Poetry, Spring, April – Roll Right In! Celebrate! April is National Poetry month and the ReaderKidZ have a plethora of rhymes and verses to share. Let’s celebrate poetry in its many forms and moods. May we suggest nibbling on a sweet verse or two? What a perfect way to play with words, sounds, and rhythm! “Poems for… Read more »
March 2015
JUST ONE MORE by Wendi Silvano “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” Dr. Seuss
The ReaderKidZ are pleased to welcome back author and guest blogger, Diane Kress Hower. I’m honored to share an interview with award-winning author, Wendi Silvano. Wendi is a dear friend and also is a generous contributor to the greater children’s writing community and presenter at RMC SCBWI events. DKH: Welcome Wendi. Would you please give us a… Read more »
Librarian’s Corner: Guest Frances Lee Hall Chats With Good Crooks Series Author Mary Amato
What’s the Hold Up? The Good, the Bad, and the Stinky We all know a life of crime doesn’t pay. But it sure can be funny! What happens when parents-gone-bad try to raise twins-gone-good? You get family heists and zany adventures, that’s what. We’re thrilled to welcome poet, playwright, and songwriter Mary Amato, author of… Read more »
The Dino Sports Series by Lisa Wheeler
Lisa Wheeler’s Dino Sports Series (published by Carolrhoda Books) is as action-packed as they come. Illustrator Barry Gott captures the play-by-play drama perfectly with his aerial shots, bench scenes, and officials straining to keep the games under control. Be it wrestling or soccer, hockey or football, basketball, baseball, and now skateboarding – any sports-loving kid… Read more »
Tales from Deckawoo Drive
LEROY NINKER SADDLES UP is a brand new series by Kate DiCamillo – a spin-off of the very popular and New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books. In this first book in the series, Leroy Ninker has everything a cowboy could want – a hat, lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have… what he needs most of all… Read more »
Librarian’s Corner: Guest Librarian Katie Fitzgerald on Vintage Children’s Series
Some children’s books never go out of style. These vintage series are sure to appeal to contemporary upper elementary readers as much as they did to their parents and grandparents. Swallows & Amazons by Arthur Ransome Set in England’s Lake District, this twelve-volume series published between 1930 and 1947 follows the adventures of John, Susan,… Read more »
Doing research has never been more fun!
In the Fact Tracker series by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, there’s a non-fiction companion book for each of the books in the original Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne – a series that has been delighting young readers (and their parents and teachers) for years. The Magic Tree House books… Read more »
