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 [...]

Aunt Polly’s Best Recipe

Pie, by Sarah Weeks Alice’s Aunt Polly is definitely the Pie Queen of Ipswitch. Polly makes the best pie crust  and pies and she has the awards to prove it! She loves to make pies for everyone and everyone loves to eat them. When Polly passes away, she leaves her secret  pie crust recipe to Lardo, [...]

Bluestem Award Nominees: Part Six

Here are two more of the nominees for the 2012 Bluestem Award. The World According to Humphrey, by Betty Birney Humphrey is a pet hamster in Room 26 at Longfellow School. The students take turns taking Humphrey home each weekend.  Humphrey manages to bring out hidden courage and kindness in everyone he visits. He helps the members of [...]

Meet Misty Gordon

Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates By Kim Kennedy The Gordon’s antique business, D.E.A.D., which stands for “Deceased Estate and Antiques Dealer” acquires unusual items sometimes. When a clairvoyant dies, Misty finds a pair of eyeglasses that enable her to see ghosts. This leads to a crystal ball, pirate ship, treasure, diary, hypno-clock, [...]

The Tilting House

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New Series – Calendar Mysteries

Who is The Shadow? What is the importance of the plastic eggs filled with candy? You’ll have to read Ron Roy’s April Adventure to find out. This is the first book in the Calendar Mysteries series. This series is by the same author of the A to Z Mysteries series.  Each Calendar Mystery still has a great mystery to [...]

Bad guys in New Auckland?

  Nothing ever happens in New Auckland (population 143), or does it?  In Ken Roberts’ Thumb and the Bad Guys, Leon “Thumb” and his friend, Susan, are determined that bad people and mysteries exist in their little village. What is happening with Kirk McKenna behind the waterfall? What is the mystery behind the new, caked [...]