Quiet Down Loud Town!
Falling Into Place
First Garden : the White House Garden and How It Grew
School Library Journal K-Gr 4—The author and illustrator of Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie (Clarion, 2009) returns with another book that celebrates the joys of gardening and sharing healthy foods with others. Beginning with an introduction to the White House and its grounds, Gourley then describes some of the children […]
Okay For Now
The New York Times – Richard Peck …beneath the jumble of tragedy and tragicomedy is a story about the healing power of art and about a boy's intellectual awakening…"You know what it feels like," Doug says to his wounded brother and Mr. Powell, "to stroke color onto an Arctic tern flying off the page, going […]
Those Darn Squirrels!
Added to the library in honor of the birth of Cole Joseph Kawecki. Children's Literature: Old Man Fookwire is a grump. The only things he likes are birds. Knowing he will be lonely when they fly south for the winter, he fills many birdfeeders in hopes that they will stay. Unfortunately for him, he has […]
Jane Addams, Champion of Democracy
School Library Journal : Gr 6 Up-The introduction asserts, "Today most people either don't know who Jane Addams was, or they have only a vague idea," but the number of books published about her, especially juvenile titles, suggests that she is not such an obscure figure. What distinguishes this one is the broader context that […]