This is it folks, the final week of Cybils-nominated picture book round-ups from me. In two days, the shortlists will be announced on the Cybils site, and as they’re usually rolled out throughout the day, I cannot tell you exactly when the list for this category will be shared. But, I can tell you, that…
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School Stories
Kids and adults like to read what’s real to them. All of these middle grade fiction novels have a strong school setting. However, they are so different — from a wide range of appeal (on for 7 – 8 year olds and another for 12+), the themes, and the writing style. Warp Speed Middle-schooler Marley…
What’s on Your Nightstand, December 27
The post-holiday Nightstand posts are usually a little sparsely attended, but I’m inviting you to gear up for the first month of 2012, and let us know what you are going to be reading this next month. If you need some suggestions for your list, you can visit around the other Nightstand posts, and then…
On Reading: Merry Christmas! What Books did you give or get?
Merry Christmas (and other Winter holiday happies) from the 5 Minutes for Books team! We are so happy to be able to do what we do here. We do it because we love books, and we like sharing that love with all of you other booklovers. Here are some of the books that we are…
Stand-Out Cybils Nominated Picture Books, #11
For the Cybils Round One Judges, our work is almost done, and soon the shortlists will be passed on to the Round Two folks. Before the announcements of the shortlists on January 1, I want to share with you three titles that bring classic stories or rhymes to new life. All three of these beauties…
Addie on the Inside and Camo Girl — Standing Up for Others and Themselves
I really think that I might love novels in verse. This month(ish) I’ve read 4 — this one Addie on the Inside, the two by Ellen Hopkins, and another Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominee (and National Book Award winner) Inside Out and Back Again. This book is written in verse (mostly unrhymed free verse), but…
Stand-Out Cybils Nominated Picture Books, #10
Another Friday, another round-up of Cybils-nominated picture books for you. This time, though, I’m taking a moment to highlight three picture books intended not for the youngest set, but for slightly older, more sophisticated readers of the older elementary school age set. More serious and thoughtful topics are addressed here than with the majority of…
Culture Collision, Cybils Middle Grade Fiction
I love reading multi-cultural fiction (for adults)**, specifically books that deal with 1st-generation Americans in conflict with their foreign-born parents and what they feel is their home, America. Which culture do they truly belong to? In most cases, the answer is both, which makes them all the richer (at least in my very white, very…
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