LARA’S GIFT by Annemarie O’Brien (released August 6 by Knopf) is about a girl named Lara living in Imperialist Russia in the early 1900’s who wants to become the Count’s next kennel master–even though it is forbidden. This is part 2 of ReaderkidZ’s interview with Annemarie. What was your life like when you were… Read more »
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Interview with the Author of LARA’S GIFT: Annemarie O’Brien
LARA’S GIFT, released on August 6 by Knopf, is about a young girl in Russia in the early 20th century, and her love of dogs–Russian Borzoi to be exact. The men in Lara’s family have been the kennel masters for Russian Count Voronstov for many generations, breeding and keeping the Borzoi hunting dogs. Lara has… Read more »
Summer Went By in a Blink
We’re back! We hope you and yours have had a good summer and are gearing up for the school year ahead. The ReaderKidZ are ready for 2013-14. We’ll post more book reviews, more author and illustrator interviews, and more tools in the Tool Box than ever before. We want your ideas and suggestions. Let us… Read more »
Splash! Signing Off For Summer
Dear Readers, School’s out!! Or almost. We’ve had a wonderful time this year sharing children’s books we admire about accepting differences, families in change, intriguing people, historical fiction, sports, humor, poetry, and of course, favorites—ours and those of our young reader friends. For now the ReaderKidZ team goes on hiatus until August. We’ll use this… Read more »
Summer is Short and There Are So Many Books!
Annie and Simone are in Sharry Wright’s Mother Daughter bookclub in San Francisco. Here are some of their favorites: The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson I like this book because the friendship was so strong between the two main characters. I Thought the book was written well because the author used so much detail… Read more »
Kids’ Picks from San Francisco
Caroline, Anna, Delancey, and Lyali are the daughters in a Mother-Daughter Book Club in San Francisco. They read a LOT and are recommending some of their favorites. Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker is a great series about a girl who is always paying attention to things, maybe not the things she should be paying attention to,… Read more »
What’s Your Question for the Librarian’s Corner?
We at the Librarian’s Corner have tried to answer the most Frequently Asked Questions we could think of that our readers might ask. Using the ReaderKidZ search function, you can access them by typing in FAQ (or FAQs). We’ve covered everything from awards and banned books, to poetry and wordless books and enticing reluctant readers…. Read more »
