Book of the Week: There Goes the Neighborhood

April 8, 2011 in Book of the Week, Non-Fiction, Tween 9-12

There Goes the Neighborhood by Susan Goldman Rubin, Holiday House, 2001, Ages 9-12.

Controversy surrounded the building of the Washington Monument from the very beginning. People complained that the design looked “like a stalk of asparagus,” and was “a disgrace to our …

Book of the Week: Livvie Owen Lived Here

April 1, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12

Livvie Owen Lived Here by Sarah Dooley, Feiwel and Friends, 2010, 8-13, Young Adult

Livvie and her family have lived in almost every rentable house in Nabor. Although her struggles with autism cause concerned landowners to evict her family, she refuses to live anywhere but …

Book of the Week: Guyku

March 25, 2011 in Baby/Toddler 0-4, Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Non-Fiction, Tween 9-12

Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka, Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds, Houghton Mifflin, 2010, Ages 4-8.

“The wind and I play / tug-of-war with my new kite. / The wind is winning,” and “Hey, who turned off all …

Spoon

March 18, 2011 in Book of the Week, Book Talks, Media, Video

A student in BYU’s School of Education discusses a favorite book and how it can be shared with children to promote literacy and learning.

Hooway for Wodney Wat

March 11, 2011 in Book of the Week, Book Talks, Media, Video

A student in BYU’s School of Education discusses a favorite book and how it can be shared with children to promote literacy and learning.

Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance

March 4, 2011 in Book of the Week, Book Talks, Media, Video

A student in BYU’s School of Education discusses a favorite book and how it can be shared with children to promote literacy and learning.

Book of the Week: The Quiet Book

February 25, 2011 in Baby/Toddler 0-4, Book of the Week, Fiction

The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, Illustrated by Renata Liwska, Houghton Mifflin, 2010, Ages 0-4.

The Quiet Book highlights the many different types of quiet that we experience in our lives. These types include “jelly side down quiet,” “swimming underwater quiet,” “right …

Book of the Week: Girl, Stolen

February 18, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+

Girl, Stolen by April Henry, Henry Holt, 2010, Young Adult.

Cheyenne, both sick and blind, stays in the car while her step-mom runs an errand. This simple act has dire consequences when someone else gets into the unlocked car and drives away …

Book of the Week: Bears! Bears! Bears!

February 11, 2011 in Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Non-Fiction

Bears! Bears! Bears! by Bob Barner, Chronicle Books, 2010, Ages 4-8.

Mother bears and their cubs around the world have fun doing what they do best: being bears. Pandas snap bamboo and grizzlies fish with their claws while sun bears lick up …

Book of the Week: Paper Daughter

February 4, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+

Paper Daughter by Jeanette Ingold, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, Young Adult.

After her father is killed in a hit and run car accident, life is hard for Maggie and her mom as they try to adjust to life alone. Maggie works hard …