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Fantastic new fantasy books for middle grade kids
Kids won’t be bored for a minute this summer with these new fantasy books that take readers on wild journeys with space aliens, mer-people, magical animals, and supernatural powers. My hands-down favorite is Aliens on Vacation by local author Clete … Continue reading
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Action and Adventure: for Middle School ….. and beyond!
Nothing keeps the pages turning during summer vacation like a thrilling, fast-paced adventure story. Over the last few summers, upper-elementary and middle-school readers have been gobbling up series like Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan and the Alex … Continue reading
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Just the Facts, Please: Non-Fiction for Children and Young Adults
Just as there are adult readers who prefer to read non-fiction, there are many children and young adults that prefer fact to fiction. They want to learn something from their reading, not just enjoy a story. And then there are those … Continue reading
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Heartfelt Historical Fiction for Kids
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Do you remember the first time you read To Kill a Mockingbird? When you discovered how you could truly “feel” a book, becoming entangled in one child’s world of fear, imagination and reflections on … Continue reading
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Let us read cake, cookies and other sweet things (with apologies to Marie Antoinette)
I’m not sure what it means, but every time I‘ve opened a book during the past two months, it seems to have something to do with food. First, I read the memoir Cakewalk by Kate Moses. The photo on the cover should … Continue reading
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Make a Splash – Read this Summer!
Everett Public Library has a great Summer Reading Program for kids. To promote summer reading, librarians visit the surrounding elementary and middle schools. Prior to these school visits, we read stacks of new fiction, picture books and nonfiction to select titles that we think … Continue reading
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Summer Reading
I’m about to leave for a summer vacation and I still don’t know what books to bring. To me, this is a crisis. So I asked my co-workers what they had on their summer reading lists to get a few … Continue reading
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