Richard Peck’s latest middle-grade fiction, THE BEST MAN (Sept. 20, 2016, Dial) is full of his trademark humor and intelligence and tackles 21st-century life in lieu of his usual historical fiction. He mentions cell phones, computers, and a printer that spews out hall passes whenever a certain teacher walks by. But it’s not only technology… Read more »
Richard Peck
Funny Books Rule! Why Kids Love Them
I was so pleased that Jack Gantos’s DEAD END IN NORVELT won the Newbery medal this year. Because it’s funny! Humor doesn’t always get the respect and prizes it deserves. Newberys have gone to humorous books only a couple of times in the last fifty years, mainly since 1999*. We tend to assume that if… Read more »
Peck’s Picks
Two children’s librarians and one children’s writer must choose their favorite Richard Peck books for young readers. JEANETTE LARSON picks: GHOSTS I HAVE BEEN. Published in 1977, this is one of Richard Peck’s earliest books and it followed the first book about Blossom Culp, The Ghost Belonged to Me, and his highly successful books for… Read more »
Welcome to ReaderKidZ, January 2012
Happy New Year! January 2012 at ReaderkidZ is all about FANTASY and ADVENTURE. ReaderKidZ is proud to present RICHARD PECK as Author-in-Residence this month. His latest novel, SECRETS AT SEA, is a fantastic adventure involving charming corseted matchmaking mice aboard a great ocean liner due to reach England in time for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee… Read more »
Richard’s Story
My first years of school were during World War II. In fact I marched into kindergarten the week Hitler marched into Poland. But I was better prepared than he. I’d had a mother who read to me, and so I couldn’t wait to get to first grade. I thought we’d be reading by the end… Read more »
ReaderKidZ Holiday Countdown – Day 14
Today, our final day of giveaways, we have two more gifts for visitors to ReaderKidZ! The first is a free book app download for iphone and ipad users (courtesy of Ruckus Media Group) of the classic children’s story, THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, written by Margery Williams, illustrated by David Jorgensen, and told by Meryl Streep. Click… Read more »
