Book of the Week
She Loved Baseball
Have you ever heard of Effa Manley? Have you worked with kids who have heard of her? No? The upcoming picture book biography, SHE LOVED BASEBALL: THE EFFA MANLEY STORY by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate, is a wonderful introduction to an iconic character. In short, Effa Manley was the first woman inducted into [...]
Giveaway winners!
We have the winners for our Teen Read Week giveaways! Kiersten White giveaway: Stephanie, Casey (The Bookish Type), Becky B. Adam Rex giveaway: Kathryn, Karla, jmartinlibrary Aprilynne Pike giveaway: Analea, Meg Brown, Kalina Converse Lauren Oliver giveaway: Karla, Bree, Lois Szymanski Anna Godbersen giveaway: Sarah T., Jenn, Lauren M. We’ll contact the winners soon for [...]
KidLitCon 2010
I’ll just come out and say it: KidLitCon 2010 was fantastic. It was this past weekend in Minneapolis, and I just had the best time. Organized by Andrew Karre, Ben Barnhart, and Brian Farrey, it began on Friday evening, Oct. 22nd, with a keynote conversation with The Merry Sisters of Fate (a.k.a. authors Maggie Stiefvater, [...]
Chronicles of Narnia Sweepstakes!
We just launched a super sweepstakes with our friends at Walden Media and 20th Century Fox. Teachers and librarians, you can enter to win a trip to London for the World Premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, or win an advance screening of the film for your school or [...]
Turning the Page with…Anna Godbersen
Final stretch of Teen Read Week! I hope all of you are having a good time and doing lots of programming with your teens! Our last guest this week is the fabulous Anna Godbersen, author of the bestselling Luxe series, which I am an unabashed fan of (as noted here). Anna has a new series [...]
Turning the Page with…Lauren Oliver
Teen Read Week continues! Party on! Today we have Lauren Oliver hanging out with us. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling debut BEFORE I FALL, the gorgeous and touching story of a young woman who dies in a car crash and must relive that day over and over – until, on the [...]
Turning the Page with…Aprilynne Pike
Teen Read Week continues here at the pageturn! We’re thrilled to chat about SPELLS, Aprilynne Pike’s sequel to her New York Times bestselling debut WINGS. Looking for read-alikes for popular series like TWILIGHT and Melissa Marr’s WICKED LOVELY series? This is the ideal recommendation. Laurel thinks she’s spending her summer at the Academy in Avalon [...]
Turning the Page with…Adam Rex
I know I’m biased but still… FAT VAMPIRE is one of my favorite covers of 2010: Written by the always clever, Adam Rex, FAT VAMPIRE has been dubbed a “never coming of age story” about an awkward, geeky guy who, thanks to a bite from a random vampire, is cursed to spend eternity overweight and [...]
Turning the Page with…Kiersten White
Happy Teen Read Week, all! This week we’ll be featuring our fabulous teen authors so you can get to know them a little better. Today, we’ve got Kiersten White up to bat. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling debut novel, PARANORMALCY: PARANORMALCY is the story of Evie who works for the International [...]
Halloween Books + Giveaway!
Guess what I’m going to be for Halloween this year? Cruella de Ville! We’re having a big shindig at work and I’m all about the costumes. So I’ll be sporting a black and white striped wig, a black and white boa, and a black dress – don’t worry, I’ll post a photo! To inspire you, [...]
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