I am happy to be hosting sisters, Hilda and Emily Demuth, on my blog today to discuss their wonderful middle-grade, historical fiction novel, Plank Road Summer. Here’s a description of the book from Amazon.com: ” Welcome to the adventures of two 13-year-olds, Katie McEachron and her friend Florence Mather, who experience an exciting summer in [...]

photo by chefranden www.flickr.com *Chapter book, contemporary fiction *Elementary-school aged girl as main character *Rating: Amber Brown Sees Red by Paula Danzinger is a terrific book for children in first through third grade who love a series and love a quirky character like Amber! Short, short summary: Amber Brown is seeing red! She’s mad–she’s madder [...]

photo by papertygre www.flickr.com *Picture book, fantasy for preschoolers through second graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Orson Blasts Off by Raul Colon is a great adventure-type picture book that kids will love to read over and over again. Short, short summary: When Orson’s computer breaks, he doesn’t know what he’ll do to pass [...]

*Picture book for preschoolers through first graders *Three fun and adorable children as main characters *Rating: Don’t Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? will make you wish you could stay young forever and remind you to be young-at-heart! Short, short summary: In Jamie Harper’s first picture book, she tells the story of three children who cannot understand [...]

*Picture book, contemporary fantasy for first through fifth graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Wake the Dead by Monica A. Harris is definitely a witty and entertaining picture book–but for a little older audience than most picture books. Short, short summary: Henry is VERY loud; and his entire family is telling him if he’s [...]

zebra in Tanzania by wwarby www.flickr.com *picture book, contemporary realistic fiction for preschoolers through third graders *two adolescent boys as main characters *Rating: Books like First Come the Zebra by Lynne Barasch are why I love to blog about children’s books. This book is beautifully done with a wonderful message and sharing an interesting place [...]

photo by terren in Virginia One of the cute Easter books for kids is The Easter Egg by Jan Brett. In my opinion, you can never go wrong with Jan Brett books! *Picture book, fantasy for preschoolers through 2nd graders *Hoppi the young bunny as the main character *Rating: Say hello to one of the [...]

photo by lel4nd www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through second graders, contemporary fiction *Little girl as main character *Rating: Smile by Leigh Hodgkinson will make you smile. One of the cutest picture books I’ve seen recently–I think kids and adults will love it! Short, short summary: Sunny is usually happy! But today, she can’t find [...]

Easter books for preschool kids and primary students can be fun and give you several activity options to welcome spring! *Picture book for preschool through second grade students *Our favorite, old-eating-everything lady as the main character *Rating: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick is another fun book for young children in this [...]

I’m very happy to host Bonnie Hearn Hill’s blog tour today on Read These Books and Use Them. Bonnie is part of WOW! Women On Writing’s blog tour, and she is doing 31 blogs in 31 days. She’s a busy woman. She’s also giving away a copy of the first book, Aries Rising, from her [...]