Lynn Beckwith
Content by Lynn Beckwith
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In this companion volume to her novels The Giver and Gathering Blue, beloved author Lois Lowry brings the threads of the previous books together in an unforgettable way.
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The characters from Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark and Caleb's Story are back in Patricia MacLachlan's newest novella.
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Political correctness might be a tired concept to many, but it's done wonders for the world of children's books.
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Political correctness might be a tired concept to many, but it's done wonders for the world of children's books.
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Political correctness might be a tired concept to many, but it's done wonders for the world of children's books.
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Political correctness might be a tired concept to many, but it's done wonders for the world of children's books.
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Ida B. Applewood (not to be confused with her mother, Ida Applewood) lives in a world where everything is pretty near perfect. Her parents love her, and she loves them.
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Though born with an unusual name, Cedar B. Hartley prefers to stay out of the limelight. "As for me, I avoid the main swell of street action and drift toward the puddles," she says.
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Akilah Hunter and Victoria Ojike are best friends, the kind of friends who can read each other's thoughts. But when Victoria goes to visit her grandmother in Nigeria, Akilah is troubled.
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<B>A grandmother's final gift</B> Draw near the fire, light the lamp and hear the gentle story of Crow-Girl, her grandmother and the family she builds for herself when she is left alon
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Minerva Kalpin, the star of the new Depression-era novel Chig and the Second Spread, is so tiny that her nickname is Chigger, after the little red insect that lives in the hills around her hom
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From the cover to the final page, there can be no doubt that what we have here is one very bad cat.
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<B>A sister's story</B> Adult author Cynthia Kadohata makes her debut in children's literature with <B>Kira-Kira</B>, a fictional memoir of filial love.
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The flags that began flying right after September 11 might have faded a bit in the sun, but the feelings of patriotism they symbolize remain as strong as ever.
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The flags that began flying right after September 11 might have faded a bit in the sun, but the feelings of patriotism they symbolize remain as strong as ever.
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The flags that began flying right after September 11 might have faded a bit in the sun, but the feelings of patriotism they symbolize remain as strong as ever.
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Little Beniamino, born poor and fatherless in Napoli, is about to have an unwelcome adventure.
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The first time I met my grandfather, he was laid up on a porcelain prep table at the Hamilton-Johnston Funeral Home.
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Once there was a troll. He was not especially good-looking, nor was he especially ugly. He was just an ordinary troll. His name was Gus.
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<B>Bearing a family's burdens</B> <B>I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket</B> is indeed the tale of a basket, but it is also the tale of a family and a culture.
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Miss Merriweather is a stickler for rules in her library: No running. Be quiet.
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I have always been fascinated with American Sign Language. There is something beautiful and graceful about the emotion shown through the hands and the expressive faces of the signers.
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Told in alternating chapters, in the voices of twins Pauline and Arlene, January 1905 is a rich historical novel that braids together the details of factory life, the small joys of rare fr
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Middle school can be a minefield, and Rachel Renée Russell does a super job of capturing the daily dilemmas of one particular middle schooler in Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop
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<B>EsmŽ's childhood memories</B> Listen up, it's time to read some amazing stories by EsmŽ Raji Codell. Are these stories true? Yes, indeed!
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Following on the heels of Belle Teale, her acclaimed novel for preteens, Ann M. Martin has left the Babysitters Club for richer, more serious fare.
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I have always been interested in American history, especially the history of women, people of color and other groups remarkably absent from the books I found in my classrooms when I was young.
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I have always been interested in American history, especially the history of women, people of color and other groups remarkably absent from the books I found in my classrooms when I was young.
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I have always been interested in American history, especially the history of women, people of color and other groups remarkably absent from the books I found in my classrooms when I was young.
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I have always been interested in American history, especially the history of women, people of color and other groups remarkably absent from the books I found in my classrooms when I was young.
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"Is that the way it is with everything?
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It's time again for new pencils, paper and folders, and the excitement that rolls around for kids as the school season returns.
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It's time again for new pencils, paper and folders, and the excitement that rolls around for kids as the school season returns.
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It's time again for new pencils, paper and folders, and the excitement that rolls around for kids as the school season returns.
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Lush, beautiful coffee table books aren't only for adults. A number of stunning new volumes will please the younger members of the family and make welcome gifts this holiday season.
