by envisionmg | Jun 11, 2020 | Becca H Reviews, Children's Literature
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by envisionmg | Aug 7, 2019 | Becca H Reviews, Children's Literature
Teaching children how to be kind friends, how to see things through a growth mindset, how to cope with anger and sadness, and simply how to manage the highs and lows of life is perhaps just as important as teaching children how to add and subtract or sing the alphabet...
by envisionmg | Jun 14, 2018 | Children's Literature, Graphic Novels, Patrick Recommends
The Peabody Institute of Danvers not only has superhero graphic novels, but a growing collection of non-fiction titles. These books use sequential art to make complex topics more accessible. They work especially well with reluctant readers. Make no mistake; these...
by envisionmg | Jun 25, 2014 | Children's Literature, Staff Review
Reviewed by RachelBy all accounts, Neil Gaiman’s children’s book Coraline is a strange and creepy piece of fiction. It features another set of parents for its protagonist, Coraline Jones, who live through the hallway behind the door that goes nowhere. Copies of her...
by kimb8 | May 20, 2009 | Children's Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Summer Reading
I have to confess I put off reading this last (sob) book in the Percy Jackson series for about a week and a half because I just couldn’t stand to see it end. When I picked it up, I tried to read it as slowly as possible in order to savor each scene, but that of...
by radguru | Mar 1, 2008 | Children's Literature, Fiction
Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Boelts and David Walker A young boy is delighted with his new puppy that he adopted from a shelter. He muses on what the puppy’s life was like before he found his “forever” home : maybe the poor pup was mistreated and...