Miss Amanda’s top picture book and middle grade reads of 2010.
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Posted on March 3, 2010 by Miss Amanda
What does it mean to have good fortune? Does it mean to have everything you ever wanted, fancy clothes, expensive toys, massive houses? Or does it mean something else entirely? Minli works hard with her parents in their rice fields, barely growing enough to survive. Although poor, she is happy listening to her father’s tales of dragons [...]
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New Newbery!
Posted on January 19, 2010 by Miss Amanda
The American Library Association, ALA, announced their 2010 Youth Media Awards yesterday in Boston. The 2010 Newbery Award winner is… When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead! Newberry Honor Claudette Colvin:Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin The Mostly True Adventures of Homer [...]
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Newbery and Caldecott Winners
Posted on January 26, 2009 by vickyjs
Newbery Medal “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman Newbery Honor Books “The Underneath” by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, “The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom” by Margarita Engle, “Savvy” by Ingrid Law, “After Tupac and D Foster” by Jacqueline Woodson Caldecott Medal “The House in the Night,” illustrated by Beth Krommes [...]
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