Category: Book of the Day

Book of the Day: Genuine Sweet

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I was sent a copy of Genuine Sweet by Faith Harkey Genuine Sweet by Faith Harkey Release Date: 2015-04-07 Twelve-year-old Genuine Sweet, of tiny Sass, Georgia, can grant any wish . . . except her own. It’s a peculiar predicament, considering how much she could use a few wishes. New friends help Genuine give her family a boost–and then she takes her gift global! Life finally seems to be on the mend. But when she’s faced with unexpected trouble that no amount of wishing can fix, Genuine must puzzle out…

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#kidlit Book of the Day: Edgar Allan Poes Pie

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Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems

I was sent a copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis Release Date: 2012-04-03 Is this poetry? Math? A brainteaser? Yes! It’s all that and more. The poet J. Patrick Lewishas reimagined classic poems—such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and LangstonHughes’s “April Rain Song”—and added a dash of math. Between the silly parodiesand the wonderfully wacky art, kids will have so much fun figuring out the puzzles,they won’t…

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#kidlit Book of the Day: Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed by Eileen Christelow

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I was sent a copy of Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed (A Five Little Monkeys Story) by Eileen Christelow Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed (A Five Little Monkeys Story) by Eileen Christelow Release Date: 2015-03-10 In this eighth title in the wildly popular series, the Five Little Monkeys are supposed to go to bed, but they would rather keep reading their books! Mama raises an eyebrow. “What was it I said? Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed!” After their mama reads to them, it’s bedtime…

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Book of the Day: The Trap by Steven Arntson

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I was sent a copy of The Trap by Steven Arntson The Trap by Steven Arntson Release Date: 2015-04-07 It’s the summer of 1963, and something strange is afoot in the quiet town of Farro, Iowa. The school district’s most notorious bully has gone missing without a trace, and furthermore, seventh grader Henry Nilsson and his friends have just found an odd book stashed in the woods by Longbelly Gulch—a moldy instruction guide written to teach the art of “subtle travel,” a kind of out-of-body experience. The foursome will soon…

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#kidlit Book of the Day: Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry

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I was sent a copy of Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2015-04-07 “Fun and lighthearted.” —Publishers Weekly “With touches of surprise and a satisfyingly predictable resolution, this is a strong choice for both classroom sharing and independent reading.” —Booklist Under the Mouse Mistress Hildegarde’s leadership, a resilient group of church mice save themselves from one danger after another—sometimes by the skin of their tails! Can one ultimate act of bravery during the feast day of St. Francis get Father Murphy to…

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#kidlit Book of the Day: The Loch Ness Punster – 43 Old Cemetery Road by Kate Klise

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I was sent a copy of The Loch Ness Punster (43 Old Cemetery Road) by Kate Klise The Loch Ness Punster (43 Old Cemetery Road) by Kate Klise Release Date: 2015-04-07 In the seventh and final installment of the popular 43 Old Cemetery Road series, twelve-year-old Seymour Hope has inherited a castle in Loch Ness, Scotland. It could be the perfect summer vacation spot for Seymour and his parents, Olive C. Spence and Ignatius B. Grumply. But Iggy wants nothing to do with the castle. Why? Because it was owned…

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Book of the Day: Ask the Dark by Henry Turner

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Today’s featured book of the day is Ask the Dark by Henry Turner. Scary YA? YES PLEASE!

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Book of the Day: The Magic Trap by Jacqueline Davies

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The Magic Trap

I was sent a copy of The Magic Trap (The Lemonade War Series) by Jacqueline Davies The Magic Trap (The Lemonade War Series) by Jacqueline Davies Release Date: 2015-03-03 Jessie and Evan Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial,unmasked a bell thief, and stood at opposite ends over the right to keep secrets.   Now they are creating a magic show—a professional magic show, in their own backyard! They practice, they study, and they practice some more. And who shows up? Their father, who has done…

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Book of Day: Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle

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I was sent a copy of Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle Release Date: 2015-01-06 Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed “Rapture,” all that’s left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn’t know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian…

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Kidlit Book of the Day: Pookins Gets Her Way by Helen Lester

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Pookins Gets Her Way

I was sent a copy of Pookins Gets Her Way (Laugh-Along Lessons) by Helen Lester Pookins Gets Her Way (Laugh-Along Lessons) by Helen Lester Release Date: 2015-02-03 “Kids will recognize bits of themselves in Pookins . . . an amusing, hard-edged heroine.”  —Booklist Pookins always gets her way. If she doesn’t, she makes faces, she throws apples, and she yells very loudly! But when Pookins finds a magic gnome who grants her three wishes, she hastily wishes to be a flower. Powerless to do anything, she realizes that her way…

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