Archives for the ‘Books’ Category

Book Review: Armenia: A Rugged Land, an Enduring People

Apr 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

Armenia: A Rugged Land, an Enduring People by Lucine Kasbarian is about the country Armenia, and its treasured and tragic history.



Book Review: Life in Prison

Feb 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

In this book, Tookie Williams describes prison conditions and challenges kids to spend ten hours alone in a bathroom at home so they may begin to understand how it feels to live in captivity.



Book Review: An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

Nov 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

A collection of 12 emotional and honest stories about Puerto Rican youth is found in An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, written by Judith Ortiz Cofer.



A Little Piece Of Ground

Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

A Little Piece of Ground is the story of Karim Aboudi, 12, a soccer buff and computer game junkie, growing up under Israeli occupation in Ramallah, Palestine.



How We Are Smart

Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

How We Are Smart profiles 12 famous Americans from many different ethnic and social backgrounds who were all smart in different kinds of ways.



The Birth of an Award-Winning Story: A Talk with Author Kathy Price

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books

Poet Kathy Price published her first children’s book, The Bourbon Street Musicians, in 2002.



How Do They Do That? An Idea to a New Book

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books

Book designers and illustrators are artists who decide how each page of a book is going to look. Book designers also create covers.



Book Review: Button Girl

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

Once upon a time, before buttons were born, people used thorns, sticks and bones to keep their blouses on and their trousers up.



Book Review: 100 Things Guys Need To Know

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

What’s an appropriate way for boys to resolve conflicts and handle stress? Shouldn’t guys have the right to show their emotions?



Book Review: Heat

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books

You know that kid in Little League who can throw what seems like 800 miles per hour? Michael Arroyo, the lead character in Mike Lupica’s book Heat, is that kid.