Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Debbie Fenty - Tuesday Jul 01 2008 9:07 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, Staff Pick, Saskatoon
Hank Zipzer has good intentions, but always seems to be getting into trouble. Ms. Adolph, his fourth-grade teacher is very strict and won't put up with any nonsense. When Hank's creative interpretation of a class assignment meets with disastrous results, all seems lost, but amazingly, something good comes of it.
by Debbie Fenty - Sunday Jun 08 2008 5:04 pm permalink Post a comment
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Life is complicated for 13 year old Tony Miglione. His parents think Joel, the boy next door, is a wonderful young man, but Tony knows Joel is no angel. Tony's brother and sister-in-law have a new baby girl, which means Tony is now an uncle. One of the girls at school is crazy about Tony and she's not shy about telling him so. Plus, weird things are happening to his body, but Tony is too embarrassed to talk to anyone about it.
by Wendy Warchola - Friday Mar 28 2008 9:59 pm permalink Post a comment
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Don't let the title fool you; this middle-reader book is not a guide to becoming a stereotypical "girly girl" at the cost of your personality - rather it sends a very positive message to young girls, whether you are girly, ungirly, or somewhere in between.
by Wendy Warchola - Sunday Mar 16 2008 5:43 pm permalink Post a comment
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An amazing tribute to original Peter Pan, packed with even more action and double the fairy dust (provided by Tinkerbell and a new fairy named Fireflyer), this book is entertaining for kids and adults alike.
by Helen Ambler - Wednesday Feb 06 2008 7:02 pm permalink Post a comment
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, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins was working on this book at the time of his death. finished it for him. It is the story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce people, who were driven from their home in the Wallowa Valley in Oregon.They were pushed into battle against much better armed troops who fought dirty by killing women and children. After it was all over the natives died, in great numbers, of disease and lived in abject poverty.
It is a very,very tired story in North American history, done from a fresh fictional viewpoint of a teenaged girl. I could see this making a fine novel study for Grade 5-8.
by Tracy Howard - Wednesday Feb 06 2008 7:52 pm permalink Post a comment
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I loved the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid installment and was equally entertained by this most recent edition Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules.
Poor Greg Heffley,middle school attending middle child of middle class parents - his life is a series of missteps and misadventures that he describes in his journal (do not call it a "diary" like his Mom does),accompanied by the most hilarious line drawings.by Sarah Gritzfeldt - Saturday Jan 26 2008 12:14 pm permalink Post a comment
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From , writer/illustrator of Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, comes a rollicking new adventure starring Elephant & Piggie.
by lisa christine Thornton - Wednesday Jan 16 2008 8:29 pm permalink Post a comment
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Join Jack and Annie on their adventures in The Magic Tree House.This series of first chapter books is both exciting and educational for children ages 6 and up.
by Catherine Toews - Monday Dec 31 2007 11:50 am permalink Post a comment
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Ivy and Bean are hilarious. Ivy and Bean are spunky. Ivy and Bean are forever getting into (and out of) trouble.
by Debbie Fenty - Monday Dec 10 2007 9:58 pm permalink Post a comment
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Sky Running wants to help his people find the great buffalo herds that will provide food for the coming winter. This picture book, based on an ancient Cree legend, will captivate young and old alike with its richness of language and exquisite paintings of the autumn prairie landscape.
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