2013 ALA Youth Media Awards
On Monday, January 28th, the American Library Association announced their winners of some of the biggest book prizes of the year. Wonder who won the Newbery? The Caldecott? Check out our list of awards features to see all of the winners and honorees of each prize!
New Series: GERONIMO STILTON CAVEMICE #1: THE STONE OF FIRE
Geronimo Stiltonoot is Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor. He runs the newspaper in his prehistoric village, and when the village is in an uproar because the Stone of Fire has been stolen from the mouseum, it is up to Geronimo Stiltonoot and his cavemouse friend, Hercule Poirat to solve the case!
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Black History Month Roundup of Books
February is Black History Month, and we at Kidsreads.com decided to round up books in honor of this month. Be sure to brush up your knowledge of the men and women who helped shape America and maybe learn something new with these new and exciting books!
February's roundup of Cool & New Books includes the third book in the Infinity Ring series, THE TRAP DOOR by Lis McMann; the second book in Mike Lupica's Game Changers series, PLAY MAKERS, where there's a new point guard in town; and Chris Rylander's THE FOURTH STALL PART III, in which things at the middle school start to go haywire.
February's roundup of New in Paperback includes IN DISGUISE!: Undercover with Real Women Spies by Ryan Ann Hunter and Jeanette Litte, which detials the lives of some of history's most daring women; Tim Green's PINCH HIT, where a movie star and a real kid switch places; and Dale E. Basye's SNIVEL: The Fifth Circle of Heck, which follows Milton and Marlo as they are sent to Snivel, the circle of Heck reserved for crybabies.
Mac and Vince think that their business is over and that they can take a break. But that was before things at their middle school started to go haywire. Before they found out that there's a new crime boss at a school another town over trying to consolidate power. And before their old nemesis, Staples, came back to town begging for help after his stint in the clink.
Seventh-grader Nick is forced to join the school’s lamest club by his well-intentioned guidance counselor --- along with fellow misfits Molly and Karl --- in her quest to cure all three of their “peer allergies.” What starts off as a reluctant band of hopeless oddballs morphs into an effective and empowered team ready to face whatever middle school throws at them.
Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will laugh him out of their kingdom. And that’s exactly what they do...But then Puggly meets Francesca, the bookish Princess of Spiff, and together the two set out to teach the Spiffians an absurd lesson in style.
Take 11-year-old Timmy Failure --- the clueless, self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his lazy business partner, a large polar bear named Total. Throw in the Failuremobile --- Timmy’s mom’s Segway --- and what you have is Total Failure, Inc., a global enterprise destined to make Timmy so rich his mother won’t stress out about the bills anymore.
In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, 11-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. And her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own Talents and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. If she's lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost parent.
Standish Treadwell --- who has different-colored eyes, who can’t read, can’t write, Standish Treadwell isn’t bright — sees things differently than the rest of the "train-track thinkers." So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And it’s big...
In the Urwald, Jinx has always known, you do not step off of the path because there are fearsome things waiting for you. However, when Jinx meets Simon Magnus, a wizard (wizards are evil), he begins to question this conventional wisdom and longs to explore beyond the path. What is more dangerous --- life on the path or off?
Miranda's new home is a dull seaside town where nothing ever happens until something strange and sinister does happen and Miranda sets out to uncover the mystery. Is Miranda just chasing shadows or does the darkness lie within?
Geronimo Stiltonoot is Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor. He runs the newspaper in his prehistoric village, and when the village is in an uproar because the Stone of Fire has been stolen from the mouseum, it is up to Geronimo Stiltonoot and his cavemouse friend, Hercule Poirat to solve the case!
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