Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness
The Whites of Their Eyes
Andrew Clements delivers the latest in his adventure-filled school series. This could be the last great Memorial Day weekend on Barclay Bay, and Ben knows it. This time next year, he might not be able to stand in the yard of the Oakes School and watch the harbor shake off winter—boats buzzing just beyond the […]
The House of the Scorpion
You're Dead, David Borelli
Fear Itself
School Library Journal Gr 3 5—In the second installment (2011) in the series by Andrew Clements, Benjamin Pratt and his friend Jill are still trying to save their historic New England school from demolition by amusement-park developers. After the untimely death of the school janitor, Mr. Keane, the new hire, seems to be stalking Ben […]
Out of My Mind
The Washington Post – Mary Quattlebaum In Melody, author Sharon Draper creates an authentic character who insists, through her lively voice and indomitable will, that the reader become fully involved with the girl in the pink wheelchair. Details such as the messy particulars of Melody's daily routine, her anger over being babied intellectually and the […]
We the Children
Children's Literature – Shirley Nelson This first book in the "Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School" series introduces the reader to middle-schoolers Ben and Jill. In just a few weeks, their school will be destroyed and replaced by a historical amusement park. As Ben hurries to homeroom one day, he sees the school […]
Olivia Goes to Venice
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Miaya May Dodge. Children's Literature The irrepressible Olivia the Pig is off to Venice for spring vacation. She rather enjoys the search for weapons at the airport but is truly enthusiastic to discover that pizza and ice cream—make that "gelato"—are available everywhere. Falconer's whimsical tale about […]
War, Women and the News : How Female Journalists Won the Battle to Cover World War II
Big Bad Bunny
Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Eliahna Pearl Simpson. Publishers Weekly Review :At first glance, Big Bad Bunny seems like a creature that haunts the dreams of sleeping children: Fearlessly crossing "mucky swamps" and "rushing streams" ("Big Bad Bunny can go anywhere"), the monster has furiously knitted eyebrows, […]