As an adult, you might think I have an unnatural addiction to Children’s literature. Sure, I read an adult book every now and then, or tackle a tome of poetry or a lit mag, but most of my literary diet these days consists of books for young readers. Books written for young readers [...]
Archive for September 20th, 2008
Kids Books are for Grown-Ups, Too!
Posted in Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Recommendations, tagged adult books, adults, angus thongs and full frontal snogging, crank, ellen hopkins, fiction, georgia nicolson, graceling, growing up, grown ups, ingrid law, kids, kristin cashore, library, louise rennison, mary e. pearson, sara zarr, savvy, sweethearts, teen, Teen books, the adoration of jenna fox, young adult, young readers on September 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Banned Books — Midgrade Novels
Posted in Banned Books, tagged Banned Books, bookkids, Bookpeople on September 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Challenged in Richardson, TX, in 1995 because it shows children in dangerous situations, condones trespassing and lying, and obstensibly teaches about the occult.
Originally the Egypt Game is just a game where two girls play that they are ancient Egyptians. However, there game is so popular, that after a while others [...]
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