I was sent a copy of First Mothers by Beverly Gherman First Mothers by Beverly Gherman Release Date: 2016-04-05 Did you know that Thomas Jefferson’s mother ran a plantation by herself, or that Abraham Lincoln’s mother was a wrestler? James Madison’s mom called him “Jemmy” and made his shirts …
I was sent a copy of No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont Release Date: 2016-04-12 One tired sheep wants nothing more than a good night’s sleep. All is peaceful until—QUACK! Is that a duck at the barn door? And …
I was sent a copy of Gretchen Over the Beach by R. W. Alley Gretchen Over the Beach by R. W. Alley Release Date: 2016-03-08 On a breezy summer day, Gretchen and her family head to the ocean. Gretchen wants to swim with her older brothers and sister, but …
I was sent a copy of The Question of Miracles by Elana K. Arnold The Question of Miracles by Elana K. Arnold Release Date: 2016-03-08 Sixth-grader Iris Abernathy hates life in Corvallis, Oregon, where her family just moved. It’s always raining, and everything is so wet. Besides, nothing has …
I was sent a copy of Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold Release Date: 2016-03-08 Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road …
I was sent a copy of The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick Release Date: 2016-03-29 Audrey Vernick and Steven Salerno have again collaborated …
I was sent a copy of Tru and Nelle by G. Neri Tru and Nelle by G. Neri Release Date: 2016-03-01 Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) were childhood friends in Monroeville, Alabama. This fictionalized account of …
I was sent a copy of Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey Release Date: 2016-03-01 It’s 1920s Chicago—the guns-and-gangster era of Al Capone—and it’s unusual for a girl to be selling the Tribune on the street corner. But ten-year-old Isabel Feeney …
I was sent a copy of The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb Release Date: 2016-03-08 “Isnt it a bit strange that all these …
I was sent a copy of Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger Release Date: 2016-04-05 Only 150 years ago, …