Archives for the ‘Books’ Category

The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth

Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Books, Reviews, Science & the Environment

This book shows you 50 simple things you can do to protect the earth through recycling, using less energy, and protecting animals and insects.



Book Review: ‘Hungry Planet’

May 12th, 2009 • Category: Books, Reviews

What does the world eat?



Book Review: ‘Annie John’ by Jamaica Kincaid

Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: Books, Reviews

Annie John (1985), by Jamaica Kincaid, tells the story of a ten-year-old girl from Antigua, an island in the Caribbean.



Book Review: ‘A Young People’s History of the United States’

Jan 25th, 2009 • Category: Books, History, Reviews

‘A Young People’s History of the United States’ provides students with a critical view of U.S. history in an easy-to-understand format



Dig Into a Hundred-Year Mystery

Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Books, Reviews

By PEDRO LAHOZ WOLFE
Holes, by Louis Sacher
Laurel-Leaf Books

Holes, by Louis Sacher

Holes is about a boy named Stanley. Unlike other boys, he has to go to jail, even though he did not do anything wrong. Every day the boys have to dig holes five feet deep and five feet wide in a dried-up lake. [...]



When Kids Fought for Labor Rights

May 15th, 2008 • Category: Books, Reviews

Tells the story of children who stood up for their rights against powerful company owners



Exploring the World in Sixty Poems

Nov 17th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

In Trailblazers, a book of poems by Bobbi Katz, you get to meet more than sixty men and women who traveled far and wide to see new things and meet new people.



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Sep 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Reviews

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the fifth movie and the seventh book in the well-known series, were released.



Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be…

Jun 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

A coloring book that shows girls fixing lawn mowers and boys sewing, among other interesting things girls and boys can do.



Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards

Jun 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, History, Reviews

Here are three of the 2007 winners of this book award, which selects the best books promoting peace.