unruly boy and his parents don’t know what to do. The reports on his bad behavior are enough to fill two… Read more »
Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco, by Julie Berry
Got a pair of dice? If so, download the plot point reading comprehension board game attached below. Slither and stalk through the ghoulish corridors of the world’s creepiest school for boys ever founded. At Splurch Academy, there are monsters at every turn. Monsters? Or teachers? Hard to tell… Here’s a big ReaderKidZ warning for you. Watch out for the Rebellio-Rodent… Read more »
Skeleton Man, by Joseph Bruchac
Bruchac’s Skeleton Man is the epitome of Halloween terror at its tasteful best! Just read the following chilling line: …and in the moon that shone so gently on me is stark and hard in the way it lights up the creature that looms there above me. He is taller than a tall man…He has no… Read more »
