Book clubs are a fun, exciting way to combine friends, food, and the written word. While the actual book club day is fun, sometimes finding your next read is a little more difficult. We want to help you find your next great read with the help of our Book Club Kits. These kits contain copies…
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2672 Review: March (Book Three)
Title: March (Book Three) Author: John Lewis (with Andew Aydin) Illustrator: Nate Powell Publication Info: Top Shelf Productions (2016) Summary: March (Book Three) picks up right where the first two left off, telling the story of Senator and civil-rights activist John Lewis. The first two books deal a great deal with Lewis’…
S672 Book Review: Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Title: Out on the Wire Subtitle: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of the Radio Author: Jessica Abel Publication Info: Broadway Books, a Division of Random House (2015) Summary: To say I loved this book would be a grand understatement. I picked it from a list, just because I was trying to get…
S672 Book Review: Big Top Burning
Title: Big Top Burning Subtitle: The True Story of a Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show on Earth Author: Laura A Woollett Publication Info: Chicago Review Press, Inc. 2015 Suggested Age Range: Grades 5 and up Summary: Big Top Burning is the true story of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus…
S672 Book Review: Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts
Title: Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverts Author: Susan Cain (with Gregory Mone and Erica Moroz) Illustrator: Grant Snider Publication Info: Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers Group (2016) Suggested Age Range: Grades 5 and up Summary: Susan Cain’s remarkable best-seller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking, changed…
S672 Book Review: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Title: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Author: Jen Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publication Info: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (2014) Suggested Age Range: Grades 2-5 Summary: As a person who loves words and has actually asked for a thesaurus for my birthday, I found this book both silly fun and totally informative. The…
S672 Book Review: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
Title: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded Author: Jim Ottaviani Illustrator: Leland Purvis Publication Info: Harry N. Abrams (2016) Suggested Age Range: Grades 9 and up Summary: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded is a graphic novel about the life of Alan Turing, the mathematician genius who helped stop World War II by helping break…
Book Review: Crooked Kingdom
Dang it, Leigh Bardugo and your crazy Grisha world. First of all, you need to know that I adore these books, just as I loved the original Grisha trilogy. Bardugo’s world is high fantasy, high adventure and totally believable. When I first read that there would be a Duology based on the Grisha world but…