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Ages: 9 - 14
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Watch this book trailer video to hear what kids would rather be doing ... Anything but reading! Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading is a novel for children by Tommy Greenwald and with illustrations by J.P. Coovert. It's the perfect book for al...l of the middle grade reluctant readers out there ... and the eager readers, too!
Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he's managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he's in middle school, avoiding reading isn't as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he's tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact. This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he'll go to get out of reading a book. (1:18)
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October 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM
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Ages: 9 - 14
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Watch this book trailer video for Shimmer, a fantasy novel for children.Alyson Noël, best-selling author of the Immortals series, continues her new fantasy series about Ever's younger sister, Riley. This book is a follow-up to the book Radiance. ( :3...0)
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October 14, 2011 at 04:28 PM
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Ages: 11 - 14
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This selection features the book trailer for the mystery novel The Haunting of Charles Dickens. In the novel, thirteen-year old Meg enlists the author Charles Dickens to help her solve the mystery of her older brother's disappearance. The selection...'s music sets the tone for suspense/mystery. ( 1:13)
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October 17, 2011 at 05:12 PM
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Ages: 11 - 15
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Watch this author video to hear Australian writer Helen Garner discuss her novel The Spare Room. In this author interview, Garner talks about what she wanted to say in this book about friendship and her thoughts on alternative cancer treatments. ( 2...:27)
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October 3, 2011 at 08:05 PM
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Ages: 11 - 15
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Watch this book trailer video for A Cabinet of Wonders and The Celestial Globe, the first two novels in the Kronos Chronicles children's fantasy series for middle grade readers by author Marie Rutkoski. Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's... never been ordinary. She has a tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning in a glass sphere. And Petra's father is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. Then Petra's father returns home—blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. Petra doesn't know why, but she does know this: She will go to Prague and steal her father's eyes back. When she finds out that her father's clock has the power to destroy the world, Petra realizes she may never make it home alive. This is a great resource to entice and encourage our middle school readers. (1:26)
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October 8, 2011 at 09:52 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Watch this video to hear Karen Romano Young discuss her book Doodlebug: A Novel in Doodles, her novel for children told through doodles. In this author interview, the children's book author shares some great tips on doodling and doodle writing, inclu...ding how to draw a shark and how to show emotion in a word. In this ingenious children's fiction book of doodles, Doreen ""Dodo"" Bussey's family is moving, and Dodo doesn't want to go. Worst of all, she suspects they might be moving because of her. She got into trouble at her last school. On the drive to their new home, her mother gives Dodo a blank notebook, which she uses to chronicle the move, the first days in a new city, and the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends. In the process, she reinvents herself as the Doodlebug. Her little sister seems to adjust to everything so easily—why is it so hard for Dodo? This is a great resource to encourage and entice our reluctant readers especially those artistic kids. (6:12)
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October 9, 2011 at 09:22 AM
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Ages: 10 - 13
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Watch this author video to hear what Cynthia Chapman Willis' pets think of her novel for children, Dog Gone. In this author interview, the children's book author introduces us to her three cats and her dog J.D., and asks each of them what they liked ...best about her book.
Dog Gone is a children's fiction book for readers in the middle grades. In this novel, twelve-year-old Dill is desperately trying to keep her family from falling apart. Her father is always at work, her mother is gone, and their dog, Dead End, seems to be here one moment and missing the next. And big trouble is brewing. A wild pack of dogs is destroying local livestock and property, and the sheriff has ordered them to be shot. Is this where Dead End has been disappearing to? How far will Dill and her best friend Cub go to uncover the truth, and hold together the last strands of a family that seems to be unraveling?
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October 4, 2011 at 10:45 PM
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Ages: 10 - 14
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Watch this video to hear Cindy Dobrez, a middle school librarian, talk about Keeping the Night Watch, a book of poetry for children by Hope Anita Smith. This a story of building a family back as a wayward dad returns home. This is a great resource to... entice and encourage middle school readers. (1:58)
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October 5, 2011 at 08:27 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Watch this author video to hear British fantasy author F.E. Higgins discuss her novel for children and young adults, The Black Book of Secrets. In this award-winning fantasy novel, a boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is L...udlow Fitch, and he is running from a most terrible past. In this village is the life he has dreamed of: a safe place to live and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who buys people's deepest, darkest secrets. Ludlow transcribes the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: the Black Book of Secrets. He yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. But what the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice. (1:11)
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October 4, 2011 at 11:10 PM
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Ages: 7 - 18
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Watch this book trailer video for Popville by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud and watch as a city grows right before your eyes! Open this ingenious and stylish pop-up book and see houses, apartments, factories, and power lines appear as you turn t...he page. The book is a wonderful lesson in how cities grow, told through beautiful pop up art. Stylish retro design and clever paper engineering make this the must-have pop-up book of the year. This would be a great resource for Fine Arts classes. (1:29)
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October 8, 2011 at 09:56 AM
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