Some people are surprised to learn that Carl Hiaasen writes books for kids. Others, like me, didn’t realize he wrote books for grown-ups! Whichever of his books you’ve read, you’ve gotta come out and meet the author of some of our favorite books: Hoot, Flush, and the brand-new Scat!
I’m reading Scat right now, [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Teen Favorites from an Old Curmudgeon
Posted in Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Recommendations, Teen Books, tagged 70s books, 80s books, 90s books, alice, alice in rapture, alice series, caroline b. cooney, fantasy, gary paulsen, hatchet, island, janie johnson, kids, magick, monica furlong, mystery, Newbery, phyllis reynolds naylor, scotland, teen, the agony of alice, the face on the milk carton, the island, whatever happened to janie, wise child, witchcraft, ya, young adult on January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So maybe teens don’t want to hear about the old days (you know, ten or so terrifying years ago) when I was first reading young adult books. There wasn’t as much amazing literature in the YA category back then, but I certainly found some gems. A lot of the books I loved are hard to [...]
Bluebonnet Voting Ends Saturday!
Posted in Online Stuff, tagged Bluebonnet Award, Bluebonnet award voting, bluebonnet books, Bookpeople, children's books, children's literature on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ack!
It’s your last chance to vote for the Texas Bluebonnet Award from the 2008-2009 list.
If you are a Texas student between grades 3-6 (or the homeschool equivalent) and have read at least 5 of the books on the 2008-2009 list, then you are eligible to vote for the Bluebonnet Award.
So, if you’re eligible and haven’t voted [...]
Awardy Day
Posted in Chapter Books, Online Stuff, tagged children's books, melina marchetta, jellicoe road, neil gaiman, the graveyard book, printz award, newberry award, caldecott award, awards, kid book awards, children's books awards, the house in the night, susan marie swanson, beth krommes on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another year has gone by, and like clockwork, the new Newberry, Caldecott, and Printz awards have been announced.
Curious what they are? I was. Here are the gold medalists:
The Newberry Award:
The Graveyard Book
By Neil Gaiman
The Caldecott Award:
The House in the Night
By Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrated by Beth Krommes
For more information and the silver medalists, click [...]
It’s Mo Willems Day!!!
Posted in Events, Picture Books, Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Recommendations, tagged austin, bookkids, Bookpeople, brooklyn, caldecott, children's books, don't let the pigeon drive the bus, dress up, Events, illustrators, kids' books, knuffle bunny, knuffle bunny too, leonardo the terrible monster, mo willems, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, naked mole rats, park slope, picture books, pigeon on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you read Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed yet? If not, hurry in and pick up a copy. And while you’re here, you may as well stick around, ’cause author/illustrator/superstar Mo Willems will be at BookPeople TONIGHT at 6:00 to sign books and talk about Naked Mole Rat!
We’re so excited to have Mo here again. [...]
Poetic, beautiful, emotive: Two recent favorites
Posted in Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Recommendations, Teen Books, tagged boarding school, bookkids, Bookpeople, books, coming of age, dakota lane, friendship, going under, gothic lolita, headlong, kathe koja, kissing the bee, orpheus obsession, reading, romance, secret life of it girls, teen, ya, young adult on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every once in a while a book comes along that blows you away – for one reason or another you’re completely ensconsed by it, and you can hardly articulate what makes you love it. You just do. This month I read a couple of books that did just that for me – they are beautiful [...]
Events for the Week
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday January 20, 10:30AM
Silly Storytime!
Come join us in BookKids this morning for some super silly stories that will have you rolling on the floor laughing! We’ll read Ducks Don’t Wear Socks along with other hilarious tales to tickle your funny bone!
Wednesday January 21, 10:30AM
Yogakids at BookKids
Certified yoga instructor Krista Phillips will be here to not [...]
Great January Releases for BookTeens
Posted in Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Recommendations, Uncategorized, tagged bones of faerie, dead is a state of mind, faeries, faery, fairy, fantasy, faries, fortune teller, gothic, gypsies, high school, janni lee simner, lesley livingston, marlene perez, psychic, stacey jay, teen, teens, vampires, werewolves, wondrous strange, ya, you are so undead to me, young adult, zombies on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 2009, and already the first month of the year has brought us a ton of awesome new books for teens! Especially wonderful are some of the fantasy titles available this month. From post-apocalyptic quests to faeries to kicking zombie butt, these books should have you covered.
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee [...]
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