Saturday, November 28, 2009

KY Bluegrass Nominees 09-10

OKH Middle School:

_Every Soul a Star_  Wendy Mass

_Game_ Walter Dean Myers

_The Great Wide Sea_  Madaline Herlong

_A Horse of Her Own_  Annie Wedekind

_Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka_  Jon Scieszka

_Savvy_  Ingrid Law

_Scat_  Carl Hiaasen

_The Trails of Kate Hope_  Warwick Downing

_Trouble_ Gary Schmidt

_Waiting for Normal_ Leslie Connor

_Ways to Live Forever_ Sally Nichols

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Additions

_The Day of the Pelican_ by Katherine Paterson

_The Other Half of Life_ by Kim Whitney

_Road to Tater Hill_ 

Sunday, November 8, 2009

New Candidates

  • A Season of Gifts, by Richard Peck
  • Carolina Harmony, by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
  • Heart of a Shepherd, by Rosanne Parry
  • The Year the Swallows Came Early, by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
  • Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork
  • Anything but Typical, by Nora Raleigh Baskin
  • When the Whistle Blows, by Fran Cannon Slayton 

    Irene told her to add When You Reach Me and Calpurnia Tate.

  • I have read _The Year the Swallows Came Early_.

    This list comprises another blog's list.
    Any thoughts?

    Wednesday, October 28, 2009

    Rebekkah's Journey


    _Rebekkah's Journey_
    is a World War ll refugee's story.
    900 men, women, and children
    were housed in an army base
    in Oswego, New York as the
    war was drawing to a close.

    A lovely picture book
    this heart wrenching story
    about Rebekkah journey
    and stay at the camp is
    a worthy read by Ann
    Burg.

    Monday, October 26, 2009

    A Winner


















    _all the broken pieces_ is a winner.
    Ann Burg wrings your heart.

    Let's hear some chatter.

    Saturday, October 24, 2009

    When the Whistle Blows























    This the first selection for the 2009
    Mock Newbery. It is a winner...
    a good read for the Halloween season.

    Please submit candidates for the
    upcoming list. We will cull the
    list down to 6 finalists.

    Comments please.


    Friday, October 23, 2009

    Crossing Stones and WildGirl

    Started Crossing Stones at Mom's house, ordered it from my own library system when I got home. Can't wait to get lost in it...want to finish WildGirl by Patricia Reilly Giff first. Wow, can she write children's POV! That frustration, not wanting to be treated like a baby---all that emotion is right there from the first page. I had to keep wiping my eyes to get on with the story---I gotta stop reading in public! Can you imagine that there are people in the world who don't cry over books? I'm not sure they're anyone I'd want to spend time with...

    Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Finalists

    National Book Award finalists.

    Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt)

    Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

    David Small, Stitches (W. W. Norton & Co.)

    Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)

    Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped (HarperTeen/HarperCollins)

    Anybody want to weigh in on these? I'm gonna guess my library has at least one of them.

    Sunday, October 11, 2009

    The 2009 Very Good Sticker

    After the votes were cast for the 2008 Very Good Sticker (Hunger Games winner, Diamond Willow honor), names were tossed on the pile for 2009 starting with When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton. 

    Pat has a clear front-runner in All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg.