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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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Kidlit Review: Beetle Busters

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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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Book of the Day: The Case of the Vanishing Emerald by Holly Webb

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The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2

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: 2015-03-03 “Isnt it a bit strange that all these horrible things are happening to Miss Massey now… Just in time to make her think that the curse is working.” Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend just…

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Book of the Day – Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry

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I was sent a copy of Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2015-01-06 In the second book in the Anstasia series, moves to the suburbs!   Anastasia is positive her family’s move is the going to ruin her young life. How can she deal with matching furniture, split-level homes, or mothers whose biggest worry is dirty laundry? But her new home offers many surprises, not to mention a cute boy right down the street. Maybe the surburbs won’t be so bad afterall.   | Have…

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Book of the Day – Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

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Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

I was sent a copy of Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2015-01-06 Welcome to Anastasia’s world in the first book of the Anastasia series! To Anastasia, being ten is very confusing. She has an awful teacher who doesn’t like her non-rhyming poetry. Washburn Cummings, a very interesting boy, doesn’t even know she’s alive. And her parents insist that she visit her grandmother, who can’t even remember Anastasia’s name. On top of that, they’re going to have a baby—at their age! To get back…

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Book of Day – The Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

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The Polar Bear Scientist by Peter Lourie

I was sent a copy of The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series) by Peter Lourie The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series) by Peter Lourie Release Date: 2012-01-10 Follow scientists as they scan the Alaskan wilderness for these magnificent creatures. It is springtime on the North Slope of Alaska, and the U.S. Geological Survey team—the polar bear biologists Kristin Simac and Mike Lockhart—is gearing up for polar bear capturing. During a capture, all information is collected on the sea ice. The scientists locate bears from…

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Kidlit Book of the Day: Miss Patch’s Learn-to-Sew Book by Carolyn Meyer

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I was sent a copy of Miss Patch’s Learn-to-Sew Book by Carolyn Meyer Miss Patch’s Learn-to-Sew Book by Carolyn Meyer Release Date: 2014-12-16 Sewing is a skill that’s both fun and functional, and there’s no better way to get started than with jolly Miss Patch! She learns how to thread a needle, cut patterns, and sew a fine seam by hand. With the help of Miss Patch, and the book’s many diagrams and amusing drawings, beginning sewists can learn to make a pillow, a bag, a patchwork quilt, an apron,…

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Kidlit Featured Book of the Day – Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America’s Presidents by David Stabler

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I was sent a copy of Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America’s Presidents by David Stabler Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America’s Presidents by David Stabler Release Date: 2014-10-28 The kids who grew up to be president were like a lot of other children. Some struggled with schoolwork and got into fights; others pranked their teachers and infuriated their parents. William Howard Taft was forced to take dance lessons. Gerald Ford struggled with dyslexia. Teddy Roosevelt had a bedroom “museum” full of dead animals. Kid Presidents…

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Book Trailer: Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson

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Hey yall! Happy Thursday! Check out this great trailer for Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson Release Date: 2014-10-07 from Putnam Juvenile Pennyroyal Academy: Seeking bold, courageous youths to become tomorrow’s princesses and knights….Come one, come all! A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself at the center of a world at war.  She enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces…

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Book of the Day: What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt

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What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt

Today’s featured middle grade book of the day is: What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt

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