This is my book blog. To access my blog about reading and books and issues (CCSS, censorship, and the like), visit: http://professornana.livejournal.com I am a professor in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University in Texas where I teach classes in literature for children, tweens, and teens. I have written three professional books and co-authored several as well. I bring more than 30 years of teaching experience to the blog.
Friday, November 14, 2014
All the Answers
ALL THE ANSWERS by Kate Messner. Bloomsbury, 2015 (March).
A magic pencil?
Does it have all the answers?
How best to use it?
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Frank Einstein
FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ANTIMATTER MOTOR by Jon Scieszka with illustrations by Brian Biggs. Amulet, 2014.
Winning the science
fair is essential. Meet Klink,
Intelligent bot.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
How the World Was
HOW THE WORD WAS by Emmanuel Guibert. First Second, 2014.
A simpler time? Or
Was it really? Nothing is
As it seems to be.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The Garden Monster
THE GARDEN MONSTER by Patricia Reilly Giff. Orchard, 2014.
Can Fiercely protect
Jill and Jim's garden from the
Shadowy monster?
Monday, November 10, 2014
Hero Complex
HERO COMPLEX by Maegaux Foley. Soho Teen, 2014.
Was it suicide?
Or perhaps murder? Devon
Needs to get answers.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Skink No Surrender
SKINK NO SURRENDER by Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, 2014.
Can Skink help Richard
Find Malley before she's harmed?
Comedy-myst'ry
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Port Chicago 50
THE PORT CHICAGO 50 by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Fifty stand accused
Though none is guilty. The trial
though may just be rigged.
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