One of my favorite times of the year is the end-of-year book lists. Public libraries, journals, authors, publishing companies, educators—they are all posting their favorite books from the year. Are you a middle-grade librarian? There are lists just for the… Read More ›
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Scary Books for the Middle School Library
Horror is my absolute favorite fiction genre, and October is my excuse, or very good reason, to pull most of our scary books for a display. Not that we have to really promote scary books; we have a horde of… Read More ›
What to Read Wednesday – The Nerdy Book Club Awards
Each year the Nerdy Book Club reads thousands of books. Some of those books are okay. Some of those books are good. And, some of those books are GREAT. The Nerdy Book Club Awards was established to highlight some of… Read More ›
What to Read Wednesday – KarinLibrarian’s Top 14 of 2014
GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE by Andrew Smith Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of… Read More ›