![]() Through colorful, full-bleed, gouache paintings, this book introduces 12 animals (giraffes, gorillas, blue whales, rhinoceroses, giant pandas, whale sharks, polar bears, lions, sea otters, orangutans, tigers, and elephants) that are in danger of becoming extinct. ![]() They enrich instruction, encourage discussion, and stimulate interest in further exploration through independent reading.ĭon’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe. The books reviewed in this week’s column include recently published books that are strong choices for introducing units as well as for delving into topics and issues of interest. ![]() Trade books support learning across the curriculum in classrooms at all grade levels. ![]()
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![]() I also really loved the use of illustrations throughout The Snow Bear. Sara's a lovely, brave and caring individual and it's hard not to love her. What's also pleasing is that Webb doesn't talk down to her reader. Webb tells the story of Sara and that snowy Christmas with a lot of sympathy and warmth. It's a very gorgeous (and beautifully produced) book. So now I need to reinforce that The Snow Bear is very much not that. I'm not keen on books that feel like they've been mass produced and spewed out by committee. It's awful, but it's true and it's something I need to acknowledge in a review of this nature. ![]() I'm always a little wary of books for this age group (sort of 10 and under) and of this style, because I tend to presuppose a lack of quality. ![]() So prepare yourself, for this is the first of several spectacularly unseasonal reviews. The fact that I've put the heating on, and had to have an extra blanket, has made me fall back several months.Īnd it has made me seek out books of snow and Winter and of Christmas and of polar bears and of ice and of marshmallows toasted by the fire. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For parents and educators looking to teach younger children about this subject, I would recommend combining these two books, as the Chin title offers an imaginative introduction, and the Branley a more scientific approach. There is an informative afterword that provides more details, but overall I would say that this was a title suitable for much younger children, who might upon occasion ask something like: "why does everything fall down, instead of floating away?" Gravity itself is not something we completely understand yet, a reality that Franklyn Mansfield Branley highlighted in his own picture-book about the subject, Gravity Is a Mystery. With no more than a word or two per page, Gravity is not a text-heavy book, and focuses more on emphasizing the central importance of gravity, rather than exploring what it is. The item Gravity, Jason Chin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or. ![]() The accompanying artwork is immensely engaging, vividly capturing the beauty of the cosmos, and the magic of flying objects liberated (in theory) from gravity. Chin has tackled this challenge with aplomb, producing a beautifully illustrated, deceptively simple picture book that succinctly and effectively explains gravity to very young children. ![]() Show More tethered to our world, but in keeping our world revolving around the sun, and our moon orbiting us. Gravity is a complex concept to explain to young children. ![]() ![]() Learns that Jun was killed as part of Duterte's initiative. Users and sellers, and if they resist, kill them. The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has a shockinglyīrutal plan to eliminate crime in the country: arrest all of the drug Where his father emigrated from 17 years before. Ribay's third novel, Patron Saints of Nothing (Kokila, $17.99,ĩ780525554912, audio/eBook available), Jay knows that the only way toįind out happened to his cousin is to travel back to the Philippines, The death of hisĬousin Jun changed all of that. Want attention, and he didn't want to make waves. His family and finish out his senior year of high school. Retrieved from Īll Jay Reguero wanted to do was play some video games, not talk to ![]() ![]() Patron Saints of Nothing." Retrieved from MLA style: "Patron Saints of Nothing." The Free Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() She gasped when she heard the crows cawed and saw that they have 5 eyes each. This book followed Tabby (Tabetha), 15 as she sat on the forest floor sketching and listening to the wind, trees, and birds around her. One guy, Paeter, found Tabby very interesting and maybe because she was an alien from Earth. In another world, she was however likable to anyone she met. She often spent time alone sketching in her book. The main character Tabby didn’t care for dresses and didn’t have friends. ![]() So it’s okay for young readers younger than teens to read. There’s a hint of love or at least fondness for someone. I enjoyed the humor and loved the magical powers. Some stories I have read that have this kind of travel: A Wrinkle in Time, Corridor, A Darker Shade of Magic, and probably a