Real people doing real things. Picture Book biographies provide readers with engaging opportunities to learn about the small and large steps ordinary people have taken to accomplish extraordinary things. Beginning as early as second grade, students are expected to “describe the connection between a series of historical events… in a text.” (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3) What better way to… Read more »
Dianne White
Thankfall for Fall
WONDERFALL by Michael Hall (Greenwillow Books, 2016) Fall comes as a gentle breeze that jiggles an oak tree full of leaves in various shades of green. Acorns fall from the tree: Plink. Plunk. Plop. “Peacefall.” The days grow longer, the colorful oak more beautiful, with bright pops of orange, red, and the changing colors of the season. “Beautifall.” Digitally-rendered… Read more »
Pug Meets Pig by Sue Lowell Gallion
PUG Meets PIG (Beach Lane Books/S&S, 2016) by Sue Lowell Gallion, illustrated by Joyce Wan Life is good. Pug has a nice home, a bowl with his name on it, and a yard where he works. He even has a soft bed all his own. It’s everything he needs and a little bit more. Until… Read more »
Super Powers, Superheroes: Peter Powers, Jo Schmo, and Freddie Ramos
PETER POWERS and His Not-So-Super Powers by Kent Clark and Brandon T. Snider, illustrated by Dave Bardin (Little, Brown and Company, 2016) Peter Powers comes from a “Super” family. Mom, Dad, older brother, Gavin, younger sister, Felicia, and Baby Ben each have an amazing superpower. Peter has powers, too, but his super power is, well,… Read more »
The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart
ReaderKidZ is pleased to welcome our newest reviewer, 5th grader, Terra. Welcome! “He has a new book? What? Are you really, truly telling me that Trenton Lee Stewart has a new book?” The answer to my question was a simple three letters.Y-E-S. Yes. Trenton Lee Stewart’s new book, THE SECRET KEEPERS (Little, Brown Young Readers, 2016) had… Read more »
Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals by Charles Ghigna
In just a few days, children’s author and poet, Charles Ghigna (who also goes by the name, Father Goose) welcomes his newest book – a collection of some of the world’s interesting creatures and animal oddities. Things like the blob fish, the mata mata, and the red-eyed crocodile skink. These STRANGE, UNUSUAL, GROSS & COOL ANIMALS will entice your… Read more »
Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost, illustrated by Amy June Bates
The weather’s changing and Faith is waiting for the first apple to fall from Aunt Lucy’s tree. That tree, in front of what used to be Aunt Lucy’s house, is now the house where Faith and her brother, Peter, live with their parents. Every year, Faith and Peter anticipate their aunt and uncle’s arrival. But this… Read more »
