Jack’s scatterbrained parents did it – again. Hilarious action and dangerous rapids rule the day in Jack at the Helm (Darby Creek Publishing) by Lisa Doan, the third and final book in the Berenson Schemes Series. The Berenson’s high hopes to make their fortune while not losing Jack – once again – to fend for himself… Read more »
Stephanie Greene
A brave girl, a stray dog, and an ending that will make you cheer through your tears
There have been a slew of good middle grade books published in recent years about children who face learning or behavioral challenges and that’s wonderful. So many children are moving through real life facing these, and other, challenges. To be able to see themselves in the pages of a book has got to be a… Read more »
A Princess Posey give-away!
In the newest book in the Princess Posey series, Princess Posey and the First Grade Ballet (Putnam) by Stephanie Greene, Posey faces another six-year-old dilemma. She’s going to be a heart in her first ballet recital – a Valentine’s Day ballet – and she’s so excited! Hearts mean love and kindness, and Posey’s sure she… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving!
ReaderKidZ wishes all of you safe travels and happy reunions this Thanksgiving weekend. Be sure to check back here in December! We’ll be giving away beautiful, fun and exciting books all month so that you can pass them on to a child who loves to read, or one who hasn’t yet been captured by the… Read more »
Author in Residence: Part 2 of White on BLUE
ReaderKidZ co-founder and elementary-school teacher Dianne White’s spectacular picture book BLUE ON BLUE will be released on December 9th. We’re thrilled at the chance to interview one of our own! Today we pick up where we left off on Wednesday. ReaderKidZ: You were a teacher in grades 1, 2 and 3 for more than 25… Read more »
The man who unlocked the mysteries of the universe
“In the Milky Way galaxy … in a big city … in a small apartment … lived a boy named Carl.” And so it begins, STAR STUFF, Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos, (Roaring Brook Press, 2014), written and illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson. In a charming book about the man who introduced… Read more »
The many sides of friendship
Fourth grade isn’t easy for Penelope Crumb in Penelope Crumb is Mad at the Moon by Shawn Stout. She proudly wears her gray elephant costume with the huge nose to school for “Be An Animal Day.” Trouble is, it’s the wrong day. That’s all it takes for her used-to-be-best-friend Patsy Cline and other girls to… Read more »