couple more but can’t think of it right now. I loved portal traveling and interplanetary traveling though I don’t read enough of it. A fantastic read! I loved this graphic novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1994 he began work on his first novel, The Unlikely Spy, a surprise best seller that won critical acclaim. From UPI he moved to CNN, where he eventually became executive producer of its Washington-based public policy programming. Silva began his writing career as a journalist for United Press International (UPI), traveling in the Middle East and covering the Iran-Iraq war, terrorism and political conflicts. ![]() Series: * Michael Daniel Silva was born in Michigan in 1960 and raised in California where he received his BA from Fresno State. He turned to writing full time in 1997 and all of his books have been New York Times/national best sellers, translated into 25 languages and published across Europe and the world. ![]() Daniel Silva was born in Michigan in 1960 and raised in California where he received his BA from Fresno State. ![]() ![]() She's smart, hardworking and will insult you to tears faster than you can say 'scholarship kid.' And then there's Claire Lyons, the new girl in two-year old GAP overalls from Florida, who is clearly not Clique material. Kristen Gregory: She's been dying to fit in ever since her parents went broke. Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so 'sweet.' Would love to take Massie's throne one day. ![]() Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won't seem to leave her hips alone. Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and Whitestrip smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day, an exclusive private school in Westchester, New York. The social minefields most privileged middle-school girls drive the over-the-top drama in this addictive new book, set in suburban New York City's Westchester County. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But yeah, the main thrust of it is that he’s very proud of his strength. Having dealt with Love’s family and dating someone with this close relationship with their twin brother, he’s very focused on the idea that he should be the one with the family. Joe’s character “decides that he’s going to be a better person and he’s very proud of himself for that. According to Entertainment Weekly, the details are sparse but Kepnes did say, “Joe is really proud of himself because a lot of people in his position descend into darkness after having been through what he’s gone through in book two and then in the beginning of book three.” ©2014 Alloy Entertainment and Caroline Kepnes. A chilling account of unrelenting passion, this tale of love, sex, and death will stay with you long after the story ends. (If you haven’t finished season 2, spoilers ahead.)įans of Kepnes’ books, “You” and “Hidden Bodies,” will be thrilled that the author is not only committing to writing a third book, but is already working on a fourth. Dark, masterful, and timely, debut novelist Caroline Kepnes You is a perversely romantic thriller thats more dangerously clever than any youve heard before. Caroline Kepnes says Joe Goldberg’s story isn’t overįans of the Netflix series You and the recently dropped season 2 of the show are in for even more good news - the author who wrote the books the show is based on - Caroline Kepnes - isn’t done with Joe’s story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, how does long out-of-print T.E.D Klein fare in this day and age? He was, by far, the most warmly recommended author for horroctober and with the help of my friend Bob Pastorella I was able to track down a beat-up copy of The Ceremonies in a Toronto second hand bookshop and make an opinion for myself one of the most elusive and celebrated authors in cosmic horror. ![]() Apparently he hated writing and it gave him anxiety but reasons don't matter in retrospect, only actions do and quitting at the height of his glory earned Klein a strong cult following in the internet age. He won over audiences with books such as Dark Gods and The Ceremonies in the eighties before stopping to write fiction altogether and never looking back. American horror author T.E.D Klein is a bit of a mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not wanting to make it seem like sleeping rough was either cool or magical, Gaiman instead re-shaped the idea as a jaunt through a timeless underworld that lurks beneath London’s streets. The project sprung from the mind of comedian Lenny Henry, who initially tapped Gaiman to write an urban fantasy series set among London’s homeless community. ![]() A TV series that comes from a televisual past that now seems to our 21st century eyes like a foreign country, so differently did they do things then. For nigh-on 17 years, the story of Richard Mayhew, a city-boy white-collar worker, who finds himself trapped in London Below in the company of young noblewoman Lady Door and the mysteriously dashing Marquis De Carabas, has been told and retold – but first, it was a TV series. ![]() |