Bluestem Award Nominees for 2013: Part Seven

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo “Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost…” Edward’s [...]

Magical Adventures

Small Persons With Wings, by Ellen Booraem They don’t like to be called fairies, you know. Thirteen year old Mellie Turpin has met a small person with wings. When she told her class about it when she was in kindergarten, they laughed at her. They started calling her Fairy Fat and she’s been bullied about [...]

Animals of Hollowstone Hill

Hamster Magic, by Lynne Jonell  What Abner, Tate, Derek and Celia really wanted was a dog. Their family had just moved to the country. What a perfect place to have a pet! Instead of a dog, they found a hamster in their basement. Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine this tiny hamster would lead [...]

Bluestem Award Nominees for 2012

After a successful first year, the Bluestem Award is back for 2012. Geared for readers in grades 3-5, this year’s list of nominees includes fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and a biography. Watch for future posts of the nominess over the coming weeks. Flight of the Phoenix, by R. L. La Fevers In 1928, when timid [...]

Red Pyramid Mania!

Check out the Kane Chronicles website while you wait for Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan at www.wnpl.info!

New Fiction

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“Nonsense, Today is Tuesday”

Odd, strange, wild, wonderful things usually happen to the two Armitage children Mark and Harriet and their mother and father on Mondays.  But this time it is a Tuesday when a unicorn shows up in their garden looking for a new home.  So begins The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken.  Aiken [...]