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Well, summer is right around the corner, and I for one could not be happier for the soon-to-be beach weather. I know my son Cory can't wait until his vacation starts. I'm sure you're feeling the same way, especially since the school year will be coming to a close for most of you within the next few weeks, if you are not out already. This is the time of year when Cory wishes we lived in the South. That changes in August when he is perfectly happy to be in New Jersey.
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Well, summer is right around the corner, and I for one could not be happier for the soon-to-be beach weather. I know my son Cory can't wait until his vacation starts. I'm sure your children are feeling the same way, especially since the school year will be coming to a close for most of them within the next few weeks, if they are not out already. This is the time of year when Cory wishes we lived in the South. That changes in August when he is perfectly happy to be in New Jersey.
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I've been reading up a storm lately. The last update of the site was down to the wire, so I was hoping to get ahead. No such luck. What with the flurry of reading I had to do for the Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer list, I was in over my head from the beginning. Add all the books I was reading for reviewing, and I was behind the 8-ball all along. But it was a fun place to be.
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Teacher, Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren, New Jersey
During my first year teaching at Watchung Hills Regional High School, I was approached by my supervisor with a very interesting question. “If you could teach any topic as an elective, what would it be?” At first I was very surprised by the question. This was only my second year of teaching, and I was not sure how much impact a 23-year-old novice teacher would have on the curriculum.
Diamond's John Shableski hosted a panel on the Hot Fall Graphic Novels this Saturday at BEA. He was joined onstage by librarians Eva Volin, Christian Zabriskie, Jesse Karp, and Barbara Moon, and together the panel put together a very comprehensive list of the biggest books coming this fall. Thanks to them all for putting together such a nice spectrum of titles, and for conveniently grouping them according to age group. Here's the complete list of graphic novels they picked.
Witty, smart, and always chic, Haley Randolph has it all: Gucci, Prada, Chanel, Coach, Burberry, and she’d kill for the newest Louis Vuitton handbag... but it seems she’s not the only one.
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June 2009
CRAZY FOR THE STORM is the story of Norman Ollestad’s relationship with his dad, who cultivated a daredevil survival streak in him that he credits with saving his life when he was in a charter plane crash on a mountain at age 11 that killed his dad, his dad’s girlfriend and the pilot.
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On death row, serial killer Kenneth Lee Grubb has six days to live and his last request is an interview with reporter Alex Chapa. What begins as a dream story soon turns into a nightmare for Alex.
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Jun 2, 2009
In this interview with Kidsreads.com's Sarah Rachel Egelman, Tina Wells compares herself to Zee, the 12-year-old main character of her new novel MACKENZIE BLUE, and explains why she chose to write this story for middle-grade readers. She also mentions some of her favorite books from childhood, stresses the importance of writing as a form of self-expression, and shares what we can look forward to in future installments of the series.
