#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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FridayReads–Feb 13, 2015–The Island of Dr Moreau by HG Wells

The Island of Dr Moreau

Happy Friday, guys! Time for another #FridayReads… This weekend, I’ll be reading one of the bargain books I picked up for TEN CENTS this past week! The Island of Dr. Moreau (Classic) by H.G. Wells I am still reading REVIVAL by Stephen King, but it was really dragging for me so I sat it down to give it a break. I’ll pick it back up later and hopefully will be able to get into it. The Island of Dr. Moreau (Classic) by H.G. Wells Release Date: 1977-06-07 On a lonely…

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Beyond Fate by John B. Albion

This week’s featured Indie Pinch is: Beyond Fate by John B. Albion Beyond Fate by John B. Albion What’s the book about? Along the shores of the Great Lakes a commercial fishing boat with three crew members has “gone missing.”  In Green Bay, a college coed suddenly disappears.  A cargo plane wanders without instruments along the shores of Lake Michigan.  In a small Wisconsin lakeside town a school teacher is haunted by a past he doesn’t remember.  The serendipitous collision of these events occurs when psychic elements align in one…

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Book of the Day: The Magic Trap by Jacqueline Davies

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

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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Kidlit Review: Beetle Busters

Beetle Busters

How do you balance the needs of residents, the impact to the environment, and an invasive species primed to wipe out entire forests?

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