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Thailand: just the word brings exotic images to mind Bangkok, jungles, temples.
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Henry, the bear who bears a remarkable resemblance to Henry David Thoreau, is back! D.B.
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Somewhere deep in the American Southwest lives a big lady a really big lady.
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Ellie Dingman might only be a sixth-grader, but she has the wise, sometimes tired eyes and voice of a woman with way too much on her plate.
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti and Beppe Giacobbe team up again for Nobody's Diggier Than a Dog, an exuberant companion to their earlier Nobody's Nosier Than a Cat. And do the dogs dig!
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Being a teenager isn't easy. With various social minefields, clothing styles that change by the minute and academic stresses, each day seems fraught with danger: Is that boy going to be nice to me?
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Being a teenager isn't easy. With various social minefields, clothing styles that change by the minute and academic stresses, each day seems fraught with danger: Is that boy going to be nice to me?
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Funny thing about Kate DiCamillo -- she does not write the same book twice.
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Welcome to a day in Molly McGinty's world!
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It's not every day that the intricacies of funerals and funeral homes are center stage in a book for young people.
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Josette's cousin Louie has come to visit her, bringing with him a little whistle a gift from their grandfather in Paris. Mama says Louie is spoiled, Josette says. I say he is just Louie.
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What's dinner like at the homes of authors Chris Raschka and Vladimir Radunsky? Their new book, Table Manners provides a few clues.
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See the Hocky family. See Mr. and Mrs. Hocky. See Henry, Holly and Baby Hocky, and Newton, the Hocky pet.
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When Joyce Carol Oates wrote Big Mouth & Ugly Girl, her first book for young adults, I must admit I was skeptical.
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Stuffed animals come to life in these charming and old-fashioned tales with a memorable cast of characters: Lumphy, a buffalo, StingRay, a sea creature, and Plastic . . .
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Sometimes it is difficult to find books about civil rights that can be read comfortably by the youngest reader, but This is the Dream, written by Diane Z.
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Have you heard of W.W. Law of Savannah, Georgia? Well, I hadn't until I read Jim Haskins' Delivering Justice.
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2006 Caldecott Honor Book
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Daphne Muse's collection of poetry, Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance, illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb, is a celebration of a rich cultural tradition.
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Renowned children's author and poet Karla Kuskin teams up with Betsy Lewin and her whimsical watercolors to bring young readers a treasure in So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? The story really s
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Fresh out of high school, Keeba and Teesha Washington have no plans for the future.
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Hold onto your hats, your livestock and your wits! A twister has landed, and it's a whopper.
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Rose and Ivy Latham are sisters, friends and companions, until one winter night when a new driver in a blue truck slides off a mountain road into their car.
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Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau are icons for most Americans, but how many of us realize that these two met? In Louisa May and Mr.
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Up until now, growing up has been relatively easy for 12-year-old Ellie Tremont. Her schoolteacher parents are fine, as parents go.
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Jerdine Nolan and Kadir Nelson are back together for another charming tall tale in Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life.
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Annabelle Doll and her best friend, Tiffany Funcraft, return in a satisfying sequel to The Doll People. They, and their families, are special dolls dolls who are really alive.
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The tale of Frances Scott Key, huddled in a prison off the coast of Baltimore, anxiously looking for the stars and stripes of the American flag, is the stuff of legend.
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<B>The story of America's immigrants</B> The ability to tell a good story is a gift, and Deborah Hopkinson has it.
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Donna Jo Napoli, an author long admired for her fairy tale retellings (Zel, Beast, Bound and The Prince of the Pond), explores the famous Hans Christian Andersen story of The Ugly Du
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Slow down the pace of modern life and turn to the world of Sassafras Springs, Missouri, right after the turn of the 20th century.
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Put on the kettle, make the tea, set out some biscuits and curl up in front of a nice fire.
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Buddy books are a staple on the shelves of any first- and second-grade classroom: George and Martha, Henry and Mudge, Frog and Toad.
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Perhaps no other genre has the power of poetry.
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Perhaps no other genre has the power of poetry.
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Perhaps no other genre has the power of poetry.
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Perhaps no other genre has the power of poetry.
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Perhaps no other genre has the power of poetry.
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2006 Caldecott Honor Book
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